Transition override: <transition>

XML location & structure

<cu3er> 
  <slides> 
      <slide> 
      <transition ...   /> 
      <slide>    
      <slide>   
      <transition ... />        
  </slides>
</cu3er>

Overview

The content of the CU3ER is defined in the <slides> node where each <slide> node defines a particular slide and each <transition /> node defines a 3D transition between two slides nearby. The last <transition /> node defines a 3D transition between the last and the first slide.

In case you have set a transition template - set of 3D transition instructions common for each 3D transition, you can override its properties and customize each particular 3D transition further.

As you may notice (in the example at the top), there’s no <transition/> node between the second and the third slide in the example above! In this case, transition properties are defined by the transition template leaving you an option to include 3D <transition/> node only if you need custom settings per 3D transition.

Remember, the content of the CU3ER is defined in the <slides> node where each <slide> node defines a particular slide and each <transition /> node defines a 3D transition between two slides nearby. The last <transition /> node defines a 3D transition between the last and the first slide.

Available attributes are the same as in the transition template, which means you can override any of these:

• num - number of slices each transition consists of
• slicing - direction of cube slicing - horizontal or vertical
• direction - transition direction / cubes rotation direction -left, right, up, down
• shader - transition shading type - none, flat, phong
• light_position - if “shader” is set other than 'none', use this attribute to define x, y & z light position for shading
• cube_color - during transition, some other cube faces (beside your slide faces) will most likely become visible for a short period of time and you can define their color here
• z_multiplier - z offset enables jo-jo effect of the cubes on z axis during transition
• duration - time (needed) for each sliced cube transition
• delay – time each cube will wait before starting transition. Please, notice that 'delay' is a cumulative value, which means it’s increasing gradually as all preceding delays are added to the delay of the cube already displayed. Now take a look at the example below.

Please, notice the difference between the transition template & the transition override markup. “Transition template” reference in plural ('s' on the end) has to be understood as follows: its configuration applies to all transitions.

Example

 
<transition num="4" direction="up" z_multiplier="4" />

XML Reference

Attribute	Default Value	Type	description
num	1	number	number of slices each transition consists of
slicing	horizontal	string	direction of cube slicing - horizontal or vertical
direction	left	string	transition direction / cubes rotation direction -left, right, up, down
duration	0.5	number	time (needed) for each sliced cube transition (in seconds)
delay	0.1	number	time each cube will wait before starting transition (in seconds)
shader	none	string	transition shading type - none, flat, phong
light_position	0, 0, -100	numbers	use this attribute to define x, y & z light position for shading (works only if shader is not set to "none")
cube_color	0x333333	hex number	cube faces color
z_multiplier	2	number	bezierTrough effect over "z" axis during transition