Fade to black at end of movie

In Garageband, there is a little triangle in the timeline that represents the end of the song. When you render (mix) the song out to a file, it will do it till it gets to that triangle.
Am I correct in saying that I need to add a gap at the end of every project if I want the end of the movie to fade to black and then have a second or two of black before the end of the movie file?
Thanks!
Scot

If you add the default dissolve transition at the end (command T with the end selected), it will fade to black. But there won't be any length of black once it is faded. For that you need to add a gap at the end. Option W inserts a default length (3 s I think) of gap at the playhead so make sure the playhead is at the end of your project first.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I tried to duplicate your settings and exported to a QT movie. The movie did not fade to black at the end. It does fade when played in iPhoto.
My settings were:
In the slideshow window:
Effect: none
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In the settings pane:
KB is checked, transition is none.
It's the same whether there's music or not.
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Okay, just tried this myself.
I see what you mean.
Try this:
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Put a blank title after the fade out. This gives the playhead somewhere to go and your fade will go all the way to black.
OR
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Push the clips (transition included) appart so there's a little space between them. You should now see your transition fade all the way to black.

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I've started to use Motion 5 for a few weeks now but I'm kinda stuck on how to fade to black on a project. Ok it's a
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The easiest thing to do is add a Color Solid:
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http://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/en/motion/usermanual/
unfortunately, this version is not searchable, so I also keep the Motion 4 user manual bookmarked here:
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More here:
http://www.applemotion.net/macbreak-studio/
And some pretty advanced tutorials here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeZvvhzFi_ZxWbzZ5bhJ45QWzPHQ3Y5qy
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Ahhh, now I see the problem, Grasshopper. Problem is, we are all Grasshoppers, here.
Yes, that little piece of info is critical. I'd say the biggest difficulty with FCPX is the whole new language.
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Imagine how much time and work that took.
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Most users, myself included, are very grateful to this gentleman.
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