ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE72EffectTransition effects make your movie smoothly change from one scene to the next.They are applied between clips in the Video Track and their attributes can bemodified in the Options Panel. Effective use of this feature can add a professionaltouch to your movie.The Effect Step Options PanelVideoStudio pretty much takes care of all the details to make your transitionssmooth and professional. You can, however, further customize your transitionsafter adding them to your project. The Effect Step Options Panel displays thesettings of your selected transition so that you can change their variousparameters. This gives you complete control of exactly how your transitions willbehave in your movie.• Duration: Shows the duration of the applied effect on the selected clip inhours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing thetimecode values.• Border: Determines the thickness of the border. Enter 0 to remove the border.• Color: Determines the hue of the transition effect's border or flap.• Soft edge: Specifies how well you want the transition effect to blend with the clips. AStrong soft edge results in a less pronounced transition, thus creating a smoothprogression from one clip to another. This option works best for irregular shapes andangles.• Direction: Specifies the direction of a transition effect. (This is only applicable tosome of the transition effects.)Note: The attributes in the Options Panel vary depending on the type of transition effectthat is selected and applied to your project.
