WEBVTT 00:01.100 --> 00:04.980 This is a quick lesson on how to control pauses in narration using Narakeet. 00:06.180 --> 00:13.593 Normally, the the picture for your slides will be synchronised with the voice, so that once the narration stops, the video moves on to the next slide. 00:14.299 --> 00:19.038 But sometimes you may want to make the narration to stop for a while, and stay on the same slide. 00:19.238 --> 00:22.640 For example, give the viewers a bit of time to think about a question. 00:22.900 --> 00:27.848 To do that, use the pause stage direction, and just set the number of seconds for the narration break. 00:28.095 --> 00:32.434 You can stop the slide there, or even add some more text for the narration after the break. 00:32.695 --> 00:36.007 Remember to leave a blank line above and below the stage direction. 00:36.207 --> 00:38.052 You have five seconds to think 00:43.252 --> 00:45.007 The correct answer is Zero 00:45.695 --> 00:49.426 Sometimes you may want the opposite effect, to avoid any pause at the end. 00:49.626 --> 00:59.762 Narakeet usually creates a small break at the end of each slide, similar to finishing a paragraph when reading. But if you want to spread a single sentence across multiple slides, this will sound bad. 01:00.455 --> 01:09.623 In such cases, use the narration mode stage direction, and set it to fragment. This will tell Narakeet to use a smaller break, akin to pausing between words in a sentence. 01:14.390 --> 01:18.620 You can use the pause stage direction on its own in a slide, without any other text. 01:19.311 --> 01:28.948 Narrakit will ease out the background music during the last slide automatically. Create a final slide without any text, add a pause, and the background music will fade out to a soft ending. 01:29.196 --> 01:36.369 You can use a similar trick to bring up the background music volume for the first slide. Create an introductory slide without just a pause. 01:37.076 --> 01:40.577 Then click the plus next to the background music settings for your video. 01:40.824 --> 01:45.344 You'll see some additional music settings, including a checkbox to ease in the first slide.