That's because the release version changed the option.

I fully understand your irritation. I will mention the issue to CyberLink.

Dafydd

Thanks for the quick reply. I thought I was going nuts and not understanding something. Sounds like this is the way PD9 is right now until they fix it, is that a correct understanding?

The other thing I'm finding is that sometimes PD9 does not seem to realize that two video elements truly abut to each other, thus the transition can't be made into a Cross-over. I have to move an element off the video track onto a secondary video track then put it back on the video track to get PD9 to abut them. This even happens with multiple elements that were drag-and-dropped on the video track all at once, so it is not just an issue with how I'm placing them on the track. Have others seen this behavior?

Check that there isn't a gap between the clips - down to one frame level. You'll find there is a gap and you'll have to close it before placement of the transition is accepted.

Dafydd

Unfortunately the "cross" type transitions do not work correctly and so it's good that the the "overlap" is the default.

If you use a "cross" transition between two clips where there is movement in the shot - which is going to be true in almost all cases - movement in the incoming clip is frozen until the mid point of the transition. Likewise, movement in the outgoing clip freezes after the mid point of the transition. So if it's video from an air show, and the clips show moving aircraft, the plane in the outgoing clip will magically start to hover, not fly, from the mid point of the transition.

So - stick to overlap transitions unless you check very carefully that a "cross" transition does not reveal this shortcoming in the program.

You bring up two problems that were observed and reported in beta testing.

The default type of transition has changed...Cross vs Overlay used to be overlay....now it seems to be cross. This is evident when viewing some of the tutorials created for PD9. The viewer cannot duplicate what is being done in the tutorial because the type of transition has changed. I would imagine this would be very confusing to the viewer.

And if you decide on using the Cross transition type...the preceding clip will pause at the last frame for a short period of time ...then the second clip begins. There were several people that were not happy with this as it was not what a video editor would EXPECT when applying a transition. You would EXPECT continuous playback of the first clip....smoothly transitioning into the second clip. No pauses.

Kevin
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