• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  dip-to-color dissolve w/ letterboxes

  Posted by Chris Gallaway on May 15, 2007 at 2:22 am

  I’m working in a 3:2 aspect ratio timeline with footage that is letterboxed. When I add a dip-to-color (i.e. white) dissolve between clips, the whole frame dissolves to white, including this letterboxed portion. How can I restrain the dissolve effect to occur only within the video portion of the frame (b/n the letterboxes)? When I bring the dissolve effect up in the viewer, it does not have the motion tab available where I could crop it, and I’m not able to apply the widescreen effect under “Effects/Matte/Widescreen.” There must be a way to make this work.
  Thanks, cg

  Chris Gallaway replied 19 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jerry Hofmann

  May 15, 2007 at 2:23 am

  Nest the clips, then letterbox the nest.

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  Chris Gallaway

  May 16, 2007 at 2:38 am

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