Dissolves

thanks for answering my last question. Now i have one on dissolves. I know where they are located in effects tab, but how do i actually place the dissolve between 2 clips? Any suggestions on which is a good one to use if im stringing about 5 clips together trying to show time lapse? So i need dissolves between all 5 clips but not sure how to place them.
thanks
steve

You can drag them out of the effects folder right onto the intersection of the two clips in the timeline.
You should get a 1 second cross as a default. Dbl click it in the timeline to open the transition into the viewer where you can set it to however long your media will handle.
IF you aren't getting the transition to sit on your timeline then you don't have enough media before the in point of the incoming clip or after the out point of the outgoing clip.
If that's the case... well... I'm not going to yell just yet...
CaptM

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Thanks for trying...
Very strange...and not discounting your proficiency with FCP.
When you place the dissolve end on edit, the dissolve shows up on the end of the clip? but then the clip never dissolves to black?
Yes, the dissolve will show up on the end of the clip, but it plays back as if it is not there. This happens whether it is rendered or not. If I use a cross dissolve between two clips, it plays back perfectly. 'Some' of the clips will dissolve to black but the majority play back as though the transition is not there.
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Tried that and went back and got the original transition and made sure everything was set how it should be. I thought for sure it owuld be the prefs, but no such luck.
Any chance you've got your video layers scrolled downwards and there's a clip on a lower track?
No, I have made sure there is only one track with nothing underneath.
Are any of these clips nested?
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</pre>
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Please see:
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First time was a couple of months ago and they came back by themselves after half hour!!!
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Also the Calendar appeared empty and I needed to check the coming appointment for the morning.
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Hi,
I am using a dip to color dissolve between clips, dipping to white. My problem is that the pillarbox lines are also dipping. Is there any way to avoid this?
Thanks.

The good thing about nesting though is that you can adjust the clips in the original sequence and then they'll update in the nest.
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Premiere Pro CS 5.5 can't do a simple cross dissolve with MPE enabled?

When adding cross dissolves to a project that I'm working on, I've come across an odd problem. I say odd because this should be dirt simple, but Adobe seems to have messed this up. Please advise on any solution or work around, or perhaps simply see if you can recreate the issue so we can get Adobe to fix this.
Problem:
Cross dissolves transitions don't seem to work consistently in cs 5.5. Note: I know how transitions work, and I'm not doing something stupid like trying to apply a transition to a cut without actually removing any video between the two clips (assuming the clips came from the same source video.). I'm able to recreate this issue on two different systems with premiere pro cs 5.5 by doing the follwing:
Create a new project and and sequence with the default settings.
Enable the Mercury Playback Engine if it isn't already enabled.
I import the Wildlife.wmv video that comes default with Windows 7 systems.
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Apply the default cross dissolve transition to the edit.
Review the edit. For my test, this edit always seems to work fine.
This is a screen capture of the working cross dissolve transition.
Now let me show you what happens when I do a similar edit somewhere in the second half of the video clip.
As you can see, for the duration of the transition, only the clip to the left is shown. At the end of the transition effect the program out preview jumps to displaying the clip to the right. There is no transition.
Additional notes:
This second transition works fine with MPE disabled, but because if of my other problem http://forums.adobe.com/message/3725642 that I have with MPE disable it is not a viable work around.
Help?
-Ted

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I also see an issue when a clip changes in the timeline, (cut from one piece of footage, to another) the video will begin to studder, dropping frames. Framerate seems to drop to about 2fps. To get smooth playback back, I have to pause and resume the playback. Even if this is done very very rapidly, it still fixes the playback issue. it's just really annoying to have to constantly stop and resume playback everytime a video clip changes in the timeline.
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Windows 7, Premiere Pro CC 2014
I have a video clip in a nested sequence on V1 and an adjustment layer on V2.
I want to dissolve from a white frame to the clip using the adjustment layer.
In PP CC (not 2014) this was simple:
Starting with a white PNG graphic on V2, cross-dissolve to the adjustment layer.
However, in PP CC 2014, this causes a dissolve to BLACK over the duration of the dissolve and then a CUT to the video.
This behavior in CC 2014 is illogical. Why has it changed?
There are other ways to do this, but this one was quick and easy, and is required for hundreds of clips in existing sequences / projects.
Response from support via live chat:
thank you for your patience
the adjustment is layer is not functioning properly
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&loc=en
please mention it in the feature/bug request form

For me with a color matte it shows exactly the same behavior as with a PNG.
You're dissolving between the matte and the adjustment layer on V2?

Has anyone seen this BUG with Time Warp and Dissolve?

I'm doing some real basic slow-mo clips, transitioning with various dissolve wipes. I've come across a problem that is extreemly frustrating! I'm wondering if anyone has insight on a fix or if Adobe does service packs or fixes that I might be able to install.
If you put two clips adjacent to each other on a timeline, apply time warp, set percentage to say 30% of realtime, then apply a dissolve between the clips, clip B, the outclip will play in reverse for a period equal to about 1/3 of the duration of the clip.
This is true scrubbing through the timeline and even rendering.
VERY ANNOYING!
I'm going to call support tomorrow, but that's not going to help me get my project finished any sooner since this is a critical element in this composition. I've tried the time remapping method, but the frame-blend is no match for the pixel motion of time warp.

Steve,
I think your post #11 was being sarcastic, but you left a little wiggle room for it not to be. With the sarcastic interpretation, I must add my thoughts:
Here is the link to the Adobe bug report form
. It is important that users who discover bugs with reproducible steps file them - otherwise they don't stand a chance of ever getting fixed. Steven Gotz's advice was sound in this regard.
As to the discussion of workarounds - since this is a User-to-User forum, the best that we as a community can do is help each other out with workarounds, since none of us here have the power to actually fix anything.
The important thing to glean from SG's post is the definite need to file a bug report.

How do I get Cross Dissolves to work even when there is plenty of media

I have 10 minute movie with many different video segments. I have added cross dissolves throughout the movie, and many go in with no problem, I just drag and drop them, and then I can easily drag the dissolve longer or shorter. However, on about half of the clips, I can't add a dissolve. There is plenty of media available (most clips are about 10 or 15 seconds long). It won't let me drop a cross dissolve at all. Sometimes, it lets me drop the dissolve, but only on one of the two clips I want it, and when that happens, the dissolve is very short and it won't let me extend it. Again, there is plenty of media available, and it will let me use the dissolve on about half of the clips (all the clips are pretty much the same--same source, same file type, same length, etc.). I've tried some suggestions online, but most suggest that the problem is with available media--I don't think that's my problem. Any suggestions?

+I've tried some suggestions online, but most suggest that the problem is with available media--I don't think that's my problem. Any suggestions?+
You don't have enough media.
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I'll try to answer in advance: I've tried any number of render settings - no avail. Sequence is DV PAL 5:4, PAL CCIR 601 (720x576) anamorphic. Lower field is dominant. Quicktime compressor is DV-PAL.
Basically it's the preset. I've used it countless times and I've only had a problem now.
Any ideas?
I'm open to suggestions that I've switched something off in a drunken haze.
Cheers,
d

Might be this and might be not:
If you drag clips around which have dissolves on a a cut, you sometimes drag wrong.
Hard to explain. What I want to say is this: If you remove the dissolve, then are the two clips together or is there (a one frame) gap between them?
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