Composite mode transition

Hi,
When I use a transition (edge wipe in this case) between two clips with a different composite mode, something strange happens. I thought that the transition will mix the composite modes but it looks like it adds the composite modes.
Is there any change of solving this problem or do I have to find a workaround?
Martijn.
PowerMac G5 DUAL 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.4) FCP 4.5

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I looked again at the transition and I found that the transition only uses the composite mode of the first clip.
Martijn.

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