Choose a transition

Set what Take does, how the transition looks and how long it takes, and keep your own preset durations.

Set the show’s transition in the column between the preview and program monitors. What each choice does is explained in Transitions.

Before you start

The column holds the transition’s controls from top to bottom, with the T-bar on its left. The Switcher menu has them too.

The transition column between the preview and program monitors: the T-bar, AUTO and CUT, the Dissolve display, the 0.2 and 0.5 presets, the duration, TAKE, and FTB beside the program

Step 1: Choose Auto or Cut

Click AUTO to take with the transition, or CUT to change the program at once. Same in the menu: Switcher › Take With. While Cut is chosen, the look and the duration rest, dimmed.

Step 2: Choose the look

Click the transition’s name (Dissolve to start with) and choose another from the menu, or use Switcher › Transition. Choosing a look sets Take With to Auto.

For Matte Wipe or Stinger, choose the file with Switcher › Choose Matte Wipe… or Choose Stinger…: an image, a folder of frames, a movie or an HTML page. A stinger keeps its own length.

Step 3: Set the duration

Click a preset, 0.2 or 0.5, or
type a duration in the field, or drag left and right on it: 0.1 to 5 seconds.

Switcher › Transition Duration lists the presets too.

Step 4: Keep a duration on a preset (optional)

Right-click a preset and choose Keep Current Duration Here. The preset now holds the current duration on this Mac, for every show.

Verify

Select a shot for the preview and press Take: the program changes with the look and in the time you chose. The T-bar travels along.
Your choices are saved with the show; Edit › Undo takes one back.

Describes Live Producer 0.330 · 10 November 2026