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QUick question about multiple transitions in FCP

LarsCA
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May 25, 2006, 12:00 PM

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Let's say I have five clips in the timeline and I want to make the same transition between all of them. Is there a way to highlight all five clips and drop down the transition once, but it affects all clips at once? For instance, I want a simple 2 second cross dissolve between all of them. Instead of pulling the transition down to the timeline four times, is there a command to make all clips get the same transition? (I hope I made my question clear - I've been up for 16 hours editing).

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sky writer
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May 25, 2006, 12:36 PM

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I don't think so. But you can speed the process up by making the desired transition the default, and then "Control" clicking each tansition point, and choosing apply default transition. Can whip through a lot of duplicate tansitions that way.

(This post was edited by sky writer on May 25, 2006, 12:37 PM)

Brian Dorr
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May 25, 2006, 1:01 PM

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There is:

1. Select the transition in the Browser you want to use and make it the default (right/control click and select make default)
2. Select all the clips in the timeline you want the transition to appear in.
3. Drag the selected clips to the Canvas until you see "Overly/With Transition" appear.
4. Drag it to the "Overly/With Transition".
5. You should see the clips in the time line replaced with the same clips, but now have the transition.

It does save alot of time. Setting the transition length beforehand (1 sec to 2 sec) I'm not sure about.

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RatVega
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May 25, 2006, 4:17 PM

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Right on, Brian!

As far as setting the transition length, the easiest way is probably to load the transition to Viewer, make the duration (or whatever) mods, then drag it to the Browser and give it a unique name (something original, like Cross Dissolve 2 Smile

) so you can identify it, then make it the default.

As an aside, I frequently set up a folder in Browser to hold modified filters and transitions as described above. If I need to Trash my prefs, all the Favorites get trashed too, but the Browser is left untouched. Makes recovery from an already lousy situation a little easier...

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bbalser
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May 30, 2006, 11:50 PM

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OH, you for sure want to do Overwrite w/ Transition, not Overlay.

" As an aside, I frequently set up a folder in Browser to hold modified filters and transitions as described above. If I need to Trash my prefs, all the Favorites get trashed too, but the Browser is left untouched. Makes recovery from an already lousy situation a little easier.."

That's why God made the FAVORITES folder! You put the filter there (it only makes a copy), rename it, change duration, anything you want.

Then God made FCP Rescue 4 & 5, so that when you have to trash your prefs, you can do it, and not lose anything, in a matter of 5 seconds.

Oh, and in those instructions for adding a transition to muliple clips, be aware you have to have you PLAY HEAD in the Timeline postitioned where you want the clips to be RE-PASTED to! When you do the overwrite with transitions, it will place them begining where ever the play head is.

(This post was edited by bbalser on Jul 25, 2006, 8:21 PM)