{"id":4041,"date":"2011-10-18T17:27:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T21:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2012-06-25T22:23:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T02:23:30","slug":"managing-transition-behavior-in-final-cut-pro-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/managing-transition-behavior-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Transition Behavior in Final Cut Pro X"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every time you add transitions, is the duration of your show getting shorter and shorter?\u00a0 Change this behavior by quickly adjusting some basic Final Cut Pro X preferences!<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: \u00a0Since FCPX version 10.0.3 all<\/span> transitions are applied using “avaliable media” – using the media that exists outside of a clips\u00a0preexisting\u00a0in and out points. \u00a0If there is not enough media avaliable to complete the transition FCPX will prompt and ask if you’d like to create a “full overlap” transition instead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When you add transitions in Final Cut Pro X, the default behavior is to use your material already edited in the Timeline, rather than to use material from your shots’ handles.\u00a0 (Drawing from shot handles is, of course, the “old” way of doing things in previous versions of Final Cut Pro, as well as most other editing software.)<\/p>\n

So, what does this mean?\u00a0 Well, this new way of doing things results in the duration of your A-side and B-side shots\u2014as well as your entire sequence\u2014becoming shorter with each transition you apply.\u00a0 This is certainly not always desirable, especially when you have timed out your show perfectly.\u00a0 In fact, I’d argue that you’d almost never want to apply transitions in this way, since good editors spend a lot of time finding the perfect IN and OUT points for each shot<\/strong>\u2014and you don’t want to compromise that by 15 or 30 frames per edit.\u00a0 After all, editing is all about precision\u2014often down to the single frame.<\/p>\n

Let’s go quickly over the mechanics of adding a transition, and then discuss how to solve potential problems.<\/p>\n

To add a transition:<\/h3>\n