Selecting transitions
By default, transitions are inserted between pictures in your story. You can specify the number of seconds a transition will display or you can let Photo Story set the duration automatically.
To select a transition
- On the Narrate your pictures and customize motion page, click the picture for which you want to select a transition, and then click Customize Motion.
- Click the Transition tab.
- If necessary, select the Start current picture using a transition check box.
- In the Transitions box, click a transition.
- If you want to specify the number of seconds the transition will be displayed when your story is played, select the Number of seconds to display the transition option, and then type or select the number of seconds you want the transition to display. Note that the number of seconds that the transition displays between two pictures cannot be more than the shorter display time of one of the two pictures.
- Click Save to save the motion and duration changes you made.
- To preview your story with the panning and zooming effects and transitions, click Preview.
- When you are done selecting transitions for the pictures in your story, click Close.
Notes
- You should preview the transition and panning and zooming effects for the picture to ensure that you achieved the desired effects. If you do not achieve the desired effect, you may want to try a different transition or different start and end positions.
- If you want Photo Story to determine the number of seconds to display a transition, click the Set transition duration automatically check box.
- You can also select a transition on the Narrate your pictures and customize motion and the Add background music pages by right-clicking a picture on the film strip, pointing to Customize Motion, and then clicking Transition.
- Clicking the Reset button in the Customize Motion dialog box discards all changes made to the selected picture on the Motion and Duration tab and on the Transition tab.
- You can save a project for your story at any time while working on the story by clicking the Save Project button. In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the project. You must save a project for your story to be able to edit it later. Projects created by using Photo Story 3 for Windows must use a .wp3 file name extension. Otherwise, Photo Story will not be able to open the file. By default, the project for your story is saved in your My Videos folder.
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