Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 749)

• Soften jump cuts (cuts between two different parts of the same footage)
Final Cut Pro comes with a variety of transitions you can use in your programs, but you’ll
probably use dissolves and wipes more than any others. For more information, see
“Video
Transitions That Come with Final Cut Pro.”
How Transitions Appear in the Timeline
Transitions are applied between two adjacent clips in the same track of a sequence in
the Timeline. In the Timeline, a transition is displayed as an object overlapping two
adjacent clips. You can still see the cut point between the two clips. A dark gray slope in
the transition’s icon in your sequence indicates the speed, alignment, and direction of
your transition.
A transition between
two clips
The center line indicates
the original edit point
or cut.
By default, transitions have a total duration of 1 second. To change this, see “Changing
the Duration of a Transition in the Timeline.”
To apply a transition, both clips must have additional media (handles) that overlap past
the edit point.
Having Handles at Edit Points
Clips must have handles if you want to transition between them. Handles are additional
media frames before the In point and after the Out point of your clips. The first shot in a
transition (the outgoing clip) needs a handle after its Out point, while the second shot
in a transition (the incoming clip) needs a handle before its In point.
Outgoing
clip Incoming
clip
Edit point
Handle of
incoming clip
Handle of
outgoing clip
749 Chapter 47 Adding Transitions