Cross dissolve problem again, sorry.

I spoke too soon. Using the Command T key only rewards with an alert sound. No dissolve. This has to be operator error. I am placing the cursor on the transition point but cannot add a cross dissolve.
Best.
Tom

Are you sure you have enough media to create the dissolve? If you don't, you will get an audible error and you should see a pop-window with that warning (unless you selected "don't show again").
Using the "Available Media" preference requires that you have enough head/tails on both the incoming and outgoing clips for the transition. If you use the Overlap Media preference it will use whatever media is available to create the transition--hence the reason your timeline is shrunk.
One possible work around is to go back to your preferences and set the default dissolve time to less than 1 second if all you need is a very quick dissolve. This is just a hunch though, I haven't had a chance to try it.

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Cross Dissolve problem

Hi,
What are the correct settings for a fluent cross-dissolve from one clip to another?
I am using version 12 of Premiere Elements and the standard length of my is 1 second (50 frames). However the result is that I still can see the faded out video 'stop' (instead of fading completely) and the new video seems to pause before it's fading in.
Obviously I want it just going smoothly from one clip to another.
Seems to me like a basic setting to any video editing software, but I cannot seem to fix this.
Thanx for your responses.
Best regards,
Ronald

Using some freeware, I have also some info about my original video file format. Maybe that helps to determine what settings I should put in Premiere. And looking back now at my video, I guess I described my problem wrongly. Looking closer at the transition, it's not really like previous clip has not fully disappeared, it does fully disappear, but ends with a few frames of still image, like the next clip starts with a few frames of still image....
Algemeen
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HUGE TRANSITION CROSS DISSOLVE PROBLEMS

Ok, I copied everything to a new project - same problem (unrelated frames in the background of a transition between 2 other clips). But now on top of that, sometimes it doesn't even create any transition at all! I have no files in Render media. People are telling me to dump preferences - what exactly does that mean? Please tell me step by step. Go into User Preference? which folder (general, editing...etc)? Do I just uncheck everything? Also, the apple8 isn't working as default transition anymore - it's just gone light grey & I have no idea how to get it back.
Please help...
Thanks,
Billy

Trashing Prefereneces is done by closing FCP, then navigate to this website: http://fcprescue.andersholck.com/... nice little utiltiy to do that.
Not sure it will help, but won't hurt.
Apple 8 is a keyboard shortcut to open the log and capture window... command (apple) +T is the keyboard command to add the default transition.
Control click on the cross Dissolve in the Effects tab in the Viewer, and select "make default transition"...
Most of the time, when a transition isn't added it's because you don't have enough unused media to accomodate it. (you've edited in all the media that's available from a clip or subclip). Take off 15 frames on either side of an edit point that has this prolblem, and you should be able to add a 30 frame centered transition that way.
Jerry

Bizzare cross-dissolve problem

I just inserted a cross-dissolve between two clips. Just as the dissolve is happening, though, I get a very brief--but very noticeable--image from the next clip in the movie where I'm also cross-dissolving!
Anyone have any ideas about how to fix this?

Another tip James.
Shorten the incoming clip slightly - say 5 to 10 frames. Click on the tiny fine tuning icon at the bottom left of the incoming clip and drag the orange border inwards. This can be adjusted frame by frame up to 1 second. You can keep repeating this 1 second at a time - very useful for fine tuning clips.
Doing this may fix that "ghost" image problem at the start of the cross dissolve transition. Of course, apply the transition after shortening the clip.
John

Cross dissolve problem - only works as fade in with graphics clips

I inserted three graphics clips with transitions (cross dissolve default) at the beginning of a sequence. The transitions only seem to work as fade-ins I have plenty of extra frames beyond the edit section of the clips. I tried to adjust the transitions in the transition editor - it shows the transition aligned to start at the edit, but won't allow mw to choose to center it on the edit or end on the edit.
Thanks for any help you can provide

Thank you - no, there seems to be a handle only on the left side of the edit (to the left of the transition - which sits only to the right of the edit). On the right side,(in the zone of hte transition) the cursor shows the symbol for the roll tool - r. Excuse my limited understanding of the interface and tools - I am just beginning to learn FCE.
I will be away from the workstation until tomorrow morning.

