60Section 10.2 Switcher TransitionsFIGURE 57As mentioned above, clicking a Switcher button performs the Background layer transition designated bythe Transition mode controls at right (Figure 57). This area shows two transition thumbnail icons.The first, at left, is labeled Cut. When Cut mode is active, as indicated by a blue border around its icon,AV-HLC100 immediately cuts to any source you click in the Switcher row. The second icon in theTransition mode control group represents a more elaborate transition. When this icon is selected (has ablue border), the transition shown is applied when you make Switcher selections.10.2.1 PresetsRoll the mouse pointer over this second icon and you will see a gear gadget overlaid on it. Click the gearto open a transition preset bin that provides quick access to eight different effects (Figure 58).FIGURE 58You can click one of the preset icons to select it as the current Transition mode effect, and adjust itsspeed using the controls below. Subsequently, clicking a Switcher button will use the transition you chose.Note that the name of the effect in each of the eight preset slots is shown when the mouse is over itsicon. The first preset is permanently assigned to Fade, for convenience, but the others can each bereplaced by any of the hundreds of transition effects provided on AV-HLC100. To assign a different effectto a preset slot, click the + sign that appears at upper right above the icon when the mouse pointer isover it. This opens AV-HLC100’s Media Browser (the Media Browser is discussed in Section 11.1.3).10.2.2 DurationTransition durations are stored on a ‘per slot’ basis, using the Slow, Medium, Fast buttons at the bottomof the preset bin, or using the numeric duration control at right. You can set the speed using this control’smenu, or drag the mouse pointer left or right over the numeric display, or by direct keyboard entry into it.
