Transition pulls back subtitles!

therealex

Newbie Joined: Nov 21, 2016 10:29 Messages: 23 Offline

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Nov 23, 2016 14:20

I really seem to be having problems with what should be simple things in PD15 Ultimate.

I have a title with music behind it. I wanted to do a transition to the first "real" image. When I add a transition, all of the subtitles get moved back 2 seconds. I've looked here on the forum but don't see anything about it. Is there some procedure I'm not getting here? You pull the transition between the two clips, right?

Any help would be appreciated. At this point, I'm ready to just get a refund. Too many simple things that just don't seem to work. I'm coming from Adobe Premier CS3, which was really overkill for me, I just wanted a multi-cam solution with basic features for live music videos. But this is just an exercise in frustration. Sorry for the rant.

- Russ

CLD

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 23, 2007 02:05 Messages: 925 Offline

Nov 23, 2016 20:27

Hello,

There are two types of tranisitions. Sounds like you are using an overlap, when you want to use a cross. Just click on the tranisition in the timeline and then click the Modify button to change it.

You should also go to Editing Preferences and change the default behaviour to be a cross transition.

David

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Nikos069

Newbie Joined: Apr 10, 2015 09:03 Messages: 25 Offline

Nov 24, 2016 09:12

Alternatively you may place the transitions first and then adjust the times of the subtitles. Should help unless the transitions are not too many. I've had the same "problem" with titles but that case was easy to figure out and handle.

CLD's advice seems more adequate, though.

The thing is that in overlaping transitions each of the clips (in which the transition is placed between) offers half the transition duration from it's own duration. So, e.g. in a 2-sec transition the second clip goes back 1 sec etc. It's not a bug or anything abnormal.

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therealex

Newbie Joined: Nov 21, 2016 10:29 Messages: 23 Offline

Nov 24, 2016 09:43

Quote Alternatively you may place the transitions first and then adjust the times of the subtitles. Should help unless the transitions are not too many. I've had the same "problem" with titles but that case was easy to figure out and handle.

CLD's advice seems more adequate, though.

The thing is that in overlaping transitions each of the clips (in which the transition is placed between) offers half the transition duration from it's own duration. So, e.g. in a 2-sec transition the second clip goes back 1 sec etc. It's not a bug or anything abnormal.

Thank you for that explanation. It's too bad that isn't detailed in the help files. I've tried a number of other programs (as I said, I was using Adobe Premier CS3, Windows Movie Maker, Wondershare Video Maker, and others) and have never run across this before.

I appreciate your taking the effort to answer my question, I'll bet you've cleared this up for others as well with your response.

- Russ

Nikos069

Newbie Joined: Apr 10, 2015 09:03 Messages: 25 Offline

Nov 24, 2016 12:12

You are welcome. I'm glad I may have been of your assistance as much as other fellows have been of my assistance in similar occasions. Offering is the purpose of the forum !

CLD

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 23, 2007 02:05 Messages: 925 Offline

Nov 24, 2016 19:18

Hi Russ,

It is detailed in the help file. See "Setting Transition Behavior" for a detailed description of both, and "Using Transitions" for a full explanation of all transitions.

David