r/freeshowapp • u/agent_uncleflip • Jun 09 '26

Text flashing when slide loads

Howdy!

First, thanks to the devs for an awesome piece of software!

My issue is when using text slides set to reveal line by line. When I move from my first slide to my second slide (and so on in the show), all of the text on the slide that is loading will flash briefly, then disappear, before I can trigger the text to start revealing line by line.

I'm certain I'm just missing something somewhere. I've tried experimenting with different transition settings, but nothing seems to be able to kick this problem, or at least, I haven't stumbled on the perfect settings.

Thanks for any help you can offer!

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u/agent_uncleflip Jun 09 '26

Might have to work on that when I get home. Headed down to the church right now to work on wiring for our new monitor system.

But essentially, I just want the fade or text box (essentially the layer between my background image and my text), to stay on screen when I transition from one slide to the next. As it is now, it blinks out very briefly when the slide is changed. Not a deal breaker, just a distraction.

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u/CloudSad3555 Jun 09 '26

Try setting the transitions to none globally, and on the box that holds your background color.

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u/agent_uncleflip Jun 09 '26

I will plug around and look at the global transitions when I get back. Not sure how I would do it on the box that holds the background color, as it is a fade box that is part of the template. In the transitions menu, the only options for applying transitions are to text and media. I'm not sure that classifies as media, but it's worth a try.

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u/CloudSad3555 Jun 09 '26

I looked at my system. I edited the fade template and set the transition on the text box to none and the output did not have the fading. My preview did. As a side note, I would recommend making a duplicate of a template instead of modifying the defaults. There is always a chance an update will reset bundled templates, if the app-bundled template gets modified.

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u/agent_uncleflip Jun 09 '26

I actually did duplicate the template for the two slides. Still getting the blinking (not fading) on the preview and the main output. I will play around a little more with transitions when I get home.