Saving custom 'Dip to Color Dissolve'... how?

Hello all,
I'm stumped here. It seems I can customize several dissolves and video transitions/filters, but can never get to save my 'Dip to Color Dissolve' to white (instead of the default black).
Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
Matt

Once you've changed the default settings for the transition in the Viewer window, you should be able to drag it into your Favorites folder in the Browser. Once that's done, it may help to give the "favorite" version a new name (like 'Dip to White") so you can easily identify it from the original.
-DH
EDIT: Sheesh ... beaten twice! I'm typing slow again!

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