Lots of handles, no cross dissolve

I'm an FCE newbie. Why is it on a few clips I'm unable to apply a transition. I've got at least 10-15 seconds of "handles" on both clips that I'm trying to join. But when I try to apply a cross dissolve I get an x on the cross dissolve icon. The x only shows up on one side when I move the icon back and forth.
Thanks video gods.

when I was switching from iMovie to FCE I made two mistakes/miss the concept of FCE how it handles disolves.... :
a) both clips have to be in the same track.. you can not add a disolve to two clips on two tracks.. (that sounds too basic, but.. )
b) iM grabs 'flesh' for a disolve automatically, adding a disolve to two clips shortens the total project length - not so in FCE: in the preview window you have to set in/out points (=> which leaves some unused material, you need for the disolve..); then add clip to timeline; then add disolve (=if 'flesh' is 2sec, you can not add a 6sec disolve...).
as said, this sounds too basic to FC pros, but when you're used to other, more consumer-ish editor, you have to learn that..

Similar Messages

Final Cut Pro 10.1.3, My Cross Dissolve icon is black, I have tried many option but I cannot get it to function. Do I need another plug in for it to work? Help please.

Hi,
I am trying to do a very basic cross dissolve in final cut pro 10.1.3. One thing I have noticed is that al a lot of my icons in the transitions sections are black. Is this normal? I can' t find much on this. When I drag the transition onto the clip a message comes up saying, 'There is not enough extra media beyond clip egdes', It asks do I want to over lap to create the transition. I say 'Create Transition', but it doesn't. Any thoughts appreciated.

Curiously, this picture I can see :-)
The dialog is quite normal. It just means what it says, namely, there is not enough extra media at the edges of the clips (so called "handles") to be used for the transition, so FCP X needs to shorten some of those clips to create the handles - thus the total length of your timeline will decrease.
But the fact that the transition appears as black in the browser, and that it is not applied, show that there is definitely something wrong.
Since these default transitions are installed as part of the application itself, I believe the best course of action is to delete FCP X (use FCS Remover to completely remove all traces of the application), and then install afresh from the purchases section of the App Store.

No audio cross dissolve in iMovie 10.0.8/Yosemite?

I know iMovie is not a professional editing solution, but I am baffled why I cannot cross-dissolve audio clips but I can do so with picture.
Before the flamers start in on me, I am going to be teaching an editing class in an inner city magnet school and the program was mis-managed, which is why myself and another are coming in. The students, very bright and very passionate about filmmaking, are not up and running on Final Cut X or any other "more professional" editing platform yet, and in order to meet a deadline, a much simpler solution like iMovie is going be the ticket.
So, it has been a while since I used iMovie for anything, but it seems to me Apple has hamstrung it and removed a lot of features I remember.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance!

"I am baffled why I cannot cross-dissolve audio clips but I can do so with picture"
Well it's done automatically in the case of two video clips with attached audio that have a Cross Dissolve transition between them.
When you have detached or independent audio clips just overlap them and use the fade handles to fade one out and the next in. See below:
See: http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov3b5ded23e for more details
Geoff.

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.

Secret for using Cross Dissolve transitions

Based on my limited experience, the most useful transition is the cross dissolve. It is pretty much the only one I use since it is doesn't draw attention to itself and bears repeated deployment for smooth scene changes. But it has a problem: If you simply make a clip split and put the transition in, it won't work. And it appears even high level people at Apple technical support don't understand what is going on. Based on the apparently incorrect background information they gave me, I have always been extremely careful about making the split precisely where the scene changes and then chopping off a small number of frames in order to make the transition work. But recently I discovered that cross dissolve transitions will always work (regardless of whether the frames on both sides of the cut are similar or even identical) if you delete precisely one frame, and it can be from either side of the split. When you do that the edges of the clip go from squared (right angles) to rounded. The cross dissolve transitions will never work between two clips that have squared edges. They will always work when the edges are rounded. And all it takes to get the edges to be rounded is the deletion one frame. The edges get rounded and cross dissolve transitions work and if you remove more than one frame, and/or do if from both sides of the split. The point is that it will work with as little as one frame. But if you don't sacrifice at least one frame, cross dissolve transitions will never work.
Of course, I am assuming that my experience with iMovie '09 and '11 is not idiosyncratic. Also: I would be interested in knowing if anybody else knew this "secret"--and whether it is widespread knowledge or in any of the books on iMovie.

