diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27bc5b70..46dbe738 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 #### Improvements
 * [**242**](https://github.com/Juanpe/SkeletonView/pull/242): Offscreen table view layout issue fixed - [@Cacodemon](https://github.com/Cacodemon)
 * [**261**](https://github.com/Juanpe/SkeletonView/pull/261): Fixes removing skeleton layers from table header footer sections - [@darkside999](https://github.com/darkside999)
+* * [**263**](https://github.com/Juanpe/SkeletonView/pull/263): Feature/set cross dissolve transitions as default - [@Juanpe](https://github.com/Juanpe)
 
 #### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/Example/CollectionView/Main.storyboard b/Example/CollectionView/Main.storyboard
index 8ffdd372..585aa759 100644
--- a/Example/CollectionView/Main.storyboard
+++ b/Example/CollectionView/Main.storyboard
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="14490.70" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="irH-dz-xqL">
-    <device id="retina4_7" orientation="portrait">
-        <adaptation id="fullscreen"/>
-    </device>
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="15702" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="irH-dz-xqL">
+    <device id="retina4_7" orientation="portrait" appearance="light"/>
     <dependencies>
         <deployment identifier="iOS"/>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="14490.49"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="15704"/>
         <capability name="Safe area layout guides" minToolsVersion="9.0"/>
         <capability name="documents saved in the Xcode 8 format" minToolsVersion="8.0"/>
     </dependencies>
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                         <subviews>
                             <view contentMode="scaleToFill" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="eHI-ka-8vS">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="20" width="375" height="243"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="243"/>
                                 <subviews>
                                     <textView clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" textAlignment="natural" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="obr-b6-dib">
                                         <rect key="frame" x="45" y="142" width="287" height="78"/>
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@
                                 </userDefinedRuntimeAttributes>
                             </view>
                             <collectionView clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" dataMode="prototypes" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="HKL-L0-T2w">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="263" width="375" height="244"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="243" width="375" height="264"/>
                                 <color key="backgroundColor" white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
                                 <collectionViewFlowLayout key="collectionViewLayout" minimumLineSpacing="10" minimumInteritemSpacing="10" id="mGU-kn-rfE">
                                     <size key="itemSize" width="50" height="50"/>
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@
                                 <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="507" width="375" height="160"/>
                                 <subviews>
                                     <segmentedControl opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" contentHorizontalAlignment="left" contentVerticalAlignment="top" segmentControlStyle="plain" selectedSegmentIndex="0" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="fMR-vj-7de">
-                                        <rect key="frame" x="20" y="22.5" width="135" height="29"/>
+                                        <rect key="frame" x="20" y="21" width="145" height="32"/>
                                         <segments>
                                             <segment title="Solid"/>
                                             <segment title="Gradient"/>
@@ -135,14 +133,14 @@
                                             <action selector="showOrHideSkeleton:" destination="irH-dz-xqL" eventType="touchUpInside" id="lHc-k2-OgV"/>
                                         </connections>
                                     </button>
-                                    <stepper opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" maximumValue="5" stepValue="0.25" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="3mz-9M-e7Q">
-                                        <rect key="frame" x="263" y="126" width="94" height="29"/>
+                                    <stepper opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" value="0.25" maximumValue="5" stepValue="0.25" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="3mz-9M-e7Q">
+                                        <rect key="frame" x="263" y="123" width="94" height="32"/>
                                         <connections>
                                             <action selector="transitionDurationStepperAction:" destination="irH-dz-xqL" eventType="valueChanged" id="Ll0-Pr-d0V"/>
                                         </connections>
                                     </stepper>
-                                    <label opaque="NO" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Fade Duration: 0 sec" textAlignment="right" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="5gN-Jz-44y">
-                                        <rect key="frame" x="113.5" y="131.5" width="141.5" height="18"/>
+                                    <label opaque="NO" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Fade Duration: 0.25 sec" textAlignment="right" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="5gN-Jz-44y">
+                                        <rect key="frame" x="92.5" y="130" width="162.5" height="18"/>
                                         <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" pointSize="15"/>
                                         <nil key="textColor"/>
                                         <nil key="highlightedColor"/>
diff --git a/Example/CollectionView/ViewController.swift b/Example/CollectionView/ViewController.swift
index b1a2f259..7ec7a8c8 100644
--- a/Example/CollectionView/ViewController.swift
+++ b/Example/CollectionView/ViewController.swift
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
     
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
+        transitionDurationStepper.value = 0.25
         collectionView.prepareSkeleton(completion: { done in
             self.view.showAnimatedSkeleton()
         })
diff --git a/Example/TableView/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/Example/TableView/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index 5bf44e9c..14f46e3c 100644
--- a/Example/TableView/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/Example/TableView/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@
                                             <action selector="showOrHideSkeleton:" destination="BYZ-38-t0r" eventType="touchUpInside" id="Ma1-WX-Dzy"/>
                                         </connections>
                                     </button>
-                                    <label opaque="NO" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Fade Duration: 0 sec" textAlignment="right" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="mrw-PM-jJJ">
-                                        <rect key="frame" x="113.66666666666667" y="130" width="141.33333333333331" height="18"/>
+                                    <label opaque="NO" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Fade Duration: 0.25 sec" textAlignment="right" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="mrw-PM-jJJ">
+                                        <rect key="frame" x="92.333333333333329" y="130" width="162.66666666666669" height="18"/>
                                         <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" pointSize="15"/>
                                         <nil key="textColor"/>
                                         <nil key="highlightedColor"/>
                                     </label>
-                                    <stepper opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" maximumValue="5" stepValue="0.25" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="l4N-LL-ZrJ">
+                                    <stepper opaque="NO" contentMode="scaleToFill" horizontalHuggingPriority="750" verticalHuggingPriority="750" contentHorizontalAlignment="center" contentVerticalAlignment="center" value="0.25" maximumValue="5" stepValue="0.25" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="l4N-LL-ZrJ">
                                         <rect key="frame" x="263" y="123" width="94" height="32"/>
                                         <connections>
                                             <action selector="transitionDurationStepperAction:" destination="BYZ-38-t0r" eventType="valueChanged" id="jPN-df-fNs"/>
diff --git a/Example/TableView/ViewController.swift b/Example/TableView/ViewController.swift
index 66da4d4b..c4aefeaf 100644
--- a/Example/TableView/ViewController.swift
+++ b/Example/TableView/ViewController.swift
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
         tableview.isSkeletonable = true
+        transitionDurationStepper.value = 0.25
         view.showAnimatedSkeleton()
     }
     
