Blank Screen Flash at Preview & Publish

After capturing "live video" for my captivate 3
project I encountered strange blank screen flashes in between the
slides. I called tech support and they gave the following guidance:
- be sure the file is less than 50 MB (if not split into
multiple projects and link them in branching tab)
- Add a blank slide at the end or middle of the project and
set the duration to the shortest time (~.1 sec)
- re-save and then review to see if the blank screen remains
in the project
If the blank screen remains they suggested creating a new
project and then linking to that new project from the branching
tab.
I'll post a follow-up once I run some of these recommended
methods.
Brad

Hi Brad
Usually the "flash" happens because each slide has been
recorded as a full motion slide. One way around this is to grab a
screen capture of your slide as it ends. Then set that as the
background image.
You might also want try configuring the background color of
the slides as dark or medium gray. Typically the background color
is white. This can make it really noticable when the transitions
occur between slides. To do that, you examine the properties of the
slide and configure the background color there.
Cheers... Rick

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