Adobe 38040165 - Visual Communicator - PC User Manual page 91

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you select the effects for your shows:
The effects you use can play a dramatic role in setting the tone for your show, so consider
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the mood you want to set as you're choosing effects.
Effects can lend balance and symmetry to a show, particularly with regard to the
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transitions used at the start and finish of the video. So think of the effects at the two ends
of your shows as bookends, selecting two that mirror each other. For example, if you use a
page-peel left with your opening graphic, a page-peel right would be appropriate for the
closing slate.
Too much variety can seem chaotic and disconcerting to viewers. Try to limit a show to a
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set of compatible effects that serve your purposes. If you use many different effects, make
sure you do so to achieve an intended overall effect.
With almost all video effects, you can customize at least two basic settings: Pause Time and
Duration. There's also a range of advanced customization options.
With dual-display effects, which are unique among Visual Communicator effects in that they
have a built-in pause time, the Pause Time value controls how long both displays remain on
the screen. All other effects have no Pause Time set by default. If you leave the Pause Time of
such an effect at 0.0, it will function as a transition effect, meaning that the paired B source
will supplant the A source, becoming the A source for the next pairing of trays.
Setting a pause time effectively converts a transition effect into a non-transition effect: after
the specified pause, the effect reverses itself, which reverts to the previous A source.
The Duration setting controls how long an effect takes to unfold. How the duration is
applied depends on whether the effect has a built-in pause time and, if it doesn't, whether
you've entered a pause time.
With dual-display effects, the duration value is divided to cover the transition to dual-
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display and the transition back to single display. If both Duration and Pause Time are set
to 5 seconds, the complete effect would be as follows: