Hold your image, pause movement in ProShow GOLD

Using motion in your shows is a must, but sometimes you'd want to stop that motion briefly, so that the viewer may have enough time to watch your picture.
ProShow Gold is limited to just two motions in a slide: the Starting Position and the Ending Position. So, how can we pause the motion in a slide?


The Solution:If you take a look at the slide styles that are available in Gold, you will notice that some have a duplicate called "still".
You can use these still styles to achieve your pause. Just insert in them the very same pictures that you inserted in the style with the motion, and add a 0 seconds transition between these two styles. Make this slide for as long as you need your pause.

Another, much simpler alternative, is to insert a new empty slide after the one with the motion.
In your slide with the motion, use the Copy function:
Choose "Copy End to Next Slide" if you have just one image in your slide,
or Copy End to Next Slide  (All Layers), if you have more layers in your slide.

The "Copy" button is found at the bottom of your screen in Slide Options.

The last position of all your layers will be copied to the empty slide that you created before. Change the duration of this slide for as long as you need your pause.

Change the transition time between these two slides to 0 seconds.

Now, you have a chain of two slides - one with motion and one static (still).

Use a normal transition only after the static slide, and you will see that your pictures are displayed for as long as you need.