Adobe 38040165 - Visual Communicator - PC, User Manual

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When you click OK, an action tray is created and populated with the PowerPoint slide as its
media source.
Video effects: transitions and more
“About types of effects” on page 87
“About effect icons” on page 90
“Selecting effects” on page 91
“Customize an effect” on page 91
“Updating an effect with a newer version” on page 95
About types of effects
Visual Communicator includes a wide variety of effects including Wipe, Dissolve, Over The
Shoulder, Head To Head, Page Peel, Shatter, Flyby, Move, Slide, Sparks, Spin, Squeeze,
Asteroid, Bubble, Swirl, and Pixie Dust effects. These effects are in folders in the Video
Effects library.
Transition effects and non-transition effects
Video effects work in one of two ways: they either replace one graphical source with another
or display the second source for a limited period and then return to the first source. The first
type is known as a
transition effect , the second as a non-transition effect .
To better understand the difference between these two types of effects, it helps to understand
the distinction between an
A source and a B source . These terms refer to the graphical inputs in
a pair of trays. The first tray contains the A source and a transition or non-transition effect.
The nearest tray below contains the B source.
With transition effects, the B source replaces the A source. This is simple if you confine
yourself to one pairing. When you proceed to the next pairing, however, the input that was
the B source becomes the A source. Most effects in Visual Communicator are transitional by
default.
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You can also drag PowerPoint files from the Browse tab to the Action Area. Visual
Communicator will create a tray for each slide and apply transitions that reflect those in
the original slideshow. However, the slides will not update automatically when you make
changes in PowerPoint.