Neighboring transitions deleted, small work around.

metmot · Post by **metmot** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:16 pm

I searched the archive on this and found a little discussion bud didn't find what I am posting so maybe this could help someone. If it has been discussed adnauseum and I didn't find it I apologize.

I like to edit my video from start to finish. Especially with a long clip. This includes inserting transitions as I go. I find that until I see what comes before, I can't decide what comes next.

I have found that if I get to the end of a clip and want to insert a transition without it later being deleted that by jumping ahead in the next clip 10 or 15 seconds and making a cut, I can create a short insulation clip if you will. I really don't need a cut there but that tiny separate clip insulates the transition I create from being deleted when I make the next cut on down the line. Of course you have to do this step prior to inserting your transition and even though it is an extra step it is way better than trying to rebuild your transition after you get it's timing and duration just right.

This of course creates extra clips in storyboard view but you can keep track of them pretty easily by their short duration. And the cut will be seamless upon playback.

Like I said, excuse me if I am the last person to figure this out but I didn't find mention of it searching the archives but did find some discussion of the subject. Ken Berry I believe says you just live with it and insert your transitions last. The technique I described give you some flexibility.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:55 pm

Good suggestion for users and also for the Ulead Video Studio developers, who could also use this technique (in code) to prevent the actual transition deletion. They could rejoin the "insulating clip" because the cut is only virtual (real file is unaffected).

How about it, Ulead?

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:58 pm

I second that jchunter.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:08 am

I have already replied to your other post
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... 4032#94032

But to save you clicking that link here it is again:

Think of good old fashioned film. Cut that film up into strips.
To join those strips back together again you overlap them (and apply film cement) - this creates a cross fade transition. Because we now do this on a computer we can use other transitions in place of the cross fade, but the fact remains you still have two overlapping pieces of film.

Remove one of those pieces of film and poof... your overlap has gone and so your transition no longer exists. It is a simple matter of physics.

metmot · Post by **metmot** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:13 am

Steve,

I understand and appreciate that you are among the most knowledgeable and helpful posters here. I feel however that you are partially incorrect on this one. I accept your analogy to old film. If however this was a matter of physics and not programming then the folks at Cyberlink and Pinnacle would have the same results when splitting an adjacent clip. I own both these programs and I can assure you that this is not the behavior of these products.

Now I must admit they haven't solved a bunch of other stuff which makes me mostly use Ulead. But what is wrong with incorporating your competitors ideas when they are clearly better than yours in a given area? This "feature" is clearly a bone of contention with Uleads loyal fans so why not fix it? It can be done.

Footnote: I am not a programmer but I must think that some of the stuff VS does slicker would have to be changed to make this happen. Nothing is ever easy. But as the old saying goes, I don't want excuses just results.