When one splits clips, don't split close to what will be the beginning or the end of a shot.That's why you should always start the camera BEFORE the action begins and run AFTER the action ends. It only needs to be a 1/2 second to 1 second. Now before you add a cut or a transition you will automatically trim the end and the beginning of the two clips.
I start with a two-hour clip that includes hundreds of scenes, some ending abruptly, some not. If scene one suddenly ends and scene two begins, the natural place to make the cut is where the scene changes. If it happens that there is stuff immediately on each side of the cut that is of value, you would might prefer not to lose even one frame. Usually on one of the two sides the loss of one frame is not so bad. And if you sacrifice that frame you have almost everything you want. But it turns out that the situation is better than that. Since you can also add frames (I now realize), you can end without losing any frames at all. Of course, if you happen to be in a situation where there is plenty of useless stuff on both sides of a cut, the problem the solution is trying to solve does not come up. But I wouldn't change my filming habits just to avoid this problem of adding cross dissolves, since once you know what to handle it, it's not much of a problem. As to whether it is good practice to aim to have extra footage on both sides of a shot, sure. That seems like a good rule of thumb to me. But there are many situations where you don't have that opportunity. Say you were filming John Kennedy in Dallas or life among the Taliban or your kid falling off a horse. Life may not give you the chance to put useless footage at the end or beginning of your shot. In my case, I have hours of amateur home movies that stop at all sorts of odd places. I can't go back and reshoot it.
I suspect Apple simply expected you to do this. This will inherently eliminate what may be a tiny bug that you overcome by trimming 1 frame.
Most transition types don't require the removal or addition of a frame. When I called Apple technical support about this, the person I talked to was surprised by this feature too. And he found it happening with at least one other transition, I think. He handed me over to a specialist. That specialist gave me a complicated theory for why this was happening. He said that the frames on both sides of the cut had to look fairly different for the transition to work. And sometimes when we think we have made the cut exactly where the scene changes, we haven't in fact. So we need to cut away until both sides are definitely different. And you will notice that often the thumbnail for one side will be an image from the other side. This lead me to think that I was required to make sure that on either side of the cut there was definitely a significant change of image. But all you have to do is get the edges of the clip to become rounded. And you can do this by adding or subtracting a frame at any location. Of course, if you are going to be chopping off multiple frames for any reason, you will also solve or avoid this problem. So, if Apple was thinking what you suggest, they haven't given any guidance about it in print. And the tech support people don't seem to know it.
Message was edited by: Paul Bullen

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.

Transitioning effect not working properly (cross dissolve)

I had a clip and split it in two in FCP. I took the later half and imported to AE to make my effect. The plan was to import it back to FCP and add a cross dissolve between the two half-clips to make it look like the effect fades in. Makes sense, right?
Weeeell, the darn thing won't let me add an editable transition. I place the two perspective clips side by side (so they continued with each other), right clicked the part where they met and added the cross dissolve. It only added a one frame effect to the later (AE) clip. I've tried even going through the menus and doing the cross dissolve, but it still does the same thing. Is there something that I must have missed or something extra I'm not doing? All I want to do is have my two halves of a clips edited together with a dissolve. Can anyone help me?

Basically, a handle is media that extends beyond what exists in the timeline. You can use the search feature of this forum for hours of amusing and informative reading.
When you exported out of fcp to ae, you effective lost any possible handle, because you started at what you wanted to be the middle of the dissolve.

