Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) - Manual (Page 213)

Chapter 9 Add transitions, titles, effects, and generators 213
Final Cut Pro uses any available media handles and then overlaps media as necessary to create
the transition. The illustration below shows a transition created without media handles. The
two clips are made to overlap, and the transition is placed over the overlapping region. This is
effectively a ripple trim edit, and the total duration of your project decreases.
Edit with no transition
Clip 1 Clip 2
Clip 1
Clip 2
Edit with transition (no media handles used)
Set transition defaults
You can set the default transition that is used with the Command-T keyboard shortcut. You can
also set the default duration for transitions.
Set the default transition
1 Click the Transitions button in the toolbar.
2 Control-click a transition, and choose Make Default from the shortcut menu.
Set the default duration
You set the default duration for transitions in Final Cut Pro preferences.
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > Preferences, or press Command-Comma (,), and click Editing.
2 Use the “Duration is x seconds” value slider to set the duration, in seconds, of all transitions you
add to the Timeline.
You can adjust the duration of a transition after it is in the Timeline.
Note: Some transitions have a set duration and are not affected by this setting.
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