User manual

Transition Effects

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Selected Transition

A selected transition is displayed as orange.

If the transition is fully valid, i.e. there are sufficient handles in the tail of the

first segment and head of the second segment to carry out the transition, then

the line denoting the transition will be white, as in the image above. If there are

insufficient head or tail overlap frames then the line be red, instead of white,

over those frames which have insufficient underlying material.

To make the transition valid, you can either adjust the transition handles, i.e.

the start/end frames of the transition, or you can trim the underlying segments

to create the necessary handles. For either operation you need to switch to '

Trim Mode', via the button on the shared toolbar, shown in the image above.

Once in trim mode, you can click on the transition handles and drag them with

the mouse to increase or decrease the length/duration of the transition.

For trimming. refer to the Trim Modes section.

Editing the Effect on a Transition

To edit the parameters of the transition effect you first need to make the

transition the active selection.

To do this, place the active playhead in the first segment, positioning it over

any of the frames the make up the transition. This will set the underlying

segment as the active segment.

Then press the keyboard Page Down key to switch the active selection from

the segment to the transition.

Note that the play head flag will change (drop down) to show that you are