I apologize for these beginner questions. I'm running out of time on my 30 day trial and want to make a decision before that time...
First,
I understand the concept of going from track a to b and placing the transition between them. But what happens when you have 30 clips lets say, and you decide to make a change in the middle of the production, you remove some video from a middle clip and want to place a transition between the two new clips. It seems you'd have to move one or the other to the opposite track. But when you do that, that clip is now on the same track as the one ahaed of it, so you move that one, but now you have the same situation with the next clip. That would mean each simple change would result in a ton of work. So what's the secret? How is this really supposed to be done?
easy questions
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wonhead
Right, but in my example I wish to place a transition between them. I imagine I can select the all clips that are to the right of the gap and move them left, but now where to I place the transition? As I said, it appears the clips have to be on separate tracks to use a transition between them. But, if I move one of them to the opposite track, then it will be on the same track as the one to the right. And if I move that one, I'll have the same problem with the clip after that. I would have to swap every clip that is to the right of the one I originally had to move. I'm sure there is a way that would not take all that work, since I imagine it's a fairly common situation. I just don't know what that easier way is since I'm new to the tool. If anyone understands this question, I would be thankful for an answer.
cut the clip
if you have a 10-second clip on Va, cut it into a 3-second and 7-second clip. Then you can move the 3-sec piece down to Vb. The right side of the 3-sec clip lines up perfectly with the start/left side of the 7-sec section. You are just shifting pieces to allow for the transition -- without needing to shift the remaining clips to the right.
George
I have managed to get around this in the past by placing the first clip after the one you deleted into V1 so that you change from say
Va-Vb-Vb-Va
to
Va-Vb-V1-Va
and then select the overlay option on V1 and use the transparency going from 100% at the beginning to 0% at 1sec then 0% at (end-1sec) to 100% at end of clip.
This may not be the best / quickest solution but it works OK.
Va-Vb-Vb-Va
to
Va-Vb-V1-Va
and then select the overlay option on V1 and use the transparency going from 100% at the beginning to 0% at 1sec then 0% at (end-1sec) to 100% at end of clip.
This may not be the best / quickest solution but it works OK.