Cross Dissolve, Dip to Color not working

Hello. I am having trouble applying Cross Dissolve and Dip to Color to the transition between to separate clips. It works fine when I am transitioning between two clips originating from the same raw captured file (e.g. between two pieces I cut out of Raw 1), but I am unable to apply the transition to two clips from separate raw files (e.g. between a piece of Raw 1 and a piece of Raw 2).
The timeline only allows me to place the transition just AFTER the cut between the two clips, rather than straddling the two for a smooth fade. Any idea why this might be? Thanks in advance for your help.
Using Final Cut Pro 5.1.4, Tiger 10.4.9

Enough handles?
#1 Transitions "Insufficient Content"
Shane's Stock Answer #1:
You need to make sure that your clips have enough media (called 'handles') at the beginning of the incoming clip and at the end of the outgoing clip for the transition. For example, if you have a 1 second (30 frame) dissolve, your in and out point need to be at least 15 frames from the edge of the clip.
What you are running into is that you are marking an out point at the end of a clip then adding a cross dissolve, say 20 frames in duration. Since the dissolve is centered on the cut, it will start 10 frames before the cut, and try to go 10 frames AFTER the cut...which it can't do.
What you need to do is plan how long your dissolve will be and back-time your cut so that it works.
a full 1 second crossfade reaches 15 frames into each clip. So, if you want to change a cut to a crossfade, there has to be at least 15 additional frames of each clip.
Say you're trying to crossfade from one clip into the very first frame of a second clip. FCP cannot 'create' 15 more frames of the second clip to do a crossfade. If they're not there, you're out of luck.
FCP has to extend the end of your first clip by 1/2 of your transition length, and the beginning of your second clip by 1/2 of your transition length, so those frames need to be in your system. The nature of a crossfade is mixing two clips together.
Shane

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

FCPX cross-dissolve on only one end of a clip?

How do you apply an effect (in this case, Cross-Dissolve) to only the beginning or end of a clip? The program automatically applies the effect to both ends of a clip, and I have to delete the one I don't want (added step, added time, time is money, blah blah blah )
Here's what I'm trying to do: I have my main storyline, and in a secondary storyline I want to fade a clip in at a certain point...but I don't want it to fade out. Adding the cross-dissolve at the beginning saves a lot more time than keyframing the opacity.
Yeah, I'll say the same thing everyone else does: "Well, that's what I did in legacy FCP. How do I do it in FCPX?"
Thanks in advance.
Jonathan

hit cmd T but why? where has copy/cut/paste/add transition et al gone from the right click? It just seems a backward step having to use a keyboard again. Sadly I can now no longer use a programed 15 button edit shuttle/controller under my left hand and a five button hyper scroll mouse under the right. Hardly ever used the keyboard in previous versions. This has to be a backward step. Forever tippy tap on the keyboard...so so slow, wasted seconds for extra moves just to get something to happen. Are we all forgetting just how fast it was to apply a transition, copy then bang bang bang along the timeline pasting it in the joins?

Cross Dissolves: quick way to add just ONE!?

So i've updated to the newest update of final cut x, but i'm still hung up on adding cross dissolves
i have two clips on my timeline, i want to add a cross dissolve between the two cuts. so i right click between the two and choose 'add cross dissolve' and it adds it between the two cips, but it always also adds it to the other end of one of the clips, so i have to go and delete the second one.
it seems like you can only choose on the timeline to add a cross dissolve to the beginning and ending of a clip, never just one cross dissolve between two clips. it will always add a second on the other end of one of the clips.
i know i can go to the dissolve pannel and find 'dissolve' and drag and drop it over but i don't want to do that. i need to be able to do this quick and easy just like it was on final cut pro 7.
any suggestions?

