Never figured out trimming clips with transitions. :)
I've gone through Ripple Training's training movies and read the manual and, for whatever reason, I can't figure out how to trim clips that have transitions on them. Once I apply a transition to the end of a clip, I can only edit the duration of the transition itself and I cannot click and drag to change the duration of the clip. What I end up doing is deleting the transition and then trimming and then reapplying the transition.
Ugh! Is this just me?!! LOL
Thank you for wasting your time on me.
You trim the transition duration by dragging here:
You ripple the edits by dragging the handles on either end of the transition bar:
You roll the edit by dragging the handle in the middle of the transition bar:
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In FCPX however, the gap has to be a gap clip. So the dissolve is attached to both the gap clip and to the text clip. Once you put the dissolve on the edit point, there is no way to move the text clip forward or back on the timeline without deleting the dissolve. Or, if you move the clip forward or back with the Position tool (necessary to create a gap) then the transitions just disappear.
Basically, I am looking to roll the transition with the clip.
I could use the opacity handle on the text clip (using "show video animation") in stead of a dissolve, but then I have no control over the shape of the dissolve curve and I'd have to add extra handles to the text clip to center the dissolve where I want it.
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Hey.
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