Cross Dissolve Problems

Ive already checked some of the posts on here and dont really understand what im doing wrong.
I have clips that im trying to use the corss dissolve transition effect on but it just wont do what i want it to do. The clips have enough frames in them and there are no gaps between clips, yet when i try to use the corss dissolve it will only let me place it on an incoming clip, i cant place it on an outgoing clip and worst of all it wont let me place it between an outgoing and incoming which is what i want to do. Ive looked up HANDLES but dont understand it.
Can someone try and explain to me in laymans what im doing wrong?
Ive added an image if it helps.
Many many thanks

The 'insufficient media' that the message is talking about is the "handles".
So... what it looks like from this shot is that you've started each of the clips in your timeline at frame 1. If you'd start at least at frame 16 as your IN POINT then you'd have 15 frames left as 'handle' to cover the transition. Look at the way the transition sits on your timeline. What that is telling us is that it HAD to start on the edit because your IN COMING clip didn't have any frames PRIOR to that inpoint to us IN THE TRANSITION.
Since you set an OUT POINT on the clip... and it still had material you didn't want to use... it HAS handles to the RIGHT of the OUTPOINT and then can be used as a transition.
Imagine you put the OUTGOING CLIP on Video Track 2 and the INCOMING CLIP on Video Track 1. You lined them up point to point. VISUALLY you can see that there is NO WAY you are going to get a transition.
NOW... grab the left side of the OUTGOING clip and drag it to the right. Use your PEN TOOL to change the opacitity from 100 - 0 on the part just after where the INCOMING clip starts.
THAT's what is happening.
Now, Extend both the TOP RIGHT and the BOTTOM clip LEFT -- Use your opacity pen tool to create a fade in the ENTIRE span of the overlapping clips and you'll see what the transition is looking for.
Oh, BTW -- if you cannot extend ONE or the OTHER clips in the direction you need... "you've got INSUFFICIENT MEDIA" and need to go back to the original clip and adjust your in/out points accordingly.
Good luck,
CaptM

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Problem with Cross Dissolve and Opacity

I've been noticing that Cross Dissolve has been acting goofey for awhile but have overcome any problems by manually adjusting opacity settings. However, this time I can't get either to cooperate. Notice the line appearing below the phrase "the nutrient recommendation map" in the image below. This line or a similar line will appear as title either cross dissolve into one another or if they are stand alone and the opacity settings fade them in and out. The blinking of the lines is sporadic and changes as I make adjustments. I'll "fix" one spot but they will start to blink at other points in the time line and in different areas.
Any ideas?

I ask because I think I'm having a similar problem. Went home and updated PPro to 5.0.3 and still have the issue.
The screen shot here show the first seconds of an HDV30/60 sequence as the video fades in (bottom layer - lasts about 2 seconds). The top layer is a mask to create the effect of a cinescope camera (no fade). I've cropped the left for demo purposes.
The bottom layer is regular ol' HDV footage. The top layer was created using a Photoshop file with 2 squares using the shape tool and colored black.
For pre-view and render, you can see a light-colored hair line around the top mask. I've applied different effect to remove it, but it won't work. In fact, some effects make it stand out even more. I've also tried using other assets from the PSD (PNG, PPro black video, etc). I also tried the cropping work-around but it did not work.
The screenshot is subtle but it's there. The main thing is that it can be VERY noticable in the BD-R discs I've created played back on set-top players so I'm really hoping there is a fix for it. I did notice that it will appear when I scrub with my finger on the left mouse key. As soon as I let go it appears again.
So PPro is up to date, graphics card is up to date, and I've tried suggested fixes and a few of my own with no luck. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Erik

Problem with Cross Dissolve: The video cuts out during the transistion

I'm encountering a problem with the Cross Dissolve transistion wherein during the period in which the transition should be happening the video instead drops out. There's plenty of heads and tails available on both clips, but as soon as the timeline hits the start of the transition "from' clip cuts out, revealing the background or black if there's no background underneath and then the "go-to" clip cuts in at the end of the transition.
Any help would be appreciated.

