Endless crossfading madness

Peter75

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Dec 02, 2016 00:02

Let's say I've done some editing and I have a whole bunch of clips all crossfading with each other. Now I want to, let's say, delete a piece of a clip. I cut it in two places and delete the block in between, so now the crossfading there needs to be put back together; either there's a gap or they're right next to each other depending on how I do the delete. So I grab the clip on the right and overlap it with the one on the left and select crossfade. That should be the end of it, but the nightmare has just begun. When I pulled that clip on the right side to the left, it undid the crossfade with the next clip. If I fix that, then the crossfade with the next clip after that one is now undone. And so on. I've tried to select all the clips to the right, but then the option to crossfade doesn't appear in the popup. There's gotta be a better way. Can anyone please tell me what I'm missing?

Thanks

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CLD

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

Dec 02, 2016 03:23

Hi Peter,

I see what you mean. But in this instance, instead of dragging the clip on the right (which moves the entire clip to the right) you are better to manually go into the Transition room and drag and drop the cross fade tranisition between the two clips instead. This will prevent that from happening.

David

Peter75

Newbie Joined: Nov 29, 2016 12:39 Messages: 14 Offline

Dec 03, 2016 13:45

Quote Hi Peter,

I see what you mean. But in this instance, instead of dragging the clip on the right (which moves the entire clip to the right) you are better to manually go into the Transition room and drag and drop the cross fade tranisition between the two clips instead. This will prevent that from happening.

David

Thanks, David. I can't find the crossfade transiion in there. Do you know what category it's under?

CLD

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

Dec 03, 2016 22:21

Hi,

I don't have PowerDirector on this computer, but pretty sure it is under "All" or something similar.

To solve your issue, you can also try dragging your mouse in the timeline and selected all of the clips and tranisitons when moving it left to fill the gap. That might work as well.

David

PepsiMan

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Dec 04, 2016 16:06

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Thanks, David. I can't find the crossfade transiion in there. Do you know what category it's under?

it is a lightning bolt icon, transition room (F

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Peter75

Newbie Joined: Nov 29, 2016 12:39 Messages: 14 Offline

Dec 06, 2016 15:33

Yes, I had meant, where in the Transition room? I believe I've searched everywhere; obviously I'm missing something. Thanks again.

CLD

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

Dec 06, 2016 19:37

Hi,

Please see attached photo and let me know if that helps.

David


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tomasc

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Dec 06, 2016 19:41

Peter75 - I am not sure of what is your problem. There is a learning curve with any new software. See this previous post: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/42445.page . Removing the gap is easy

Let us know if this helps.

Peter75

Newbie Joined: Nov 29, 2016 12:39 Messages: 14 Offline

Dec 06, 2016 20:38

Quote Hi,

Please see attached photo and let me know if that helps.

David

Ah! Thank you so much. Very helpful.

Peter75

Newbie Joined: Nov 29, 2016 12:39 Messages: 14 Offline

Dec 06, 2016 20:44

Quote Peter75 - I am not sure of what is your problem. There is a learning curve with any new software. See this previous post: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/42445.page . Removing the gap is easy

Let us know if this helps.

LOL. I never complained about a learning curve nor do I believe that your ability or lack thereof to understand what "my problem is" is any prerequisite to anything. But I will say this: It looks like both you and I are struggling to understand something we don't understand. Me the software, and you "my problem" with it. The difference is that this forum is designed for the type of thing I don't understand while it is an innapropriate forum for your struggles.

Best of luck keeping things straight in your mind.