Final Cut Express: Transition Problems

[WashHogg]

I was sitting here for hours trying to figure this shit out, thank you, Nephew!

[jorgeaspron]

not this, but that... got it, useful...

[ABeLLzz]

Hey there! I've got a problem, my cross fade can't be "extended". So my cross fade is REALLY VERY short (1 sec?...) and my video needs the cross fade for impact. See my video's for an exam, so i'll be really appreciative if you guys could help me out a little with my problem. Haha thanks guys (:

[KCHealthNut]

I'll be darned! It works now!

Thank you so much!

[isetv11]

Thank you dude, your quite knowledgeable for your age

[1983Rigs]

yo dude Devon from London ive got a small problem im just learning final cut i filmed so footage on a hd camara

when i play it on final cut a warning sign comes up DROPPED FRAMES

and say turn off unlimited RT how do i solvethis problem

[ramsrq]

Give him a break - at his age, think about how good he's going to be in 5 years! Great job!

[GoshinCares]

This was the only good thing I found to help me with a projects. The problem was driving me nuts. At my school we have a way of saying thank you its (two claps) YOU ROCK!

[daviddude26]

Thank you!

P.S-I clicked this banana colored button...

[vman678gamer]

That doesn't fix it. It just makes it look better. When it turns to black it should be turning to the next clip.

[OhSnapitsJuzDin]

I cant change the duration of my TRansitions!

why is it only freaking .1 of a second long?

i cant freaking make it longer. idk whyyy help me!

[BuiltRetarded]

@OhSnapitsJuzDin

same here, have you found a solution?

[stretchrgj]

louistorres has it exactly right.

do what he says and it works fine.

[jdmarbury3]

yeah, this is not the desired effect @1:56. It's dissolving to black. I don't know of any professional editors that dissolve to black unless it's at the end of a piece.

so, um....what problem did this solve?

[namelessfirtina]

Hey I got a problem with exporting...I've already done a lot but recentley it seems weird. everytime after I get done i go to export, Compressore and after I choose my format it doenst matter ive tried all of them even the quick time which is the easiest way. but as much as i do this the videos get failed...Please help me out

[ToastyDelights2]

thanks!!!

[55House]

Drop your clip into the sequence timeline. Cut off a little at the end. Drop another clip into the timeline next to it, and cut a little off the beginning. Snap them together. This creates room for the transition. Transition drops in between with no problem. Placing a transition at the end of a clip causes fade out, which may or may not be what you want.

[spectre51]

Thanks man helped a lot.

[HelloKoalaa]

Thank you!

[rmu105]

to get cross transition - do what beaugagon suggests...

Final Cut Express needs "extra" footage from the movie clip to create the transition.

Another way to do this is before you insert a movie clip into the sequence, open it up and use the mark in and mark out (i and o keys) so there's a second or so leftover on the side of the movie you want for the transition. Then drag the movie clip into the sequence.

Once you've done this for both clips, the cross disolve transition will work.

[addisontexas]

Thanks! This is the bit of info that kept me from getting this working. Also, now I know to leave a little room at the beginning and end when actually filming.

[Tymcio7]

so what if i want to use cross disolve transition???

[MacTipper]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[beaugagon]

your stupid that doesn't fix shit. im having this problem. if you space it out and put the effect there and drag the clip back it just fades out to black then goes right to the next clip. the point is to have the clips dissolve into each other.

[cks1001]

ya this doesnt fix the problem.....

[beaugagon]

trim the end of the first clip and the beginning of the second clip then add the transition.

[TheBigwater]

@beaugagon - I discovered that you are right but you should not have treated that kid as stupid. It's just not a nice thing to do. The kid put this up to try to help others and you treat him like that. I know it was two years ago but I hope the kid you insulted reads this. You're very rude and your comments are inappropriate. The kid is trying to help others and you kick him in the teeth. Grow up.

[beaugagon]

@TheBigwater Too bad it got 10 thumbs up.

[jessemnix]

Teckstuf's solution works for fading to black, but not a cross dissolve. Thanks louistorres for saving me from five hours of research.

[louistorres]

Okay, here's the REAL fix. Unlike iMovie, you can't drop a transition, FCE makes life a bit hellish to make it that cut & dry. You have to take a clip, shorten both ends by at least 1 second THEN you will be allowed to drop a transition like Cross-Dissolve into the two video files. Just took me five (5) hours to figure this ridiculous fix out. THAT'S A REAL FIX, not this "Hey I fixed it" when all you did was fade to black and fade in. Hahahaha...! Funny kid though.

[greenodonata]

Just tried this--it worked! You are a LIFESAVER!!

[beaugagon]

and yes this is the real solution. this worked for me. thats kinda gay that final cut makes you do that but whatever

[SURfer508]

YOU ARE THE BEST,thank you sooo much, i just tried it and it worked

[sithicent]

WOW... I have been researching and researching and researching for days on end... this is the dumbest thing in the world with the most simple fix! Thank you so much for this. You seriously should make a website with one page that describes this. PEOPLE are searching and complaining about this all over the place, and no one's been able to provide an answer.

god bless your soul! HAHA :) Thanks again!

[thisgenef4]

@louistorres

dam this works way better. All I did was cut about 2 seconds off from the ends of the clips where I was trying to place the transition and it worked great, even for video that isnt NTSC

[Keaseyco]

@louistorres oh thank you so much!!!! greatly appreciated; I watch that kid and was like really? That is no help at all but you did it!!! Thanks again!

[vman678gamer]

@louistorres THANK YOU!!!!!

[biskeybee]

@louistorres hey thanks for writing this i been trying for ages and ages to try and add just a cross disolve and some times it works and somtimes it dont , i feel like smashing the god dam computer, i will try out your method when i get home

[TheBigwater]

@louistorres - I tried this and T-H-A-N-K- Y-O-U SOOOOOO MUCH!!! I really really appreciate you taking the time to share this with the rest of us!!! Man there are good people on earth! Thanks buddy! IT WORKS!!!!!

[LunaSupay]

@louistorres I cannot believe it took me two days to figure this out and all I had to do was read this comment. How frustrating. Thanks!

[louistorres]

You didn't resolve the issue. That's not a dissolve effect, that's a fade to black then fade in. Try again my friend. No subscription from me.

[louistorres]

If you're going to resolve a problem then try resolving it. All you did was fade to black and fade in. Then you make it sound as if you've solved it...!? Are you kidding me right now? Makes me want to call iShowu and tell them that you're clueless. Try again and next time, FIX IT....!

[gastast]

Hey

I've got the problem but this tutorial is no solution because it's not producing the effect we want, in your case you ask for a "dissolve" between 2 clips and what you have is a fade to black on the first clip and nothing on the second one and this is not the "dissolve" effect. I have this problem between avchd files and I can't find the solution :(

[otzberg]

gonna try this today - might solve a problem I have... thanks

[Augmen1]

if you had said,

"not this, but that" one more time i would have punched a hole in my monitor...

[llewsub]

i was just thinking that

[bidybo]

thank you so much. Your video really helped. It's a really annoying thing having to do that all the time but whatever.

[greenblueredfour]

thank you, I've was going crazy trying to solve this problem.

[kaneproductions]

don't beg for emails and subscribers it makes you look like an attention whore

[bestiaccia]

Wow, you're a genius! I've been fighting with this problem for days and now I found your video. THANK YOU!

[funnyent]

Awesomeness! Hey look its me!