Transitions wont place on Live type files

I have imported a set of basic titles from Live Type in to FCP HD 4.5 and placed them in the timeline above the movie clips which are 4.3 PAL.
When i go to place the transition which is a simple cross dissolve the transition will only get placed at the beginning of the next text clip and not in the middle as i want and is only 1 frame long.
I have tried it with a lower third text from within FCp and it works fine.
I have tried the usual stuff but can't seem to sort it i may be missing something simple but it all looks ok to me.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Kev

"The only thing i didn't do was to render the clips in Live Type as i wanted to do this in FCP in case i needed to adjust the clip. Would this make any difference? "
No... it won't make a difference. You're importing the .ipr file into FCP right? And using that on the timeline? that's the correct workflow. This enables you to 'open in editor' as you have been doing.
Perhaps there isn't enough media (handle) on the other clip that the livetype clip is dissolving into? The only reason any transition will not extend, or be the length you want it to be is if there is not enough media on either end of the clip.
A super quick way of checking if you have enough media is to use the Slip Tool... Press 'S' to toggle to the slip tool, then click and hold down on the clip in the timeline (be careful not to slip the clip along!). A grey 'bar' will extend beyind the end of the clip showing how much media is there. You can do this to both clips on either side of the transition as a quick test.

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