Applying same transition to many clips

You are probably going to be sick of my questions soon.
How do I apply the same transition to all of the clips I have entered. I cannot imagine that I have to place each on individually. In my old program there was a botton to "ripple transition" which applied it to every clip. Can I do that in FCE somehow????
Thanks again!!!

Hi(Bonjour)!
As filters, you can double-click on any transition from browser to open the settings. Tweak them as you want and drag the transition (or filter) in favorite folder (in browser).
Now you can apply this "custom" transition (or filter) strait from browser by dragging it into the timeline.
You can also tweak a first transition (settings, duration, etc) in timeline, and option-drag it over all other transitions applied in timeline.
Finally, if you want to add the default transition between all clips in timeline, simply put the playhead before the first clip, select all clips in timeline and drag them into canvas over the edit overlay on overwrite with transition selected.
Michel Boissonneault

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Make Timeline the active window.
Press command and A keys to select all clips.
Press command and T keys to apply the default transition.
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Daniel,
To apply the same transition between all clips, select all the clips, select the transition (and timing) then click ADD (at the bottom right of the transitions screen). The transitions will be rendered, one at a time between all the clips. If you wish to change the transition, again select the required clips, select the new transition, then click UPDATE.
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Applying the same transition between multiple clips

Does any know how to apply the same transition to multiple clips that are all ready in the timeline? I remember attending an Adobe Premiere Workshop years ago and I'm sure they demonstrated that technique. It's would be such a time saver. Perhaps it was a Final Cut Workshop.

Don't you get something like this:
That works perfectly for me. Have you updated to CS4 4.1?

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When applying a transition between particular clips it only applies to the end of the previous clip and will neither 'Center on Edit' nor 'Start on Edit'. I'm kind new to FCE 4 so please excuse my inexperience.

This indicates that you only have handles available on one side of the edit point. If the transition ends on the edit, that means that the next shop begins on the first frame of the media file and there is no room for it to extend and create the necessary overlap.
Click <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.fcpbook.com/Effects1.html">here</a> to find out how transitions work.

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Hi, I am loking for a way to _apply the Auto Contrast to many clips at once_. I have lots of CC to do and few time, and I find that using the auto contrast (in this case) would be a nice start, but I do not know how to do it to may clips in one step.
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It sounds like the OP is attempting to have FCP auto-analyze each clip that has this filter applied. While FCP doesn't do that, there is a faster way of accessing the filter settings without having to double click each clip. This requires the use of Auto-selects and Open sync.
Assuming the clips in question are located on track V1:
- Option click the auto select button on V1. (This is the grey button to the right of the padlock). By option-clicking, you're automatically deselecting the other video tracks.
- From either the Canvas or the Viewer, click the Playhead sync drop menu (located at the top center), and select Open. This opens the playhead sync between the timeline and the viewer.
- In the Viewer, click the Filters tab.
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Hello,
I'm banging my head against the wall trying to achieve something that seems like it should be fairly simple.
I'm producing guitar instruction videos that often use still images, five or more title clips (for text highlighting concepts presented in the video), and generator clips (used for masking). All of this is layered over the primary shot of me talking to/playing for the camera.
I'm looking into using a simple transition like "Slide" between chapters/sections of the video to prevent jump cuts. My goal is to include all clips in the transition: That is, if I only apply Slide to the two clips in the storyline, the other clips connected to the later clip in the storyline--titles, still images, etc.--remain stationary, which looks wierd. I want the whole enchilada--everything visible, still images and titles included--to slide over in unison. And I want to be able to do this 5-10 times over the course of a 5-minute video, and I'll be producing 20-50 videos. So I need an efficient workflow.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Yvef14A00
I'd like to apply a slide transition so that not only the image of my holding my guitar, but also the title "Stage 2", slid over the preceding footage.
And more importantly, what if, in addition to the text "Stage 2," there was a still image and several other titles? How would I get all of them to slide over together?
Storylines don't seem to be the answer--You'd have to create a different one for each additional clip, which seems cumbersome. And compound clips and transitions don't seem to mix well--when I try to transition between compound clips I'm told there isn't enough extra media to create the transition.
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Rob

Thank you Jakob, this will make things quicker once I know how to apply the transition.
But it doesn't answer my primary question: How to apply the transition.
Maybe some screenshots would illustrate the problem:
Image 1
www.heartwoodguitar.com/temp-imgs/1.png
Here the playhead is just before an edit point between two sections: The Guitar Strap section and the Capo section. Right now, a single still image is visible (dude with a chain for a guitar strap).
Image 2
www.heartwoodguitar.com/temp-imgs/2.png
Here the playhead is at the edit point where I want to apply a Slide transition. As you can see, in addition to the clip in the storyline (video of me holding my guitar), there are four title clips and two generator clips. I'd like all seven of those clips to slide across the still image of the dude with the chain guitar strap.
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Using CS6
I have videos on one track and titles on another track. I want to apply dissolve to black for the videos and gradient wipe to the titles.
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Hi D. Vivian,
d. vivan wrote:
What you need to do is to select the clips and enable trim (some red brackets will appear at the beginning or end of the clips).
I just marquee drag with the Roll tool to select the edit points.
d. vivan wrote:
Then, right click and Apply default transition.
Or use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + D (Windows) or CMD + D (Mac).
Thanks,
Kevin

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I would like to be able to fade in and out, back and forth across two video tracks. Is that possible?
Please direct me to resources already documented and I will go read further. Maybe there are online resources, other posts, etc.
Thanks

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It would really be better if you learned how to use this application the way it was designed to be used rather than the way you used some other application.

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In case it jogs your memory, the auto select buttons look like this: !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/34609963720f9084a4e1m.jpg!
Whereas the patch panel looks like this: !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/3460180481d57b9a7e63m.jpg!
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