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Fades and crossfades
The Fade dialogs
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Fade Length Value
This parameter is only available when editing fades made by dragging the fade
handles. It can be used to enter fade lengths numerically. The format of values
displayed here is determined by the Time Display in the Transport panel.
• When you activate the Apply Length option, the value entered in the
Fade Length value field is used when clicking Apply or OK.
• When you set the current fade as the default fade, the length value is
included as part of the default settings.
Presets
In this section you can set up presets for fade in or fade out curves that you
want to apply to other events or clips.
• To apply a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu.
• To rename the selected preset, double-click on the name and type in a
new one.
• To remove a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu and click
Remove.
As Default button
This button is only available when editing fades made by dragging the fade
handles. Click this to save the current settings as the default fade, to be used
whenever you create new fades by dragging event handles.
Applying a fade
Depending on whether you are editing a fade made with the fade handles or
applying a fade using processing, different buttons are shown in the bottom row of
the Fade dialog.
The Edit Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
OK
Applies the set fade curve to the event, and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Closes the dialog without applying any fade.
Apply
Applies the set fade curve to the event, without closing the dialog.
The Process Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
Preview
Plays back the fade area. Playback will repeat until you click the button again
(the button is labeled “Stop” during playback).