Thanks! that was a lot easier. I don't know why they had to change that simple feature just to throw everyone off

Why can't I apply a cross dissolve between an after effects comp and black video in Premiere CS6

I imported a 20 second composition from AE CS6 into Premiere Pro CS6 and would like to apply a cross dissolve transition between it and the media on either end of the AE clip. However, every time I try to apply the cross dissolve, it only gets applied to the AE clip. I can't apply any transitions that straddle the AE composition and anything else. For example, I have a 5 second black video before the comp and a jpg graphic after the comp. I have tried to apply a cross dissolve to both ends, but the cross dissovle only gets placed on the AE comp no matter how I try to apply it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

When you playback the Timeline, with the Cross-Dissolve applied to the AE Comp (on both ends), how do the Transitions playback?
For more info on Handles, this article might be helpful: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3727485#3727485
Good luck,
Hunt

Strange image when inserting cross dissolve

Hello,
I am having an issue with the cross dissolve. Everytime I insert it, doesn't matter where, mid-way through the transition a frame shows up from an earlier (30 sec back) portion of footage. I tried trimming the clip to see if it would work and no luck. I'm running the latest update of FCP-HD on a Dual 2GHZ G5. Help would be greatly appreciated. I need to get rid of this phantom image. Thanks.

Hi Daniel,
This is not a solution but might help you get some work done.
You are not alone in experiencing this. In addition to what you describe, I've gotten the same effect a few times when I used a slug or color matte on a higher video track to create a transition.
In my case I found it was only happening when I was "pushing" the system – ie lots of sequences open, very large project, numerous nests, etc.
I quit and did a restart. Then I created a new project with "shrink" appended to the title. Then I opened the large project and dragged over a subset of what I needed to my shrink project. I closed the large project.
The problems disappeared. Sorry I don't have anything more definitive, and I hope that helps.
Tom

-trouble with Cross Dissolve

Hi
wondering if some one can help , i put a cross dissolve between two clips and can not get it to work, if i put any other tranistaion they all work fine.
why
Thanks

What happens when you try to add a dissolve?
And are you sure it isn't a HANDLE issue?
#1 Transitions "Insufficient Content"
Shane's Stock Answer #1:
You need to make sure that your clips have enough media (called 'handles') at the beginning of the incoming clip and at the end of the outgoing clip for the transition. For example, if you have a 1 second (30 frame) dissolve, your in and out point need to be at least 15 frames from the edge of the clip.
What you are running into is that you are marking an out point at the end of a clip then adding a cross dissolve, say 20 frames in duration. Since the dissolve is centered on the cut, it will start 10 frames before the cut, and try to go 10 frames AFTER the cut...which it can't do.
What you need to do is plan how long your dissolve will be and back-time your cut so that it works.
a full 1 second crossfade reaches 15 frames into each clip. So, if you want to change a cut to a crossfade, there has to be at least 15 additional frames of each clip.
Say you're trying to crossfade from one clip into the very first frame of a second clip. FCP cannot 'create' 15 more frames of the second clip to do a crossfade. If they're not there, you're out of luck.
FCP has to extend the end of your first clip by 1/2 of your transition length, and the beginning of your second clip by 1/2 of your transition length, so those frames need to be in your system. The nature of a crossfade is mixing two clips together.
Shane

PPro Project import into AE CS4 cross dissolve

I am running CS4 and when I try to import a Premiere Project into After Effects the Cross Dissolves do not come over as Opacity keyframes. It doesn't matter what project I have or what file type I am using. Any help is appreciated. Oh and it doesn't work on my old Windows XP machine with CS4 either. Currently I am running Windows 7 64bit.
Thanks,
John Guarino

Yes they have enough handles.
Yes it is the standard dissolve effect.
No there are no effects (besides the Cross Dissolve) on the video as I want to CC and do some things in AE.
I am stumped.....and don't understand what could be doing it. Unfortunately it is a huge 15min project with a bunch of cross dissolves and I don't want to manually do it. I might just have to dynamic link it and use Magnum PI cut finder Script in AE.
Anyone else???
Thanks,
John Guarino

Lots of handles, no cross dissolve

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for