Cross Disolve that isn't centered, ending or starting on cut.

I'm cutting on a film that needs long transitions with dissolves that are not centered, ending or starting on the cut, i.e. 60-frame dissolve with 10-frames before the cut - quite an easy thing to do on Avid, but as I am still new to FCP, I'm not sure where to find it?
Double clicking the transition allows me to adjust the dissolve but only as a centered, starting at or ending at....another editor suggested that I keyframe the opacity in, but that is really timeconsuming and cumbersome. Any suggestions would be appreciated....thanks!
Susan.

Hi Susan
You can't ake assymetrical dissolves in FCP - I miss it from Avid too.
I don't think there is any difference between the result of of making a dissolve the way you want to and just rolling your cut point back ten frames and make a starting from cut dissolve. The two dissolves should look exactly the same.
Hope that helps
Jim
I'm cutting on a film that needs long transitions
with dissolves that are not centered, ending or
starting on the cut, i.e. 60-frame dissolve with
10-frames before the cut - quite an easy thing to do
on Avid, but as I am still new to FCP, I'm not sure
where to find it?
Double clicking the transition allows me to adjust
the dissolve but only as a centered, starting at or
ending at....another editor suggested that I keyframe
the opacity in, but that is really timeconsuming and
cumbersome. Any suggestions would be
appreciated....thanks!
Susan.

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    In the "Summary" tab you'll see details of the purchaser of the track. Click Next to go through all your purchased music one by one until you find the ones you need to get rid of.
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