Any way to manipulate fade in/out speed?

[MatthewJ]

I'm putting together a slideshow, and I'd like to create an effect where the image very quickly fades IN, but then much more slowly fades OUT, then repeat with the next image. I tried playing around with various FX transitions, but couldn't figure out a way to do something like this. Anyone have any ideas?

[LGO]

Maybe I'm mis-understanding you, but you've always been able to change the duration length of transitions. I think the default is 3 seconds if you haven't changed any preferences, but you can decrease/increase that time once you put the transition in your timeline.

Good luck,

LGO

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Matthew

I understand what you mean regarding Fade In, it starts with nothing and fades to an image.
But Fade Out???
Starts with an image and fades to what? I assume it fades to the next image cos you have a slide show. The second clip effectively fading-in.

You can change the (1 sec) default duration of the transition effect from Preferences (F6) Edit tab. New transitions will use this length.
You can also change the default Image/clip length in a similar manner.

Changing the duration in the timeline.
Select the transition in timeline and drag the yellow trim bar.
or
Select the transition and change the duration on the digital clock (options—right of preview window)

Basically when we apply a transition the clips are overlapped by the length of the transition, the effect being applied to the end and beginning of adjacent clips. So your project gets smaller each time you apply a transition.

If you really need to fade in and out at a different rate then you would have to add a colour clip between each image, a similar effect can be done using the overlay track, but here you can change the Fade-in and Fade – out separately.

Clear as mud

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What version of VS are you using?

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[MatthewJ]

Thanks for the responses, guys!

What version of VS are you using?

I think it's X2 (I'm not at home to check right now).

I understand what you mean regarding Fade In, it starts with nothing and fades to an image.
But Fade Out??? Starts with an image and fades to what? I assume it fades to the next image cos you have a slide show.

I didn't articulate very well what effect I am trying to achieve. I'd like to have an image fade in (from black) very quickly, then fade out (to black) slowly, and then followed by a new image fading in (from black) quickly ...

So it'd look something like this:

black----quick fade in to photo1----display photo1 for a period of time----slow fade out to black----black for a period of time----quick fade in to photo 2 ...

I'm not sure if it will work well, but in my mind's eye that's the effect I'm trying to get. Not really sure how to describe it, sort of like a pulse effect, or maybe more like an echo (e.g. you call out "Echo!" in a cavern and the sound "fades in" very quickly but "fades out" slowly).

If you really need to fade in and out at a different rate then you would have to add a colour clip between each image, a similar effect can be done using the overlay track, but here you can change the Fade-in and Fade – out separately.

I think that's the way to go -- thanks! I'll give that a try.

I have been doing this on the overlay track, but for a slideshow where I just have audio and photos, does it make any difference if I put the photos on the video track or the overlay track?

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi
Using the top track is gonna be a little complicated having to manually set the durations.

You may be best with the overlay track.

Add all images, having set the default durations in preferences.
Select the first image
Resize the image to fit the screen, right click the image in preview screen for options.
From the Attributes Tab select the fade ramps In and Out.
Below the preview screen is a blue bar.
The bar is multi functional and controls different effects depending on the editing process you are using.
Adjust the length of this bar to set the fade start and stop.
Play the first clip, readjust the blue bar.
Now right click the first clip and select ‘copy attributes’
Use Shift + Click on the last image to select all.
Right click an image and select Paste Attributes.

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[MatthewJ]

Hi
You may be best with the overlay track.

Add all images, having set the default durations in preferences.
Select the first image
Resize the image to fit the screen, right click the image in preview screen for options.
From the Attributes Tab select the fade ramps In and Out.
Below the preview screen is a blue bar.
The bar is multi functional and controls different effects depending on the editing process you are using.
Adjust the length of this bar to set the fade start and stop.
Play the first clip, readjust the blue bar.
Now right click the first clip and select ‘copy attributes’
Use Shift + Click on the last image to select all.
Right click an image and select Paste Attributes.

Thanks Trevor -- this is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't realize that the blue bar could manipulate the fade in/out speed. Many thanks.