Transitions don't work right

JamesRoyal · Post by **JamesRoyal** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:11 pm

Does anyone know why my transitions in UVS 10 are overlaying my clips? I have a 5 sec transition and the transition looks like garbage.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:17 pm

Can you be more specific? It is normal for transitions to overlay the two adjacent clips, color patches, or still images.

Also, is this when previewing your project, or after it has been rendered to a new video file?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:35 pm

And I'd have to say that almost any transition that lasts 5 seconds risks looking silly -- especially when the 'normal' transition lasts one or at most two seconds.

And as Torsten says, that is precisely what transitions do: if you have a five second transition, then it will overlay 2.5 seconds of the end of one clip and 2.5 seconds at the beginning of the next clip...

I am wondering precisely what effect you are trying to achieve... Is it to have a dark space between clips which lasts around 5 seconds? Then if you want that, insert, say, a 5 second black colour matte with a one second cross fade transition at either end. That way you would get a quick fade out (the last half second) of one clip, five seconds of darkness, and then a quick fade in (a half second) of the next clip... Just a thought...