I've been having this issue and it's driving me crazy. It's random, that some cross dissolves work, and others don't. Seems to affect AVCHD footage. Adobe seems to be aware of the issue.
The work around that I've seen posted by a forum user "Mitch W" is to apply a GPU accelerated effect to one of the clips in the pair. The effect can be turned to "0" so as not to alter the video. The act of doing this, makes premiere see the clip differently, and render the cross dissolve correctly.
Fast Blur, set to "zero", seems to do the trick, and allows it to work with CUDA acceleration turned on. I did notice that the work around was broken by changing the playback resolution in the viewer window. In that situation, I had to apply the GPU effect to the other clip in the pair to make it work again.
I don't know what will happen if I change my playback resolution again...

Cross dissolve and still frame problem

Sorry for reposting this issue but I am still have problems. In fact, it is extremely frustrating and I don't know why.
I am using FCP X 10.0.8 and when I try to add cross dissolves to some still frames it will not allow me.
I get the following error msg.
The Japanese error msg says that there is insufficient media length outside the clip edge to make a transition. And it asks whether I want to make a ripple trim to the media in order to make the transition. It says that if I decide to do so then the overall project duration will be shortened. However, even if I decide to do the later it will not let me make the cross dessolve.
As you can see there should be enough length outside the clip edge to allow this. Or am I misleading myself in this view?
According to me - and I know that I am a sheer novice at this, there should be enough media length to allow the transition. This is happening in not only cross dissolves but any other dissolve which I attempt to add. The problem seems to be intermittent or varies. If I replace the still frame then sometimes it will allow the transition but effects subsequent frames. Either putting in "flash" or bogus frames - even just a black frame. These I can only detect when I expand the timeline to the very limit. And on some occassions there is nothing whatsoever that seems to be blocking the adding of the cross dissolve. This will be the 3rd time which I have had to restart the project and it is getting rather annoying, not to say that I am approaching the time limit which is adding even more pressure.
Can you suggest what the problem is and how I should go about rectifying it please? Is anybody else having the same issue?
Thanking you,
Mitaka27
Tokyo

This is what I see but it doesn't quite make sense to me. One, I don't know why there should be two AUDIO01 files showing. The still frame which I am trying to add the crossover to is FRTOTSUKA. It will allow me to add to the end but not to the start. The same is happening with a couple of other frames. If I add one to the start it won't allow me to add it to the end.
Hope I am making sense.
Thanking you,
Mitaka27

Problem with audio overlap for cross dissolve transition

I am using FCPX v10.8 to edit 1hour long lectures. When I edit out a short mis-speak, for example, the audio will overlap too, along with the video. Not good.
Someone told me to try expanding the audio video and that definately helps. But when I do additional edits, the audio tracks keep changing to different levels (FCP7 tracks which i wish we still had) and I start running into overlap problems again so I have to keep going back and making sure I havent messed up some of the earlier ones. Driving me nuts. Is there any other way to edit or some other transition that will do the same as cross dissolve for the video but not audio. There are not too many transitions that will work for one person speaking as in a lecture. Cant fade in and out, etc. Appreciate any help. Urgent! have deadlines to meet.
thank you
Jac

Expanding audio/video is the first step. The second step in to bring up the trim tool (T). Then you roll the audio and/or the video. The levels should be easily controlled as well with keyframes.
Other than dissolve, the video transition of choice is fade to color.
Russ

Is there a better Cross Dissolve method and associated problem?

I have been using Cross Dissolve for some time now. I have searched and reviewed cross dissolve help in the forum without so far finding better information or a solution.
My method:
- razor at the point to be dissolved
- drag the Cross Dissolve to the razor point
- click the dissolve to select the length required
- razor each end of the dissolve length
- right click each razored section with a ripple delete
- reapply the cross dissolve and reselect the length
I find this works for me but could be simpler. I ripple delete the razored sections because if I do not, the cross dissolves overlap previous sections prior and after the selected clips in the whole video sequence such that the effect appears not to work. Ripple deleting ensures that the previous sections are within the selected clips. There has to be a faster way.
My problem:
This happens after many successful cross dissolves in a Project as though I have run out of allowable times it can be used. When I try to ripple delete the razored sections, the ripple delete does not work no matter what I do.
What can I do better or correctly to cross dissolve and how can I deal with untimely failed ripple deletes?

