104 LESSON 6
Adding Video Transitions
Changing parameters in the Effect Controls panel Up to this point you’ve seen the default action of each transition you’ve tested. That
just scratches the surface of their possibilities. Tucked away in the Effect Controls
panel is a passel of parameters, unique to each transition.
Here’s how you adjust transition characteristics on the Cross Dissolve transition:
1 Open Lesson 06-02.prproj.
2 Drag the Cross Dissolve transition from the Effects > Video Transitions >
Dissolve bin to the beginning of the first clip. If there is already a transition
there, dropping a new one on top of it will replace it.
3 Click the transition rectangle in the upper-left corner of the clip in the sequence
to display its parameters in the Effect Controls panel.
4 Select the Show Actual Sources option (shown here), and drag the sliders
beneath the Start and End preview screens.
You can use those sliders to have the transition start partially faded up and end
less than completely faded up.
5 Change the duration in the Effect Controls panel to two seconds, and play the
transition in the Timeline.
6 Play the transition at different lengths to see the effect.
7 Drag the Push transition from the Slide Transitions bin to the edit between the
first and second clips. Play it in the Timeline, and notice the direction it pushes.
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Note: Another way
to change the duration
of the transition is
to drag the edge of
the transition on the
Timeline. Drag the right
edge of the transition
left and right with the
standard Selection tool
to adjust its length.
