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Using Transition Curves
You can create even more highly customized transition effects using the transition curve
associated with each transition you add to the Timeline. Clicking the button at the bottom-right
corner of a transition in the Timeline reveals a Keyframe Editor, and clicking the Curve Editor
button in the Keyframe Editor track for the transition reveals the Transition Curve Editor.
A transition curve opened underneath a Cross Dissolve transition
The Transition Curve Editor works identically to the Curve Editor you can access from any clip,
except instead of using the curve to animate image transforms, you use the curve to retime the
transition. Combined with eased or bezier keyframes at the beginning and end of a transition
curve, you can create transitions that slowly start and quickly end, quickly start and slowly end,
or any variation your project requires. A graphical representation of the curve appears as a
shaded area on the transition itself in the Timeline.
Methods of editing a transition curve:
 To change the interpolation of a control point: Click the control point you want to edit,
and then click one of the four Bezier interpolation buttons in the Curve Editor title bar.
Adding Bezier handles to a transition control point lets you create an eased transition.
If you chose an option from the Ease drop-down of the Transition Properties in the
Inspector, one or both of the transition curve keyframes may already be set to Bezier.
 To adjust a Bezier handle: Drag the Bezier handle in any direction to alter the curve.
Whenever you customize Bezier handles on a transition curve, the Ease drop-down of
the Transition Properties in the Inspector changes to Custom.
 To add a new control point to a curve: Option-click anywhere on a curve to add a new
control point.
 To drag a control point on a curve: Click any control point and drag left or right to
retime it, and up or down to change the value of the control point. Once you begin to
move the pointer, the control point is constrained in that direction.
 To delete a control point from a curve: Right-click a keyframe and choose Delete
Selected from the contextual menu. You cannot delete the last two control points of a
transition curve.
 To turn a curve on and off: Clicking the white dot at the upper left-hand corner of the
Keyframe Editor lets you turn a transition curve’s effect on and off, without disabling the
transition. When you turn the keyframes off, the transition defaults to a linear transition
with no easing.
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