Adding transitions in the timeline

Why would FCP not allow me to add a transition between 2 clips.
I have enough media to support the transition, but everytime
I drag it down, it's showing me an "X" in the transition I'm trying to move down.

It sounds like you are trying to put the wrong type of transition at on the wrong track. It happens if you try to put an audio trans on a video. Stuff like that. Probably something simple you over looked

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I can't drag a video transition into the timeline...a small x appears near the cursor

I can't drag a video transition into the timeline...a small x appears near the cursor

Sounds like you don't have enough handles.
http://www.fcpbook.com/Effects1.html

Add multiple transitions on the timeline?

Is there a way to add multiple transitions on the timeline. I edit 200 clips to music and I need to add a transition (the same transition, a dissolve) between each clip. I cannot add the transition when I pull them from the bin because they need to be edited to a soundtrack first.

1. Select your video clips.
2. Disconnect the a1 & a2 tabs on your destination controls (left side of the timeline.)
3. Move your playhead to the beginning of your timeline, or at the start of the first clip that is selected.
4. Drag the selected clips to the Canvas and drop the clips on the overlay for Overwrite w/ Transition.
This will overwrite your video clips on your timeline with the same video clips but will add your default transition between each edit point.

I have put several clips with transitions into the timeline in final cut pro. There are two clips which are followed by transitions which do not play at the right speed. It is extremely frustrating, can anyone help?

I have put several clips with transitions into the timeline in final cut pro X. There are two separate clips which are followed by transitions which do not play at the right speed. I'm at a loss as to why this is happening - any thoughts/help?

The two HD clips were purchased from itunes (MPEG - 4) and converted to .mov for use in Final Cut Pro. Project properties - 720p HD 1280x720 (60p)
Is this enough information?

Final Cut Pro X crashes when adding transitions, throughout the entire program.

I've had FCP X installed for a few weeks now, and I decided to hold back asking my question and see if anybody else is experiencing the same problems.
I did find one matching problem on the discussions forum, but the user found a solution which I tried, and did it did not work.
Everytime I try to add a very simple transition to my video in Final Cut Pro X, it gives me the spinning colorwheel, hesitates for a few seconds and then crashes.
It only does it with transitions, I can add effects, adjust color, etc. but only when adding transitions does it crash.
I've tried deleting events and original media, I've reimported using optimized media, I've tried both ways of keeping files in original locations and also copying to final cut events folder.
The video I'm using is full 1080p mov files from a Canon 5D Mark II.
It does it in the timeline as well as the secondary timeline.
I've tried the solution that the previous asker did, which was copying the content to another FCP event, and it didn't work for me. Still crashes whether I try to drag the transition to my timeline, use the keyboard shortcut, or double click.
I have a Early 2010 15 inch MBP i5 with 8gb of RAM running newest version of Snow Leopard.
Hope I've provided enough information
Thanks,
-Jon

Same Issue: Added a transition and then beach ball from **** and crash. Also lost two hours of work when it restarted and reverted to the last planned quit.
FCPX is benched until Lion and updates. Don't have time to be a beta tester on what might end up being a hobbyists toy.
MacPro Quad 3.0, 10G RAM.
Mark

Adding transitions after-the-fact

Well, Apparently I know just enough about FCE to be dangerous! I got cute and completed my project involving mostly .jpg and .tif photos, figuring out that once I'd laid it out, I'd be in a better position to "pace it" by going back and inserting dissolves and/or wipes later. I didn't know then that I should have apparently overlapped the stills for "handles." I didn't. They are cut together end-to-end. As suggested by one question here, I went back and placed an "OUT" mark a 0.05 sec on the left shot...even tried an 0.15 sec mark. It'll lay in a cross dissolve but it's so quick it may as well not be there. This is a medium to slow paced project and I'd like at least a 15-20 frames on either side of the dissolve. WHen I try to adjust duration, I get the Apple sound "thud" or similar clunk letting me know that's not going to happen. Haven't been able to use the Selection tool for highlighting and extending the dissolve at either end. I knew I should have known more about what I was doing before I started
Any help's appreciated.

VJK, I couldn't agree with you more about "Im making this way too complicated," however I've been doing exactly as you instructed: The cursor does become the two parallel bars where the transition/still meet indicating that I should be able to drag that end of the transition to the right to lengthen it (or at the other end to the left)---however, the iMac won't allow it. That's what is so perplexing. I can't find any difference between these two stills to which I've added a slow "zoom in" and another other two stills with the same "zoom in" or "pan" added where the transition worked as it should have. The stills are five to eight seconds in length so there shouldn't be a problem there. Yet, the last three transitions I've tried to lay in vary from one frame to eight frames. I've repeatedly tried several techniques and none allows me to expand them to one second.