I was not implying anything about your "experience" or otherwise although your method did actualy indicate a lack of editing experience..
It was you that asked for a more simpler, faster way to do one of the most fundamental editing functions. A cross dissolve.
I find this works for me but could be simpler. I ripple delete the razored sections because if I do not, the cross dissolves overlap previous sections prior and after the selected clips in the whole video sequence such that the effect appears not to work. Ripple deleting ensures that the previous sections are within the selected clips. There has to be a faster way.
I do not know how or why you developed the method you described...
My method:
- razor at the point to be dissolved
- drag the Cross Dissolve to the razor point
- click the dissolve to select the length required
- razor each end of the dissolve length
- right click each razored section with a ripple delete
- reapply the cross dissolve and reselect the length
but it certainly is unique ....if somewhat cumbersome and time consuming.
I only offered the advice that lead you to a "simpler , faster " way of doing a very simple function.
Your post number 4. Yes you have misinterpreted that setting.
Stephen kind of unintentionally mislead you by using the term Pre and Post roll when he should have said " handles". (ie edit the clip knowing you have additional frames either end to create a fade from.

Intermittent problem with cross dissolve and chroma key

It seems that in 1 out of 10 videos I produce in Final Cut Pro there is a problem with the cross dissolve effect and chroma key. What happens is that during the cross dissolve, clip A fades out with a green tint and clip B fades in with a green tint.
Today I am working with two videos that I captured using the same work flow on the same day. One project exhibits the tint while the second project does not. If I import the problematic footage into the good project the tint problem follows the footage. In the good footage, the cross dissolve produces a result that does not have a green tint. If I re-capture the "bad" footage the results are the same.
Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone have an idea how to resolve this problem?
Thank you.
Dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

In my project, both clips are source clips with Chroma, Color Smoothing and Matte Choker applied. A dissolve from non-chroma clip to chroma clip works fine. Only problem is with two chroma clips. In my dissolve, the error appears as red fringing in the area between the two masks.< </div>
You're using creative shorthand that doesn't help. "Chroma clip" means the clip to which you have applied all of these effects? What masks? Where are you getting the masks?
To understand what's going on with all them itty bitty pixels in a stack of interactive effects, do me a favor: render out a short piece, say 10 seconds of each of your chromaclips as separate movies over transparency using the Animation codec. Reimport them and put them over a solid colored Dissolve between them using different types of dissolves. Post back and tell us (me) what's going on.
I still consider this to be a bug -- nesting adds more steps to the workflow than if this bug did not exist. < </div>
It's not a bug. Your pixels are running down a pathway. It's a question of building the correct pathway and having the correct pixel wranglers with the right kinds of cattle prods.
bogiesan

Problem with cross dissolve transitions

I had several short interview clips that I had made into several short Imovies. I wanted to combine the interviews into one longer movie. Each short clip has an intro clip.
The problem occurs when I copy each short clip and paste into the long version. The beginning and end of each clip is clipped somewhat. I think this might be because it's making a new cross dissolve from an existing cross dissolve?
When I remove everything but the interview clip from the short movies then paste into the longer version this problem doesn't happen. Any idea why this might be happening?

If you made the short clips by export the movie with the intro there is probably no extra media available to make the overlap for the transition. Check the preferences for doing the transition if it's set to all or half. That might help you, but it may just not be possible.

Problem with Cross Dissolve

I have a couple of clips I want to add the default Cross Dissolve between. The first clip is 04;04 sec., and the other clip is 04;12 sec. When I add the dissolve between them, it only comes in at a duration 00;01; while, when I add the same dissolve to the beginning or end of a clip, it has a duration of 01;00 (which is what I want between the clips.)
Since I have enough footage on each clip (right?), shouldn't the default dissolve be applied at 01;00?
(P.S. This same thing is happening at many places along the timeline.)
Thanks.

Hi(Bonjour)!
That's because both clips must have some "unused" material to "build" the transition itself.
We call this "handles".
To get a 1 second transition, the outcoming (the first one) and incoming (the second one) clips must have at least 15 frames of unused material: 15 frames after the out point of outcoming and 15 frame before the in point of incoming one. This is related to the fact that FCE keep the same sequence's duration with or without transition.(iMovie decrease the duration of your movie when you insert a transition).
Instead of cuting your clips as suggested earlier, use the ripple tool (RR) and adjust the clips.
Michel Boissonneault

Cross dissolve problem again, sorry.

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