Controlling Speed of Transitions (& Titles)

I've searched on this & even called FCPX Tech Support, but still feel like I'm missing somthing.
For the example of wanting to start a Project fading from black into a still image, I can't seem to controll the fade in speed as much as I'd like.
Example:
If I place a "Fade to Color" Transition first, and then the Image, and then open the Video Animation box & in "Compositing Opacity" move the slider all the way from left to right, it slows the transition a bit, but I feel I should have more control to slow it further.
For my intention, would you configure as I described?
I believe that extending the times of the Transition & Clip will slow the fade in, but I'd like to have more control within a set length of time. One approach I can imagine would be as in Audio Fade, where one can choose a linear, or curved fade in - I imagine a curved video fade in would be slower than the defualt linear one.
Does that make sense?
Maybe it's just not an option, and I'd have to use Motion, or some such for the degree of control that I am looking for?
As for Titles, if I use the Fade Title, in Inspector I see that one can adjust the "In Spread" and "In Duration"
Can you tell me how you think abut these settings?
Is this what you'd use to control the speed of a Title fading in?
I'm about to play around with it more & will get a better feel, but always appreciate opinions of those with experience.
Thanks!

I'm now playing around with "Midpoint" and "Hold" settings for the Fade to Color Transition.
Again, I'm sure I will get a better feel for how to use these settings, given time, but i would appreciate opinions of those that already have experience.
How do you think of & use these settings?

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