Unable to apply transitions in the timeline

Have copied 4 video clips into the timeline and am unable to create any video transitions between them. I have tried to selecting the area between the two. I am able to this, but when I try to use the Effects/video transitions/cross dissolve I get the message:
"There was insufficient media for the requested transition at one or more edit points. Would you like to accept the others?"
Video transitions worked without a hitch in my earlier versions of FCP?

I'm not having the same problem, but it's definitely not a handle/media problem. I can't even apply transitions to text clips... *or to a Through Edit* where I know there's continuous media. I've tried Command-T, dragging the transition icon from the Browser, copying and pasting, and right-clicking on the edit point and selecting "Add Transition... ".
I've also tried repairing permissions, trashing my preferences, starting a new project and moving all of the elements into the new project, and starting a new Sequence. NOTHING WORKS.
Please advise, thanks.
FCP 7.0.3 running on OS 10.6.8.

Applying transitions in the timeline

Hi, I have recently created a dvd of videos and stills but when viewed on a tv the stills are pixelated. I originally created the sequences in premiere and rendered them out as mp4, to use in encore. However, when the the movie is played the still images look pixelated and in some it very noticeable.
So i thought i would just try and create the whole thing in encore, i'm not doing anything complicated just putting stills and videos together with music and with fade transistions between each clip.
Putting the assets together is no problem but i can't find away to apply transitions between clips in encore. I know you can in a slideshow, but a slideshow doe snot accept video files.
It seems really absurd to be that i can't create a still/video mix without one type being bad quality.
I am aware that this post could go in the premiere forum but hoped someone here might have an answer for me.
I am renerding out my sequences from premiere as mp4s h.264, as they produced a descent file size and didn't degrade in quality when compared to an avi or mov.
Any ideas would be apprecitated
Thanks,

I am using the cs4 suite.
I am not trying to create a bluray disc, i don't have a bluray writer or reader, i just got the best output and smallest size using h.264; instead of 800MB or sometimes over a GB for about 6mins of footage, i got it reduced to 200MB. I am a bit unsure of the best formats for this type of thing.
My output size is 720x480 as that is the size of the videos taken, they are in avchd format, and each picture is scaled down using PRs "scale to frame size" function, all of the pictures are good quality either from a DLSR or similar so the qulaity of the images before render is not the issue.
What is the best export format from PR for a mix of still images, audio and video? The images look good on my computer screen just not on the tv or when projected.
Thanks for all your help

Moving markers to the left on the timeline

Reposition marker is a great feature when you want to move a marker to the right on the time line after you have added something into the timeline. But what about when you delete a clip from the timeline? Is there an easy way to shift the existing markers to the left (other than editing each marker individually by copying and pasting the new timecode value)?

I wish. This has been a HUGE complaint of mine, the fact that markers don't move with the changes you make. Well, if you attach them to the timeline, they don't, but if you attach them to a CLIP, they do. But the BIG problem is that when they are attached to a clip, they don't show up in the Canvas or the Timeline. BIG pain. I and others have made feature requests for years and it seems to be falling on deaf ears.
How difficult can this be to fix? Or make work PROPERLY?
Shane

Transition issues in timeline...

hey now,
i have two issues/questions here...
sometimes when i apply a transition to the project, i get a warning message indicating 'frames were dropped'. sometimes when i try a different transition i don't get the message but at other times i do. my question: should i keep trying different transitions until i don't get the message or will this be a problem when i try to burn the project to a disc?
#2 - sometimes when i apply a transition in the timeline, it's really small (thin?). that is, it's not the same size as others in the timeline that i've already put in there. why i let it play to see what it looks like, the transition appears but for only a brief period of time. why does this happen? it's not that big a deal, i can eventually insert one that isn't like this but i AM curious about this.
rsvp...
~ tj

yea,
i'm in china... some sites are blocked!!
otherwise, i just remembered something. when i get this 'warning', it's about frames that have been dropped. it offers some suggestions when that box appears that i never tried (duh). i have just been trying a different transition to see if it will apply - mostly because i didn't understand what the suggestions were saying!! this project is finished so i'll come back if this occurs on my next project.
thanks for your help!!
~ tj

Need help with non-video clip transitions on the FCP timeline...

Hi all, I am struggling with this problem with the FCP timeline: I have a mix of things; .motn includes, .psd includes, etc. and I want to put a transition between them and a normal video clip, BUT, as u can guess, it does not work well. I guess because FCP can't see the frames inside the Motion file, it won't let u do a cross fade or whatever with any amount of time applied to it. So what to do?
I started to modify the motion files but realized this would not work, as I often use bits of one motion animation in various places starting and ending at different timecodes. So i need to be able to place a transition at the beg/end of motion clip on the fcp timeline. I started doing this:
1) place a slug above the track of a joining of motion/video clip
2) place the transitions on both ends of the slug.
Is this the way to go? I have dozens of these that I need to fix asap, so all advice is appreciated!
coocoo

