I am going to show you how to add Zooms and Transitions to your stories. Zooms and Transitions can be very useful in a story to switch between between scene, to end your episode, to zoom in on characters, or to express a tense moment. We will be learning about timed zooms ,regular zoom, timed transitions, and regular transitions.

Zooms:

Using zooms in a story is a simple equation to use. The formula episode gives us is this:

@zoom on X Y to % in s

X= Focus Coordinate

Y= Focus Coordinate

%= Zoom Level

S= Seconds

The X,Y coordinates and zoom % are displayed in the gray banner beneath the buttons.

To switch between Zoom and Focus you just simply click on the Switch Tool show in the picture.

To reset ANY zoom simply type the following:

@zoom reset

This will reset you zoom back to its original setting.

Timed Zooms:

Timed zooms follow the same steps above except we are going to focus more on the S in the equation. The S stands for seconds. This is what we call a timed zoom.

Any input for S other than 0 is considered timed. Here is an example.

@zoom 349 383 to 8% in 4

The 4 represent the number of seconds it will take for your zoom to reach the exact coordinates you have given it.

If you want your zooms to go in time with your character simply change the @ symbol at the start of your zoom and switch it to the and symbol & . IMPORTANT: if you do use the and symbol & your timed zoom and timed character action must have the same seconds.

Transitions:

Every story have ever read on episode has transitions at least once in the story. Transitions have a variety of uses and the default equation episode give you when you type in the word transition is :

@transition fade in black

@transition fade out in black

Now there are a variety of transitions and colors that you can use.

The different transitions are as followed:

@transition fade in

@transition fade out @transition iris in

@transition iris out @transition shade up

@transition shade down @transition curtain in_left @transition curtain out_left @transition curtain in_right @transition curtain out_right @transition curtain in_top @transition curtain out_top @transition curtain in_bottom @transition curtain out_bottom

These transitions can be used to end a story, skip to a different scene, or whatever your heart desires.

The colors that can be used are as followed:

White

Yellow

Blue

Green

Red

Magenta

Black

Orange

Gray

To use the colors suggested above you can use any transition but make sure you add this word to the end our your transition color . Here are some example:

@transition fade in blue

@transition curtain out_bottom white

Timed Transitions:

Now to do a timed transition is the exact same way that we do with zooms. At the end of the color you selected for your transition you're going to add the word in with a number. The number represents seconds again. Here is an example:

@transition fade out black in 3

That is how you do a timed transition. Although unlike timed zooms you cannot add the and symbol & to the start of your transitions or it will not work.