Multi transition questions

gamester wrote on 12/10/2011, 6:46 PM

I just got Movie Studio HD 11 recently. I had been using pinnacle 11 before that but won’t run on win 7.

I’m doing my first tile. Let’s call it "XYZ Productions Presents". On my first run I’m using 3 separate letters. X, Y and Z, and all 3 are coming in from 3 directions, then stay put. The X, Y and z have to share the same space in the time line.

I have my fist snag. When X reaches its destination, instead of staying there, It fades away, and then Y comes into the picture. I would like to Not have that happen. Instead, I need X to stay there and not fade away when Y comes into the picture, and so on with Z.

In the timeline I can see the two lines crossing, I’m assuming that’s where the fade takes place. So far I cannot find any reading on this. And I’m not sure how to edit this.

Any advice welcome.

Thanks

Comments

Markk655 wrote on 12/10/2011, 8:33 PM

Vegas works different than PS (I migrated from PS as well). In PS, you have to add a transition. Here in VMS, merely dragging two clips together creates a transition. Once you get used to it, there is no going back. What you are seeing is a cross fade transition between (presumably) your X and your Y. If you need X to stay, one way to do it is to to use 3 different tracks (One for X, Y and Z). Add them on as text using one of the media generators. Start them at different times in the timeline (X at 1 sec, Y and 2 sec, and Z at 3 sec or howver long a gap you desire). Positioning can be done within some of the media generators or via track motion. Good luck!

Steve Grisetti wrote on 12/11/2011, 8:31 AM

If you don't like this feature, of course, you can toggle off the Auto-Crossfades button at the top of the interface.

gamester wrote on 12/12/2011, 7:34 PM

Thats the one. :)

Thanks.

And down the road I might mess with the auto-crossfade. For now though I got hours ahead on manual stuff.

Jack S wrote on 12/13/2011, 11:00 AM

Hi gamester. I have to say, auto crossfades are brilliant. I start my projects with the default crossfade length (you can change this if required), pull all my clips onto the timeline with the auto crossfade option enabled. Then, with the auto ripple set I can just work my way through the project from the beginning changing the length of each crossfade (or the type) simply by pulling or pushing the remaining clips.
Have a try at it. You'll be amazed how quickly you get used to it and it can cut your workflow time down enormously. Once you get familiar with this method there are a number of other little tricks you can use to tweak the timeline more.
Give it a go and have fun.