Transitions
Putting a dissolve, dip or wipe on a cut, changing its kind and length, and dragging its edges or body with Transition Manipulation.
\\ puts a transition on the cut nearest the position indicator, on every track you have on — a dissolve on the picture and a crossfade on the sound. Right-click it on the timeline to make it a dip, a wipe, a clock or a push, to pick a length, or to remove it.
A transition plays the outgoing shot on past the cut and starts the incoming one early, so it needs media either side of the cut that the cut itself does not use. When a shot has not got enough, B/side says which one and by how much.
Dragging it: Transition Manipulation
Turn on Transition Manipulation — Shift-Y, the Transitions button on the timeline, or Edit ▸ Transition Manipulation — and a transition on the timeline is something you can take hold of. The cursor says which part you are over.
| Drag | What changes |
|---|---|
| the start edge | how much of it plays before the cut |
| the end edge | how much of it plays after the cut |
| the body | where it sits: it slides across the cut and keeps its length |
| an edge with Option | both sides together, so it grows or shrinks about the cut |
While you drag, the numbers over it are the frames before the cut and after it. They turn red when you have asked for more than the shots have, and the transition stops at the last frame there is rather than refusing the drag.
The cut never moves, and neither edge can be dragged across it. To move the cut itself, trim it — see Trimming. Each drag is one change, and one Undo puts it back.
Turn Transition Manipulation off again (Shift-Y) and a click on a transition is a click on the cut under it, as it always is.