DVD Studio Pro Transitions Problem

Hi, When I try to apply a transition to my slideshow in DVD SPro, only white appears during the transition time. Can anyone give me some insight on what the problem may be.
Thanks,
Gankog

I am having the same problem. Have you recently upgraded to Leopard? It worked fine for me until I upgraded. I hope they come up with a fix. I would like to use DVD Studio Pro 3 more, but I don't use it enough to justify upgrading to 4.

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