Hi Cooco,
there are several ways to find out whether it is a [*matter of handles*|http://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_handles.html]
One is to select the clip>hit the S key (slip tool) clickandhold it . A brown line drawing a rectangle will appear and will continue beyond in and out point revealing the available clip's handles. If not handles are available then the brown line will stay within the clip on the timeline.
Visit the link I sent to you to more understand handle matters.
G.
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(1) Is there any way that I can get the transition menu to remain on the screen. I select a transition, drag it to the timeline and after I click done I have to start the process all over to perform this action on the next transition. I have premiere elem

(1) Is there any way that I can get the transition menu to remain on the screen. I select a transition, drag it to the timeline and after I click done I have to start the process all over to perform this action on the next transition. I have premiere elements 12. In older version the menu would stay on the screen.
(2) In pan and zoom how can start zoom on a photo in the original picture and zoom in and the next picture zoom out and the next photo pan from right to left and the next photo pan left to right.
Thanks
Sam

TidyCup
What computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 12 running on? If you have not already, be sure to update 12 to 12.1, using an opened project's Help Menu/Update.
But to the immediate questions, assuming Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit....
1. No, it is what it is. But, are you applying the same transition each time? If so, then highlight/select all the clips involved (all at one time), then Timeline Menu/Apply Default Transition will do just that for the highlighted/selected clips.
To highlight/select more than one clip at a time, hold down the Shift key of the computer main keyboard and then click on each clip that you want in the group selection
or
with your mouse cursor draw a rectangle around the clips that you want to select
2. Are you using the Premiere Elements 12/12.1 Expert workspace Pan and Zoom Tool? Or the pan or zoom presets under fx Effects/Presets/? With those you can do pan or zoom, not pan and zoom.
Or, are you in the Elements Organizer 12 Slideshow Editor using the pan and zoom effect there? Or, are you using keyframing the Motion Scale property for zoom and the Motion Position property for pan?
Are you asking about photos with landscape or portrait orientation?
The pan and zoom tool does one photo at a time.
Have you read the Adobe documentation on the Pan and Zoom Tool?
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premiereelements/using/WSeffff8bffc802084-494411db12fd35452dd- 8000.html
Please review and clarify and then we can get into greater details on this.
Thanks.
ATR

Adding a Glossary button which doesnt move the timeline on !

I'm using Captivate 3. On each page there is a
backwards/forwards button. On this one module we've now added a
'Glossary button'. If the user clicks this it opens up a external
PDF file in a seperate window. That works fine.
Say they are at the end of a page , the page is paused as its
waiting for them to click Back/Forward or Menu.
However if they click the Glossary button this moves the
timeline forward as its a kind of 'continue' which is frustrating
as it then moves to the next page. I just want them to be able to
click Glossary as many times as they want and the program doesnt
move on a page.
Has anyone come across this before ? Just want a button which
doesnt seem to move on ! Its not set to continue at all. Just set
to open an external file
Regards

Hello P_SJ,
The way I would tackle this would be to create the button in
Adobe Flash (including the link to the PDF document) and then
import this into Captivate as an animation. The reason for me
suggesting this is because with Images and Animations you can make
the object persist for the entire project (Options tab > Display
for > rest of project).
If you don't need the button to persist then you could just
disable the Pause after option (Options tab) in the Button dialog
and set the On success menu option to Open URL or file.
I guess that even if you did need the button to persist you
could just copy the button and paste this onto all the relevant
slides. That might work as well.
HTH
Regards - Mark

Smooth transition from (warp) Stabilized clip to the other clips on the timeline

When I link my (warped) clip to the other clips (that are running fine, and are not stabilized), right in the transition (both at the beginning and at the end), the clip "jumps", which I guess is sort of logic.
How do I connect the warped clip to the other clips on the timeline smoothly? I tried to nest both clips so they start out "fresh", but it still doesn't look right. Tried all alternatives in the Warp section.
Thanks

But you said "transition" - first word, second line?
If you stabilise and export a clip with handles, you can then apply transitions without problem, to the new clip.
Applying the stabiliser to the entire 2 minute clip, if that is what you mean, would not work. There would be too much motion overall for the stabiliser to achieve an acceptable result.
The best results are always achieved with short sections of clip, so the total motion over the timescale of the clip is limited.

Adding a Clip in the middle of the timeline

I know this is a dumb question, but I've been watching tutorials and reading about FCE; however, I cannot locate an explanation of how to insert a clip in the center of the timeline or a transition in the center of the timeline without messing everything else up.
Thanks for your understanding!

I assume you want to insert a clip between 2 others?
Drag the clip to where the other 2 "join".
If you do it carefully, you will notice that the cursor arrow points right when you have it in the top half of the timeline and swivels to point down when you move it to the bottom half of the timeline.
To insert your new clip you must release it while the cursor is pointing right.
A bit more info:
When the arrow is pointing right, showing that you are about to insert the clip, the clip is displayed with a thick dark line around it.
If the arrow is pointing down, showing that it is going to over-write the underlying clip, the clip turns from blue to brown.
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Adding transitions in the timeline

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