New in Release 5: a new Transition picker in the property panel, and one transition for several scenes at once. Organisations move to Release 5 on their release weekend, from 9 October.
Not on Release 5 yet? Until your organisation moves over, use Adding transitions (before Release 5).
A transition plays when a scene starts. New scenes have no transition until you choose one; without one, scenes change with a short fade through black.
How transitions work
A transition belongs to the scene it leads into. It plays every time that scene starts, whichever scene you came from.
Add a transition
Select the scene the transition should lead into.
In the Transition section of the property panel, add a transition. The Transition picker opens.
Choose Effect for a built-in animation, or Custom for your own image or video.
Set the options.
Transitions can only be set in the Base Setup.
One transition for several scenes
New in Release 5: select the scenes in the left rail with Shift or Ctrl (⌘ on Mac) + click, then click Add transition to all in the property panel. The scenes must be on the same screen, and the screensaver scene can't be included. If the scenes have different transitions, the panel shows Mixed transitions; choosing a new one gives them all the same transition.
Effect transitions
Direct: switches straight to the scene.
Fade
Cover, Wipe, Push and Uncover: choose a Direction: To left, To right, To top or To bottom. To top is the default.
Effects last 0.8 seconds by default. You can set anything from 0 to 10 seconds; Direct always takes 0.
Custom transitions
The Custom tab lists the images and videos in the background library, such as a branded animation.
Set transition time: turn it on to choose how long the transition lasts. With it off, a video transition lasts as long as the video.
Duration: in seconds, 2 by default, from 0.1 up to 3,600.
Loop video: plays the video again when the transition lasts longer than the video.
Volume: how loud the transition video plays.
Change or remove a transition
Select the scene and choose another transition, or remove it in the Transition section.
Check it in Preview
Transitions play in Story Preview, with a progress bar across the scene while they run. Switching to another scene stops the running transition, just as it would on screen.