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Tips for using transitions

Here are some points to keep in mind when working with transitions:

| To play a sound while a transition occurs, place the sound in the frame immediately before the transition.
| The Dissolve Pixels, Dissolve Pixels Fast, or Dissolve Patterns transitions may look different on Windows and Macintosh systems. Test to ensure satisfactory results.
| If you export a movie that contains transitions as a digital video or PICS file, the transitions may not be preserved.
| A transition that occurs while a sound or digital video is decompressing may require more system resources than are available on less powerful systems. This may cause the sound to stop playing. If you notice this behavior while testing on low-end systems, try making the transition shorter, and avoid complex transitions such as Dissolve.
| Avoid looping on a frame that contains a transition. Playing a transition continuously may cause performance issues.
| Options will become available only when transition Xtras are available.