User Manual

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Crossfading events
You are allowed to crossfade between two events on the same track. For audio events, crossfading fades out one audio event’s
volume while another event’s volume fades in. For video events, crossfading creates a transition between two events, one fading
out while the other fades in. Lines appear indicating how and when the event’s volume or transparency is being affected.
Using automatic crossfades
The automatic crossfade feature turns the overlapping portions of two events into a smooth crossfade. This feature is turned on as
a default. Click the Automatic Crossfades button ( ) or press Ctrl+Shift+X to turn automatic crossfades on and off.
An option is provided for creating automatic crossfades when you add multiple media files to a track. For more information, see
Automatically crossfading inserted events on page 52.
Manually setting a crossfade
An automatic crossfade is not inserted if a shorter event is placed on top of and within the same time frame of a longer event. In this
case, the longer event begins playing, then the shorter event plays, and then the longer event resumes playing at the timeline
position. You can manually create a crossfade to fade in and out of the shorter event.
1. Place the mouse pointer on one of the shorter event’s handles. The envelope cursor appears ( ).
2. Drag the handle to the desired position.
This is a fast and effective method of inserting a voiceover on top of a background music track (although the music fades out
completely) or to replace a bad section of audio.
For more information, see Punching-in and crossfading events on page 82.
Fade in
volume line
Fade out
volume line
Events before crossfade Events after crossfade
Drag one event to
overlap the other
Events without crossfade Events with manual crossfade