I don't know if this will help but I found with the default length of the transition set at 2 seconds I could only lengthen it from the timeline no further than 3 seconds.

I had to go to the preferences and set the default length to 4 seconds, to be able to have a wider range of settings from the timeline. My youtube channel====> http://www.youtube.com/user/relate2?feature=mhsn

Ok. Makes sense.

I'm having the opposite problem, though. This particular transition is WAY longer than I want it to be, yet the preferences selection is still at 2 seconds (jus checked).

??????????

Warren,

What duration are the clips on either side of the transition?

Cheers
Adrian Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (see below)
Confucius
AMD Phenom IIX6 1055T, win10, 5 internal drives, 7 usb drives, struggling power supply.

Hi,

Well, the clip that's supposed to receive the transition in the last few seconds is about 2:41. The next clip is also just over 2 1/2 minutes.

OK, Just checking that one wasn't really short and affecting the transition.

Otherwise, can't help - sorry.

Cheers
Adrian Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (see below)
Confucius
AMD Phenom IIX6 1055T, win10, 5 internal drives, 7 usb drives, struggling power supply.

Hi Warren,

This has happened to me once or twice. Don't know why, just an unexplained mystery of technology.

The way I got around it was to remove the transition, save the project under a new filename and close PD.

Re-open PD, load the project and insert the transition manually.

This usually did the trick. Hope it works for you too.

Cheers
Con Windows 7 - i7 860, 8Gb RAM, 2 x 1 TB HDD, GTS 250 1Gb Video

Thanks!