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To add a transition using the Edit Point contextual menu: Right-click any edit point
between clips with overlapping handles, and choose one of the four durations available
for the standard transition; the available choices are quarter-second, half-second, one
second, and two seconds, expressed in frames at whatever the current frame rate of
the Timeline is.
The Transition contextual menu for an edit in the Timeline
Methods of adding transitions using keyboard shortcuts:
To add a video+audio transition using the keyboard: Select one or more edit points
using the Selection tool, or move the playhead near an edit you want to select and
press V to select it, then press Command-T (Timeline > Add Transition) to add the
standard transition. Transitions are added using the “Standard transition duration” as
specified in the Editing panel of the User Preferences, which defaults to one second, or
however long the overlapping handles of the selected edit point allow.
To add a video or audio-only transition using the keyboard: Select one or more
edit points, and press Option-T (Timeline > Add Video Only Transition) to add only a
video transition, or Shift-T (Timeline > Add Audio Only Transition) to add only an audio
transition. Transitions are added using the “Standard transition duration” as specified
in the Editing panel of the User Preferences, which defaults to one second, or however
long the overlapping handles of the selected edit point allow.
To add a transition with specific alignment using the keyboard: Select an edit, press
the U key to choose the start, center, or end of the edit, then press Command-T.
The standard transition will be added with its alignment based on the edit selection;
selecting the start of the edit places a transition that ends on the edit; selecting the end
of the edit places a transition that starts on the edit, and choosing the center of the edit
places a transition that is similarly centered.
Methods of moving and duplicating transitions:
To move a transition from one edit to another: Select a transition, then drag it to
another edit point.
To copy a transition from one edit to another: Select a transition, then option-drag it to
another edit point.
Copying a transition from one edit to multiple edit points:
Right-Click on the transition you want to duplicate, and select copy (or hit Command-C).
Hold down the Command-Key, and select all the edit points in the Timeline you want to
copy the transition to, so they’re highlighted green. Release the Command-Key.
Right-Click on any one of the green highlighted edit points, and select Paste (or hit
Command-V) to duplicate the selected transition to all selected edit points.
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