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c2ecde4..d61f6f79 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ view.hideSkeleton(transition: .crossDissolve(0.25))     //Hide skeleton cross di
 
 ```
 
+The default value is  `crossDissolve(0.25)`
+
 **Preview**
 
 <table>
diff --git a/Sources/SkeletonConfig.swift b/Sources/SkeletonConfig.swift
index cd6628f7..59d13ad9 100644
--- a/Sources/SkeletonConfig.swift
+++ b/Sources/SkeletonConfig.swift
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct SkeletonConfig {
         gradientDirection: GradientDirection? = nil,
         animated: Bool = false,
         animation: SkeletonLayerAnimation? = nil,
-        transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .none
+        transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve(0.25)
         ) {
         self.type = type
         self.colors = colors
diff --git a/Sources/SkeletonView.swift b/Sources/SkeletonView.swift
index 678800f3..4bb88b03 100755
--- a/Sources/SkeletonView.swift
+++ b/Sources/SkeletonView.swift
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ public extension UIView {
     ///
     /// - Parameters:
     ///   - color: The color of the skeleton. Defaults to `SkeletonAppearance.default.tintColor`.
-    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.none`.
-    func showSkeleton(usingColor color: UIColor = SkeletonAppearance.default.tintColor, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .none) {
+    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.crossDissolve(0.25)`.
+    func showSkeleton(usingColor color: UIColor = SkeletonAppearance.default.tintColor, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve(0.25)) {
         let config = SkeletonConfig(type: .solid, colors: [color], transition: transition)
         showSkeleton(skeletonConfig: config)
     }
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ public extension UIView {
     ///
     /// - Parameters:
     ///   - gradient: The gradient of the skeleton. Defaults to `SkeletonAppearance.default.gradient`.
-    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.none`.
-    func showGradientSkeleton(usingGradient gradient: SkeletonGradient = SkeletonAppearance.default.gradient, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .none) {
+    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.crossDissolve(0.25)`.
+    func showGradientSkeleton(usingGradient gradient: SkeletonGradient = SkeletonAppearance.default.gradient, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve(0.25)) {
         let config = SkeletonConfig(type: .gradient, colors: gradient.colors, transition: transition)
         showSkeleton(skeletonConfig: config)
     }
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ public extension UIView {
     /// - Parameters:
     ///   - color: The color of skeleton. Defaults to `SkeletonAppearance.default.tintColor`.
     ///   - animation: The animation of the skeleton. Defaults to `nil`.
-    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.none`.
-    func showAnimatedSkeleton(usingColor color: UIColor = SkeletonAppearance.default.tintColor, animation: SkeletonLayerAnimation? = nil, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .none) {
+    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.crossDissolve(0.25)`.
+    func showAnimatedSkeleton(usingColor color: UIColor = SkeletonAppearance.default.tintColor, animation: SkeletonLayerAnimation? = nil, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve(0.25)) {
         let config = SkeletonConfig(type: .solid, colors: [color], animated: true, animation: animation, transition: transition)
         showSkeleton(skeletonConfig: config)
     }
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public extension UIView {
     /// - Parameters:
     ///   - gradient: The gradient of the skeleton. Defaults to `SkeletonAppearance.default.gradient`.
     ///   - animation: The animation of the skeleton. Defaults to `nil`.
-    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.none`.
-    func showAnimatedGradientSkeleton(usingGradient gradient: SkeletonGradient = SkeletonAppearance.default.gradient, animation: SkeletonLayerAnimation? = nil, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .none) {
+    ///   - transition: The style of the transition when the skeleton appears. Defaults to `.crossDissolve(0.25)`.
+    func showAnimatedGradientSkeleton(usingGradient gradient: SkeletonGradient = SkeletonAppearance.default.gradient, animation: SkeletonLayerAnimation? = nil, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve(0.25)) {
         let config = SkeletonConfig(type: .gradient, colors: gradient.colors, animated: true, animation: animation, transition: transition)
         showSkeleton(skeletonConfig: config)
     }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public extension UIView {
         recursiveLayoutSkeletonIfNeeded(root: self)
     }
     
-    func hideSkeleton(reloadDataAfter reload: Bool = true, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .none) {
+    func hideSkeleton(reloadDataAfter reload: Bool = true, transition: SkeletonTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve(0.25)) {
         flowDelegate?.willBeginHidingSkeletons(rootView: self)
         recursiveHideSkeleton(reloadDataAfter: reload, transition: transition, root: self)
     }