Using the Swipe tool

The Swipe tool displays one layer incrementally across another.

Direction
To apply the swipe horizontally, click Horizontal. If you want to apply the swipe vertically, make sure Vertical is selected; that is, vertical swipe is the default.

Position
Drag the slider to step through the swipe cycle. Each portion of the cycle appears as a percentage in the box to the right, based on the value entered in the Step size box.

Under Auto Mode:

Speed
To set the rate of swipe of the image frames, in the Speed box, type or select the number of frames per second you want to use.

Actual speed
Displays the actual frame rate of the swipe when it is running.

Control
The following table describes the buttons that control the swipe effect.

Button	Name	Description
	Play	Start the swipe effect
	Stop	Stop the swipe effect
	Next	Go to the next frame in the swipe effect

Step size
Type or select a value for the size of each step. That is, the value you enter is the percentage of the layer you want to use for each step.

To use the Swipe tool

On the Maps tab of the Focus window, make sure you have the two layers selected for which you want to view the effect.
In the Visualization Tools window, click the Swipe tab.
Beside Direction, click an option for the direction of the swipe: Horizontal or Vertical.
Under Auto Mode, do the following, as applicable:
1. In the Speed box, type or select a value for the rate of swipe.
2. In the Step size box, type or select a value to represent the percentage of each step in the swipe.
3. Click Play.
  In the view pane, the display swipes between the two selected layers.