Newbie question

[Carlpembs]

Hi all, just joined. I've purchased X10 ultimate with a view to edit lots of my drone footage. Can anyone point me to a link on how to dissolve two scenes together without the instant one to another cut ? I don't want to insert different dissolve edits just one scene fading into another. I've looked but can't find it in tutorials etc. Thanks in advance
Carl.

[Ken Berry]

Welcome to the forum!

One scene fading into another sounds an awful lot like a crossfade -- and there is of course a crossfade transition whose length you can adjust. But you also say that for some reason you don't want to insert "dissolve edits" which I assume -- perhaps incorrectly -- to mean transitions. If that is the case then you can achieve the same effect by simply dragging and dropping the start of the second clip a little over the end of the first clip. This amounts to a cross fade, the length of it is governed by how far you overlap the ends of the clips.

[Carlpembs]

Thank you for your reply Kerry, yes I tried that but I still get an instant switch from first scene to second. I'll give it another try. Again thank you for your reply.

[Carlpembs]

Tried that but it puts in a transition it chooses, all I want is for it to dissolve from first clip to the second.

[lata]

Hi
Have you tried dragging the crossfade transition from the A/B library to the time line, between your two clips.

The default duration can be changed via F6 preferences.

[Carlpembs]

Thanks, yes did that and chose the correct fade and got the transition I required, thank you very much. It's always the simple things that get me

[lata]

Hi

From Preferences F6 – Edit Tab you can select the default transition effect.
This is set as Random, but can be changed to any of your choice.

Then should you drag a clip over another that transition will be used.
You can also change the duration of those transitions, I think defaults to 1 sec.

[Carlpembs]

Thanks lata