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6.12.4. Effect Duration
The video and audio transition effects can have a different duration.
The transition effect will not impact the duration of the element as it is created beyond the
IN or OUT points of the element, using the material available in the guardbands or on the
record train.
Note
No effect can be defined on an element for which no guardband or record train is
available.
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