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Additional properties that are specific to each type of transition appear in another group below.
Since the Cross Dissolve transition is the most common transition used, its properties will be
shown as an example.
 Style: The different Dissolve transitions (Cross Dissolve, Additive Dissolve, and so
on) expose this drop-down that lets you choose different ways for the outgoing clip
to blend into the incoming clip during the dissolve. There are six different options to
choose from:
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Video: A simple linear dissolve; the outgoing clip fades out as the incoming clip
fades in.
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Film: A logarithmic dissolve, simulating film dissolves as created by an optical printer.
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Additive: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Additive
composite mode. As a result, the transition seems to brighten at the halfway point.
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Subtractive: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Subtractive
composite mode. As a result, the transition seems to darken at the halfway point.
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Highlights: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Lighten
composite mode. The lightest parts of each clip are emphasized during
this transition.
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Shadows: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Darken
composite mode. The darkest parts of each clip are emphasized during this
transition.
 Start Ratio: Defines the percentage of completion for the transition at its first frame,
from 0 to 100 percent. Setting the Start Ratio to anything but 0 results in the transition
immediately appearing at a more fully cross-dissolved state from the very first frame.
 End Ratio: Defines the percentage of completion for the transition at its last frame.
Setting the End Ratio to anything but 0 results in the transition never fully dissolving to
the incoming shot at its last frame.
 Reverse: Reverses the transition. This parameter is disabled for Dissolve transitions.
 Ease: A drop-down that lets you apply nonlinear acceleration to the beginning, ending,
or overall duration of a transition. The result is to add inertia to the transition from the
outgoing clip to the incoming clip, and providing a gentler change from each clip into
and out of the transition.
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None: The outgoing clip fades away to the next shot in a linear fashion.
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In: The outgoing clip lingers as the beginning of the transition dissolves more slowly
than the end.
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Out: The outgoing clip fades away more quickly, as the beginning of the transition
dissolves more quickly than the end.
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In & Out: Both the outgoing and incoming clips make slower transitions at the
beginning and end of the dissolve, but the very center of the transition is faster as a
result.
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Custom: Lets you modify the parameters of the fade manually using the Transition
Curves below.
 Transition Curve: Allows you to manually set keyframes controlling the progress of the
transition along its duration.
Other types of transitions display properties that are specific to that transition’s particular effect.
These are described at length in the following section.
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