The fade through color transition will fade your current slide completely to black, then fade in the next slide. This is a useful transition when you have two text heavy slides in a row, as it eliminates the distraction of cross-dissolving text.

Note: You should begin and end all videos on black. Use this transition at the beginning and end of your presentations when creating videos from slide presentations.

The dissolve transition will fade directly from one slide to the next. The dissolve should not be used between two text-heavy slides – the result is a distracting overlap of text.

The push transition will seamlessly push your current slide off screen, while bringing in the next slide. The direction of the push is up to you. This transition can simulate a camera moving across a large graphic, such as a timeline or bar graph.

Actions

Any actions, or animations, used in your presentations must support your content. For example, if discussing a certain part of a graphic, you can use an action to zoom into that section, or if discussing a bar graph, you can use an action to show your bars moving up or down. Actions must not be used simply for the sake of movement, as this tends to create an amateur effect.