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You can halt an Auto partway, by clicking the button again during the transition. For BKGD , the
transition will be completed the next time you click the button. A slightly different result occurs
when re-initiating a partially complete
DSK transition. If a transition was more than halfway
complete when halted, clicking Auto again completes it. Otherwise it is reversed, returning to its
original state.
CONFIGURING TRANSITIONS
The duration of transitions is governed by the [S], [M] and [F] (Slow, Medium and Fast) buttons,
representing two, one and ½ second presets. Alternatively, you can drag the mouse pointer left
or right on the nearby numeric slider to set a custom time (or click the numeric field to enable
direct keyboard entry).
Completing the Transition section is the Transition Bin , which allows you to pre-select the
transition effect that will be performed next by clicking its thumbnail icon. The active transition
for each video layer is displayed with a white border (Figure 133).
Figure 134
Click the Configure (gear) button at right above the Transition Bin to select and configure
transitions for each video layer. The options that appear when you do so differ, depending on
whether you are configuring a
Background Transition (BKGD layer only) or an Overlay Transition
(DSK layers).
Figure 134 depicts the result of clicking Configure for a DSK layer. The first time you do so, the
only entry in the drop-down menu is Browse . Selecting it opens a Media Browser which allows
you to choose a transition to replace the current selection.