The Transitions tab in the Properties dialog box allows you to specify a special way in which the page or object will appear on screen and disappear when hidden. For example, you could have an object slide or fade into place when it is displayed and fade when it is hidden.
Click the On Show button if you want to set a transition when the page or object is first displayed on the screen. This will activate the On Show panel to allow you to set your options.
Click the On Hide button if you want to set a transition when the page or object is hidden. This will activate the On Hide panel to allow you to set your options.
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The same set of options are available in the On Show and On Hide panels and are described below.
Each page and object can have both an On Show as well as an On Hide transition and they can be completely different styles of transition.
Click on the down button beside the quick selection box if you want to choose from a list of the most recently used transitions you have used in Opus.
Click on the More button to view the complete range of transitions. This will open the Transitions dialog box, then select one of the transitions from the list.
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Once you have selected a transition, the Preview window will display the effect you have chosen for this object.
Use the spin buttons beside the Transition length box to set the length of time that Opus takes to perform the chosen transition effect.
Click on the Exclusive button if your transition is jerky when you play it, this should make the transition run smoothly.
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Windows and NT are multitasking environments and Opus is a multithreaded program that may mean other events on your Opus page could interfere with the speed of your transition effects or even make them pause momentarily. We have therefore provided an Exclusive option.
This option allows you to make the transition effects run with a much higher priority than normal. This means they may be quicker and smoother, but it also means that any other activity on the page will be delayed until the transition has finished. For example, the object will not register a mouse click to trigger an event until the transition is finished. Also note that you need to allow for the transition time in calculating the timing for any other actions.
Click on the Apply button to save your changes.
You can now choose to quickly apply a sound effect for your transition by clicking this button. This will bring up the Sound Browser for you to choose a sound file from. Once you have chosen the file click OK. The QuickBuild will now create the relevant action to provide a sound effect for your transition.
If you want to edit the sound effect you should go to the Actions tab for the object you have added the transition to.