You initially load the Real Pix region at time zero with a fill of the color blue. The slide will take two seconds to accomplish. This action will occur over a period of two seconds. At 13 seconds, the third image, headline3.jpg, will slide in from the left over a period of two seconds. At 18 seconds, a fadeout will occur where the screen returns to blue over a period of two seconds, completing the sample slide show.
Graphics can be bandwidth intensive, especially when combined in SMIL with video.
It is often effective to simply produce a graphical slide show combined with a background audio track. To keep slide shows compelling, you can use transitions, including fadeins and fadeouts where the image blends with a particular solid color. You can also have a crossfade where the image blends into another image, or wipes where images transition from one to the next by pushing the previous image off the screen in one of four directions. Finally, you can to zoom in on a particular part of the picture or pan across the image using panning and zooming effects. Synchronize Text With Other Media Real Text is a new format from Real for streaming text into the Real Player G2.