Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step One:
Here are same two video clips again, and if youclick the Play icon (orpress the
Spacebar
),
the first clip plays and then when it's done, the second clip plays immediately—it just cuts
from one clip to the other. To add a nice fade between the two, click on the Transition icon
(it looks like a square with a diagonal line), and the Drag To Apply dialog, with your trans-
ition choices, appears (seen here). The top one, Fade, doesn't work very well between two
clips like this (it fades out at the end of the first clip, then fades in the second clip).
Step Two:
Instead, you'd probably choose a Cross Fade, which fades directly from one clip into the
next (kind of like a dissolve in a slide show). To add a cross fade between your clips, first
click on Cross Fade in the dialog, and then you get to choose how long you want this cross
fade to take. The default choice is 1 second, but you can choose longer if you'd like by
clicking on the Duration slider (I chose 2.15 seconds here). Now, just click-and-drag that
cross fade down onto your timeline and position it between your two clips (as shown here),
and then let go of your mouse button. It adds a little blue rectangle with two triangles (as
seen in the next step) letting you know there's a transition added there. To remove a trans-
ition, click on that little rectangle and hit the
Delete (PC: Backspace) key
on your key-
board.
