Spectral transition guide

Three looks

Each picture below was made in Spectral transition from its two sample pictures, with a preset and Replay, and caught while the layers were changing. The table lists the buttons pressed. A run moves fast, so a picture you save will be a different moment.

Texture swap

A sharp pearl-crowned woman holding a small bottle before red spires, with the soft shapes of skulls and bead strings from the first picture behind her — Texture swap partway through: B's fine detail laid over A's broad shapes.

Press Texture swap under Presets, then Replay at the top of the panel.

The order is detail first, so B's fine texture arrives while A's broad shapes and shading hold. It uses 5 layers and eases out, so most of the change happens early.

Setting	Value
Presets	Texture swap
Load and save	Replay

Set Band order to structure first to see the same run with the roles turned round.

X-ray cross

A sharp blue filigree halo, bead strings and praying hands, with the blurred face and spires of the second picture showing through — X-ray cross partway through: B's broad shapes under A's fine detail, with edges raised.

Press X-ray cross under Presets, then Replay at the top of the panel.

Band stagger and X-ray ghost are both at 1 and the picture is split into 7 layers, so the layers pull fully apart and each one's contrast is raised while it changes. At 2.8 seconds it is the slowest preset.

Setting	Value
Presets	X-ray cross
Load and save	Replay

Lower X-ray ghost to 0 to see the same staggered run without the glow.

Spectral dissolve

Two pictures blended almost evenly: a pearl-crowned woman before spires, with a faint blue halo and bead strings over her — Spectral dissolve partway through: both pictures blended almost evenly.

Press Spectral dissolve under Presets, then Replay at the top of the panel.

With band stagger at 0.18 the layers change almost together, so it reads close to a plain crossfade with a faint lift in the edges. Expo out starts fast and slows sharply, so most of the change happens in the first moments.

Setting	Value
Presets	Spectral dissolve
Load and save	Replay

Move Band stagger up a little at a time to see shape and texture begin to part.