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Adding Cross Dissolves
4 As if you were going to perform a rolling trim, locate the mouse pointer directly over
the edit between 08_SOUTH_POLE_DC3 and 07_ KENYA.
5 When the pointer changes to a rolling trim cursor, click the cut to select it.
The green rolling trim handles appear on both sides of the edit point.
6 Choose Timeline > Add Transition, or press Cmd-T (macOS) or Ctrl-T (Windows).
A dissolve with a one-second duration is added to the edit point.
TIP You can change the default transition duration in the editing category of
the user preferences window.
When creating a transition, frames from the two clips will overlap. That is, half of the
transition frames are taken from the unused portions of the outgoing clip and half
fromthe incoming clip. These video handles, which you used for trimming in Lesson6,
are now used to extend clips to support the transition.
7 Play the two clips to view the dissolve.
TIP To remove a transition, zoom in and select it using the selection tool, and
press Delete.
Frames used in transition
Outgoing clip Outgoing handle
Edit point
Incoming clipIncoming handle