Transitions, working with

Overview

Using transitions you can create smooth progressions between scenes or bring objects nicely in and out. Transitions are setup in DISE Composer and may use fades or more spectacular effects.

Scene transitions

Transitions are overlayed, meaning the two scenes are played simultaneously together with the transition. If the transition is 5 seconds long, this means that the next scene starts 5 seconds before the previous scene ends. The out transition for one scene is the same as the next scene's in transition. To set a transition, right-click the scene and go to the Scene Properties. Here, click the Edit button to add a transition and enter the transition's length in the Timing field.

Click the button in the Scene View to have a better overview and drag the transitions to where you want them.

Object transitions

Objects do not transition into one another like scenes, instead, the transition is between not being visible and being visible. To set the transition settings for an object, click the small button in the General tab of the Object Properties. You can directly set a length for the transition.

Note: Just filling in a length will create a default uniform fade transition.

In the timeline, objects' transitions can be displayed and edited. Expand the object by clicking the small arrow to the left. You may drag the transitions' length.

Transition types

Alpha transition

Determined by an alpha channel (basically going after a black-and-white image, starting with white, through black).

Load

Loads a previously saved transition preset.

Save

Saves the current settings as a transition preset.

Duration

For how long the transition should take place.

Smoothness

The higher the value, the sharper the transition's "edges" are.

Reverse direction

Hides

Invert alpha

Instead of going from white to black in the alpha channel, goes from black to white.

Mirror

Shows the mirror image of the transition.

Flip

Flip the transition upside down.

Square

Four of the same transition in a pattern.

Alpha channel

A list of predefined alpha channel patterns.

Pageflip transition

Switches the old object/scene for the new in various ways. Some of the options are not applicable to objects since they require something to transition from and to.

Type

Slide

Move in from the direction specified.

Dual slide

Slide out the previous scene, then slide in the new.

Cover

Wipe in from the direction specified

Shuffle

Fold

Fold the new in like a page in a book.

Direction

From where to start the motion of the transition.