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Transition Properties in the Inspector
Double-clicking a transition in the Timeline opens that Transition tab in the Inspector. Each transition
has the following properties you can edit.
– Transition Type: The currently selected transition. You can change to any other installed transition
by selecting one in the drop-down menu.
– Duration: The duration of the transition, shown in both seconds and frames.
– Alignment: A drop-down that lets you choose the transition’s position relative to the edit point it’s
applied to. Your choices are “Start on Edit,” “Center on Edit,” and “End on Edit.”
Additional properties that are specific to each type of transition appear in another group below.
Since the Cross Dissolve transition is the most common transition used, its properties will be shown as
an example.
– Style: The different Dissolve transitions (Cross Dissolve, Additive Dissolve, and so on) expose this
drop-down that lets you choose different ways for the outgoing clip to blend into the incoming clip
during the dissolve. There are six different options to choose from:
– Video: A simple linear dissolve; the outgoing clip fades out as the incoming clip fades in.
– Film: A logarithmic dissolve, simulating film dissolves as created by an optical printer.
– Additive: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Additive composite mode.
As a result, the transition seems to brighten at the halfway point.
– Subtractive: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Subtractive composite
mode. As a result, the transition seems to darken at the halfway point.
– Highlights: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Lighten composite
mode. The lightest parts of each clip are emphasized during this transition.
– Shadows: The outgoing and incoming clips are cross faded using the Darken composite mode.
The darkest parts of each clip are emphasized during this transition.
– Start Ratio: Defines the percentage of completion for the transition at its first frame, from 0 to 100
percent. Setting the Start Ratio to anything but 0 results in the transition immediately appearing at
a more fully cross-dissolved state from the very first frame.
– End Ratio: Defines the percentage of completion for the transition at its last frame. Setting the
End Ratio to anything but 0 results in the transition never fully dissolving to the incoming shot at its
last frame.
– Reverse: Reverses the transition. This parameter is disabled for Dissolve transitions.
– Ease: A drop-down that lets you apply nonlinear acceleration to the beginning, ending, or overall
duration of a transition. The result is to add inertia to the transition from the outgoing clip to the
incoming clip, and providing a gentler change from each clip into and out of the transition.
– None: The outgoing clip fades away to the next shot in a linear fashion.
– In: The outgoing clip lingers as the beginning of the transition dissolves more slowly
than the end.
– Out: The outgoing clip fades away more quickly, as the beginning of the transition dissolves
more quickly than the end.
– In & Out: Both the outgoing and incoming clips make slower transitions at the beginning and
end of the dissolve, but the very center of the transition is faster as a result.
– Custom: Lets you modify the parameters of the fade manually using the Transition
Curves below.
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