Overlay transitions affect main track...?

[aj327]

Hi. I'm making a video slideshow for my friend's wedding and I'm trying to use some overlay pics in a couple segments but want the overlay track to dissolve with the main track and can't get it to work for some reason. Specifically I'm trying to make a remote control pop into the bride's hand (I'm using "Grow Old With You" for one of the songs and thought it would be cute during the "even let you hold the remote control" part). Anyway I went through the trouble of creating the remote control object etc. but even though I can drag a transition to the object it doesn't seem to affect it any. Instead it affects the main track.

Here's what happens specifically...I have dissolve applied to both the main track picture (the bride) and the remote control (overlay track)...and the dissolves are set to trigger at the same time. The bride starts to fade but the remote control stays solidly on the screen - and then something weird happens, the object transition effect seems to overwhelm the main transition for a second and the whole screen flicks black for a second and then abruptly goes on to the next slide. If I delete the object transition effect the abrupt black screen thing doesn't happen but the remote control obviously doesn't fade either, which makes the video seem very amateurish. Am I doing something wrong? I checked all the edit settings for both the main and overlay tracks and nothing seems to help with this. I can't believe a glitch like this could have existed for this long without Corel fixing it...Right?

Thanks!

[lata]

Hi

Not sure how you are trying to set the fades, certainly something is not right.........

There a few options in making the video or image clip fade in.

Add the remote control image to the timeline.
Click to select it
Below the library are two tabs, dont see them--hit the options button lower right.
Choose the Attributes tab
Directions and Styles--use the fade ramps
By default they will fade in over 33%---View the bar immediately below the preview screen.
This shows the Pause Durations--drag the orange handles to adjust.

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You could try using the cross-fade transition---
Add clip to overlay timeline
Click the AB icon for transition library--from My Favourites
drag Cross Fade over the cilp
set duration by adjusting the digital clock--remember the Options button

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FX filters---------Picture in Picture filter may do what you want, but a bit of a learning curve