Turn on a transition, and the circle glides.
SSHOW transitions don’t need keyframes. Duplicate a scene, move the circle, and turn on the first scene’s transition. When you play it, the circle moves in one continuous motion between its two spots.
Make a transition
All you need is one blank project. If you don’t have one, see Create your first project first.
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Draw a circle
Click Ellipse in the toolbar, or press C. Drag on the left side of the scene to draw a circle. Hold ⇧ while you drag to keep the width and height equal for a perfect circle.
Pressing C and dragging with ⇧ held draws a perfect circle. Video: Pressing C chooses the Ellipse tool, and dragging on the left side of the scene with Shift held draws a perfect circle. -
Duplicate the scene
Click the duplicate button in the title row of the Scenes list (top left) just once. It looks like two overlapping squares. An identical scene appears, and the new scene opens. Once there are two scenes, a delete button takes its place, so clicking it again deletes the new scene.
Clicking the duplicate button in the Scenes list creates an identical scene and opens the new scene. Video: Clicking the duplicate button in the title row of the Scenes list adds an identical scene and opens the new scene. -
Move and enlarge the circle
In the new scene, drag the circle to the right. Hold ⇧ and drag the bottom-right corner handle to make it a little bigger. It grows and stays a circle.
In the new scene, dragging moves the circle to the right, and pulling a corner handle enlarges it. Video: In the duplicated scene, the circle is dragged to the right. Dragging the bottom-right corner handle with Shift held then enlarges it, and it stays a circle. -
Select the first scene
Select the first scene in the Scenes list. The circle appears small, back in its starting spot. You set a transition on the scene you move away from, so turn it on in the first scene.
Selecting the first scene in the Scenes list shows the circle in its starting spot. Video: Clicking the first scene in the Scenes list opens it, and the circle appears small in its starting spot on the left. -
Turn on the transition
Click the first button in the button row at the top right, the curve-shaped one. The Motion - Transition panel opens, with the first scene’s name at the top. Click Easing, and a curve appears. Click Apply.
The pointer clicks the curve-shaped button to open the Motion panel, then clicks Easing and Apply. Video: Clicking the curve-shaped button at the top right opens the Motion - Transition panel. Clicking Easing shows a curve, and then Apply is clicked. -
Play it back
In the button row at the top right, click the triangle-shaped Present from this scene button. Click the screen, and the circle glides to its new spot as it grows.
The first scene appears on the presentation screen, and a click makes the circle glide to the right and grow. Video: After the Play from This Scene button is clicked, a click on the presentation screen makes the circle glide to its new spot on the right as it grows. -
Check the names
Press esc to return to editing. Select the two scenes in turn in the Scenes list, and look at the circle’s name in the Objects list (bottom left). It is “Ellipse 1” in both. Objects with the same name are linked from one scene to the next. Two ways to make things move explains why.
The Objects list shows the same name, “Ellipse 1”, in both scenes. Video: Selecting the two scenes in turn in the Scenes list shows the same name, Ellipse 1, in the Objects list for both.
The transition comes from the scene you leave
If you didn’t turn on a transition, or turned it on only for the second scene, the circle doesn’t glide when you move on from the first scene. It appears in its new spot at once. To fix this, select the first scene, and in the Motion - Transition panel click Easing and Apply again.
What you can do now
- Duplicate a scene to put the same object in a different spot.
- Turn on a scene’s transition in the Motion panel, and play it to see the motion.
- Know that objects with the same name are linked between scenes.
Refine the transition
To slow it down. Select the first scene in the Scenes list and open the Motion panel. Change Duration from 300 to 1000 and click Apply. The circle now moves over 1 second.
To make it move on the way back too. Turn on the same transition for the second scene as well. Then the circle also moves continuously when you press ← during playback to go back to the previous scene.
Color and rotation animate too. In the second scene, change the circle’s color or rotate it. Everything that differs between the scenes changes along with the position.
Shortcuts on this page
| Ellipse tool | C |
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| Draw a perfect circle or square | ⇧+click and drag |
| Play from this scene | ⇧F5 |
| Play from the beginning | F5 |
| Stop playback | esc |
Updated 10/12/2026 · The videos on this page were recorded in the current editor.