Transitions shorten Clip

[Rach]

I have been working with a film made of a fair number of short clips, trying
to time the clips to certain places in the music. I have noticed that
applying a transition between two clips actually causes the last of the two
to finish sooner in the music than it did before I added the transition. I
know that the transitions shorten the time you see the clip as they are
actually applied OVER the motion of the clip, but why would they shorten
where the clip ends in relation to the music? What am I doing wrong?

Rach

 

[Guest]

I believe by adding the transition, you are moving the entire clip over one
another. If you pictures are set for 7 seconds and your transition is 2
seconds, it make the appearance the you only viewing the clip for 5 seconds.

My suggestion would be to increase your timing of the clip to match that for
your music. You can do this by clicking on the clip you want to extend, and
then place your arrow over the end of the clip. You will see the arrow
change to look like this ß[ ]à Now you can extend the timing.

One thing I have noticed, and it might just be me, I have to review the
entire movie again (after making the adjustments) in order to get the timing
correct. I usually keep a note pad and a pin handy to write the times down.

Hope this helps you

Paul

 

[Rach]

Thank you, Paul, but the whole pulling the clip thing has never worked for
me. I wish there was a way I could just type in in "Duration: 5 secs" or
something like. I DO appreciate your help, though!

Rach

 

[eeyore]

As descibed you cant have a smooth transition without both movies
playing together....that is what a transition is doing. So you will lose
some time on the overall length of the movie. IT is inherent in
performing a smooth transition.

Also you cant 'extend' a clip unless you have previously shortened
it...or it is part of a long movie. In this case if you are using short
movie clips there is no footage to lengthen.

You can standardise the duration of transitions
tools->options [advanced tab]
This sets a standard duration when the transition is created...you can
then change the duration by draging and dropping the clip in timeline mode.

Hope this helps


Rob

Thank you, Paul, but the whole pulling the clip thing has never worked for
me. I wish there was a way I could just type in in "Duration: 5 secs" or
something like. I DO appreciate your help, though!

Rach

I believe by adding the transition, you are moving the entire clip over one
another. If you pictures are set for 7 seconds and your transition is 2
seconds, it make the appearance the you only viewing the clip for 5
seconds.

My suggestion would be to increase your timing of the clip to match that
for
your music. You can do this by clicking on the clip you want to extend,
and
then place your arrow over the end of the clip. You will see the arrow
change to look like this ß[ ]à Now you can extend the timing.

One thing I have noticed, and it might just be me, I have to review the
entire movie again (after making the adjustments) in order to get the
timing
correct. I usually keep a note pad and a pin handy to write the times
down.

Hope this helps you

Paul

 

[Rach]

Thank you for your response, Rob!

I worked with it a bit more this weekend and found the "pulling the clip
DOES work when I add still images, which makes sense, of course. What I
wound up doing to fix the timing is use the slo-mo on a couple of clips
where it didn't matter. (one was the moon coming out from behind a cloud and
it actually IMPROVED the effect!) Kind of a cheat, but it all lines up
nicely again now.

My mistake is setting up the movie and THEN adding transitions., If I add
them as I go, it isn't a problem.

Rach - who needs to make jam this morning - From digital to domestic in 30
seconds! LOL

As descibed you cant have a smooth transition without both movies playing
together....that is what a transition is doing. So you will lose some time
on the overall length of the movie. IT is inherent in performing a smooth
transition.

Also you cant 'extend' a clip unless you have previously shortened it...or
it is part of a long movie. In this case if you are using short movie
clips there is no footage to lengthen.

You can standardise the duration of transitions
tools->options [advanced tab]
This sets a standard duration when the transition is created...you can
then change the duration by draging and dropping the clip in timeline
mode.

Hope this helps


Rob

Thank you, Paul, but the whole pulling the clip thing has never worked
for me. I wish there was a way I could just type in in "Duration: 5 secs"
or something like. I DO appreciate your help, though!

Rach

I believe by adding the transition, you are moving the entire clip over
one
another. If you pictures are set for 7 seconds and your transition is 2
seconds, it make the appearance the you only viewing the clip for 5
seconds.

My suggestion would be to increase your timing of the clip to match that
for
your music. You can do this by clicking on the clip you want to extend,
and
then place your arrow over the end of the clip. You will see the arrow
change to look like this ß[ ]à Now you can extend the timing.

One thing I have noticed, and it might just be me, I have to review the
entire movie again (after making the adjustments) in order to get the
timing
correct. I usually keep a note pad and a pin handy to write the times
down.

Hope this helps you

Paul

 

[Guest]

Glad to hear you got it to work.

There is a way to extend the timing. I have mine set for 7 seconds just for
this reason. I will look it up for you later and post it here.

Paul

Thank you, Paul, but the whole pulling the clip thing has never worked for
me. I wish there was a way I could just type in in "Duration: 5 secs" or
something like. I DO appreciate your help, though!

Rach

I believe by adding the transition, you are moving the entire clip over one
another. If you pictures are set for 7 seconds and your transition is 2
seconds, it make the appearance the you only viewing the clip for 5
seconds.

My suggestion would be to increase your timing of the clip to match that
for
your music. You can do this by clicking on the clip you want to extend,
and
then place your arrow over the end of the clip. You will see the arrow
change to look like this ß[ ]à Now you can extend the timing.

One thing I have noticed, and it might just be me, I have to review the
entire movie again (after making the adjustments) in order to get the
timing
correct. I usually keep a note pad and a pin handy to write the times
down.

Hope this helps you

Paul

 

[Rach]

Thanks bunches! That will be good to know.

Rach

Glad to hear you got it to work.

There is a way to extend the timing. I have mine set for 7 seconds just
for
this reason. I will look it up for you later and post it here.

Paul

Thank you, Paul, but the whole pulling the clip thing has never worked
for
me. I wish there was a way I could just type in in "Duration: 5 secs" or
something like. I DO appreciate your help, though!

Rach

I believe by adding the transition, you are moving the entire clip over
one
another. If you pictures are set for 7 seconds and your transition is
2
seconds, it make the appearance the you only viewing the clip for 5
seconds.

My suggestion would be to increase your timing of the clip to match
that
for
your music. You can do this by clicking on the clip you want to
extend,
and
then place your arrow over the end of the clip. You will see the arrow
change to look like this ß[ ]à Now you can extend the timing.

One thing I have noticed, and it might just be me, I have to review the
entire movie again (after making the adjustments) in order to get the
timing
correct. I usually keep a note pad and a pin handy to write the times
down.

Hope this helps you

Paul