Thank you,

Yes this is my favorite transition...!

But here is an example of what I would really like to be able to do...

I have Movie Studio 17.0 Platinum...

I would like to know if there is a way to create an introduction or transition that contains photos that appear inside an animated 3D book with page turning effect.

Not possible in VMS, VMS hasn't 3D options. An animated 3D book with turning pages I created 15 years ago in VegasPro, which has 3D options.

Here is a nice 3D page peel effect for the Vegas GL Transistion. Being graphics accellerated it previews nicely at full frame rate. It wasnt included with Vegas; I forget where I found it.

Add the default GL Transistion then paste the code below into the custom code box. You can then save it as a preset.

// author: Hewlett-Packard
// license: BSD 3 Clause
// Adapted by Sergey Kosarevsky from:
// http://rectalogic.github.io/webvfx/examples_2transition-shader-pagecurl_8html-example.html

/*
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in vec2 texCoord;
*/

const float MIN_AMOUNT = -0.16;
const float MAX_AMOUNT = 1.5;
float amount = progress * (MAX_AMOUNT - MIN_AMOUNT) + MIN_AMOUNT;

const float PI = 3.141592653589793;

const float scale = 512.0;
const float sharpness = 3.0;

float cylinderCenter = amount;
// 360 degrees * amount
float cylinderAngle = 2.0 * PI * amount;

const float cylinderRadius = 1.0 / PI / 2.0;

vec3 hitPoint(float hitAngle, float yc, vec3 point, mat3 rrotation)
{
        float hitPoint = hitAngle / (2.0 * PI);
        point.y = hitPoint;
        return rrotation * point;
}

vec4 antiAlias(vec4 color1, vec4 color2, float distanc)
{
        distanc *= scale;
        if (distanc < 0.0) return color2;
        if (distanc > 2.0) return color1;
        float dd = pow(1.0 - distanc / 2.0, sharpness);
        return ((color2 - color1) * dd) + color1;
}

float distanceToEdge(vec3 point)
{
        float dx = abs(point.x > 0.5 ? 1.0 - point.x : point.x);
        float dy = abs(point.y > 0.5 ? 1.0 - point.y : point.y);
        if (point.x < 0.0) dx = -point.x;
        if (point.x > 1.0) dx = point.x - 1.0;
        if (point.y < 0.0) dy = -point.y;
        if (point.y > 1.0) dy = point.y - 1.0;
        if ((point.x < 0.0 || point.x > 1.0) && (point.y < 0.0 || point.y > 1.0)) return sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
        return min(dx, dy);
}

vec4 seeThrough(float yc, vec2 p, mat3 rotation, mat3 rrotation)
{
        float hitAngle = PI - (acos(yc / cylinderRadius) - cylinderAngle);
        vec3 point = hitPoint(hitAngle, yc, rotation * vec3(p, 1.0), rrotation);
        if (yc <= 0.0 && (point.x < 0.0 || point.y < 0.0 || point.x > 1.0 || point.y > 1.0))
        {
            return getToColor(p);
        }

        if (yc > 0.0) return getFromColor(p);

        vec4 color = getFromColor(point.xy);
        vec4 tcolor = vec4(0.0);

        return antiAlias(color, tcolor, distanceToEdge(point));
}

vec4 seeThroughWithShadow(float yc, vec2 p, vec3 point, mat3 rotation, mat3 rrotation)
{
        float shadow = distanceToEdge(point) * 30.0;
        shadow = (1.0 - shadow) / 3.0;

        if (shadow < 0.0) shadow = 0.0; else shadow *= amount;

        vec4 shadowColor = seeThrough(yc, p, rotation, rrotation);
        shadowColor.r -= shadow;
        shadowColor.g -= shadow;
        shadowColor.b -= shadow;

        return shadowColor;
}

vec4 backside(float yc, vec3 point)
{
        vec4 color = getFromColor(point.xy);
        float gray = (color.r + color.b + color.g) / 15.0;
        gray += (8.0 / 10.0) * (pow(1.0 - abs(yc / cylinderRadius), 2.0 / 10.0) / 2.0 + (5.0 / 10.0));
        color.rgb = vec3(gray);
        return color;
}

vec4 behindSurface(vec2 p, float yc, vec3 point, mat3 rrotation)
{
        float shado = (1.0 - ((-cylinderRadius - yc) / amount * 7.0)) / 6.0;
        shado *= 1.0 - abs(point.x - 0.5);

        yc = (-cylinderRadius - cylinderRadius - yc);

        float hitAngle = (acos(yc / cylinderRadius) + cylinderAngle) - PI;
        point = hitPoint(hitAngle, yc, point, rrotation);

        if (yc < 0.0 && point.x >= 0.0 && point.y >= 0.0 && point.x <= 1.0 && point.y <= 1.0 && (hitAngle < PI || amount > 0.5))
        {
                shado = 1.0 - (sqrt(pow(point.x - 0.5, 2.0) + pow(point.y - 0.5, 2.0)) / (71.0 / 100.0));
                shado *= pow(-yc / cylinderRadius, 3.0);
                shado *= 0.5;
        }
        else
        {
                shado = 0.0;
        }
        return vec4(getToColor(p).rgb - shado, 1.0);
}

vec4 transition(vec2 p) {

  const float angle = 100.0 * PI / 180.0;
        float c = cos(-angle);
        float s = sin(-angle);

        mat3 rotation = mat3( c, s, 0,
                                                                -s, c, 0,
                                                                -0.801, 0.8900, 1
                                                                );
        c = cos(angle);
        s = sin(angle);

        mat3 rrotation = mat3(    c, s, 0,
                                                                        -s, c, 0,
                                                                        0.98500, 0.985, 1
                                                                );

        vec3 point = rotation * vec3(p, 1.0);

        float yc = point.y - cylinderCenter;

        if (yc < -cylinderRadius)
        {
                // Behind surface
                return behindSurface(p,yc, point, rrotation);
        }

        if (yc > cylinderRadius)
        {
                // Flat surface
                return getFromColor(p);
        }

        float hitAngle = (acos(yc / cylinderRadius) + cylinderAngle) - PI;

        float hitAngleMod = mod(hitAngle, 2.0 * PI);
        if ((hitAngleMod > PI && amount < 0.5) || (hitAngleMod > PI/2.0 && amount < 0.0))
        {
                return seeThrough(yc, p, rotation, rrotation);
        }

        point = hitPoint(hitAngle, yc, point, rrotation);

        if (point.x < 0.0 || point.y < 0.0 || point.x > 1.0 || point.y > 1.0)
        {
                return seeThroughWithShadow(yc, p, point, rotation, rrotation);
        }

        vec4 color = backside(yc, point);

        vec4 otherColor;
        if (yc < 0.0)
        {
                float shado = 1.0 - (sqrt(pow(point.x - 0.5, 2.0) + pow(point.y - 0.5, 2.0)) / 0.71);
                shado *= pow(-yc / cylinderRadius, 3.0);
                shado *= 0.5;
                otherColor = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, shado);
        }
        else
        {
                otherColor = getFromColor(p);
        }

        color = antiAlias(color, otherColor, cylinderRadius - abs(yc));

        vec4 cl = seeThroughWithShadow(yc, p, point, rotation, rrotation);
        float dist = distanceToEdge(point);

        return antiAlias(color, cl, dist);
}