Transitions

A transition, as the name implies, is a short, silent segment that dissolves one clip into the next. When joining movies with different properties you can hide the jumps and jitters with a transition. Transitions are also useful when joining clips that are sharply different in lighting or contrast such as a segment composed outside joined to an interior shot.

To create a transition from one movie to another, enter the path to your source movies, set the output file name and path, adjust the properties of your output movie, then pick and set the properties of your transition.

Transitions can also be used to dissolve from a black screen into the start of a movie or dissolve out to a black screen.

When one of the elements in the transition is a black screen, the source file input panel will change to either "File to transition from" or "File to transition to".

The target output file must be save as an AVI. If the file already exists you will be warned before the file over-written.

When setting the properties of your output file be sure that it matches the properties that you intend to use for your joined file. The impact is lost if the transition has to be dithered to match the clips before and following.

The duration of a transition can be set from 1 to 5 seconds.

You can also set the pixel size of the transition elements. This transition is F/X Mosaic, Counterclockwise, with 16 X 16 pixels. The last frames of the first movie are being progressively replaced by the first frames of the second movie which are contained inside a mosaic array of pixels that are growing larger in a counterclockwise animation.

As the elements grow, more of the second clip becomes visible, covering the first clip.

Increasing the size of the pixels will speed up the animation.

The above frame is an example of dissolving from black into the first frames. The effect used is F/X Mosaic, Chess, Bottom To Top.

Available transitions

• Effects F/X, Fade
  • Simple
  • Dots
  • Dots Dense
  • Chess Board
  • Dashes
  • Grid
  • Grid Rotated
  • Line Diagonal
  • Line Diagonal Rotated
  • Line Vertical
  • Line Horizontal
  • Spinner
  • Thatches
• Effects F/X, Mosaic
  • Random
  • Spiral In
  • Spiral Out
  • Strips
  • Dissolve
  • Left Top To Right Bottom
  • Right Top To Left Bottom
  • Right Bottom To Left Top
  • Left Bottom To Right Top
• Effects F/X, Wall
  • Left To Right
  • Right To Left
  • Top To Bottom
  • Bottom To Top
• Effects F/X Mosaic, Chess
  • Left To Right
  • Right To Left
  • Top To Bottom
  • Bottom To Top
• Effects F/X Mosaic, Rotate
  • Clockwise
  • Counter-Clockwise
• Effects F/X, Diffuse
  • Left To Right
  • "Right To Left
  • Top To Bottom
  • Bottom To Top
• Effects F/X, Rotate
  • Single Inside
  • Single Outside
  • Twice Inside
  • Twice Outside
• Effects, Wipe Door
  • Vertical In
  • Vertical Out
  • Horizontal In
  • Horizontal Out
  • Diagonal
  • Diagonal Rotated
• Effects Wipe, Strips
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
• Effects Wipe, Side
  • Left To Right
  • Right To Left
  • Top To Bottom
  • Bottom To Top
  • Left Top To Right Bottom
  • Left Bottom To Right Top
  • Right Bottom To Left Top
  • Right Top To Left Bottom
• Effects Wipe, Center
  • Box In
  • Box Out
  • Circle In
  • Circle Out
  • Diamond In
  • Diamond Out
  • Cross In
  • Cross Out
• Effects, Slide
  • Door
  • Vertical In
  • Vertical Out
  • Horizontal In
  • Horizontal Out
  • Diagonal
  • Diagonal Rotated
• Effects Slide, Strips
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
  • Side
  • Left To Right
  • Right To Left
  • Top To Bottom
  • Bottom To Top
  • Left Top To Right Bottom
  • Left Bottom To Right Top
  • Right Bottom To Left Top
  • Right Top To Left Bottom"
• Effects Slide, Center
  • Cross In
  • Cross Out
• Effects, Push, Door
  • Vertical In
  • Vertical Out
  • Horizontal In
  • Horizontal Out
  • Strips
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
• Effects, Push, Side
  • Left To Right
  • Right To Left
  • Top To Bottom
  • Bottom To Top
• Effects Stretch, Door
  • Vertical In
  • Vertical Out
  • Horizontal In
  • Horizontal Out
• Effects Stretch, Strips
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
• Effects Stretch, Side
  • Left To Right
  • Right To Left
  • Top To Bottom
  • Bottom To Top
  • Left Top To Right Bottom
  • Left Bottom To Right Top
  • Right Bottom To Left Top
  • Right Top To Left Bottom
• Effects Stretch, Center
  • Box In
  • Box Out