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If LOOP is enabled in the Transport controls, the replay source will continue playing over
and over until you interrupt it, perhaps by a TAKE, or another AUTO operation.
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Otherwise, it might play right past the marked Out Point to the limit established by the
Out Point Padding setting (Options menu – see Section 6.4.2), giving you a little leeway
to safely transition back to the original source (now on ‘preview’).
14.3 TRANSITION EFFECTS
3Play supports two distinct types of transitional effect. Standard effects could be loosely lumped
under the description of wipes. In generally, this type of effect involves the pixels of the current
scene being progressively replaced by those of the incoming image.
Figure 156
In many cases, these transitions involve a blending of colors that follows some sort of pattern
(Figure 156) – whether a simple ‘full-screen’ fade, an animated ‘radar’ or ‘blinds’ pattern, or
something more elaborate. This said, some wipes in this class also perform translation (i.e.,
shifting of the imagery on x and y axes during the effect) and even stretching, compression, and
rotation effects.
3Play also offers a second type of transitional effect called (for reasons that will be obvious)
Animation Store effects. Even compared to the effects provided by typical broadcast video
switchers, 3Play’s Animation Store transitions (Figure 157) constitute a powerful effect solution,
eliminating the need to combine separate animations, transition effects, and sounds on the fly.