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Making a simple FADE UP
Hello,
I am completely lost on how to do a simple fade from black up to a scene at the beginning of a production.
And since I am at it, how the heck do I make a fade to black at the end?
Coming from Avid Media Composer, LOST in Final Cut Pro.
Thanks for info
Bert Delgado
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13 Replies
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Select the edit at the beginning of the sequence and press Cmd-T for the default cross dissolve.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
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There’s also another option, the manual. This is one of the most basic things to do in any editing system. Did you even try typing or looking up fade or dissolve into the manual?
Ed -
[Ed Dooley] “Did you even try typing or looking up fade or dissolve into the manual? “
Most folks don’t even realize the Help Menu in FCP is the entire manual.
Just go Help > Final Cut Pro User Manual > and enter the search term of your choice.
I still use this a couple of times a month as it’s a very handy reference for all things FCP.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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I will second, third and fourth the manual for, take no offense, lazy editors.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Thanks for the info Tom. I appreciate your step, as opposed to “see the Help,” which I did before placing the post and got me to nowhere except the description of what a fade is.
Thanks
Bert
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I make a point of reading through the manual every now and again and find something new every time!
Steve Connor
Adrenalin TelevisionHave you tried “Search Posts”? Enlightenment may be there.
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Exactly!
There are so many resources out in the public. Whether it’s a forum, a tutorial (original ones from FCP v.1 are still out there) a book or DVD.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
[Bert Delgado] “Thanks for the info Tom. I appreciate your step, as opposed to “see the Help,” which I did before placing the post and got me to nowhere except the description of what a fade is. “
Final Cut Pro > Help > Final Cut Pro User Manual.
Search Term > Fade Up
Relevance Column > 14th item > Using Transitions In Your Sequences. Page 706 of 2033
There is a complete description on how to place dissolves and other transitions in your Sequences along with images from the timelines.
Time to find this information > 10 seconds.
We’re not being snippy by telling you to use the Help function for a very basic function in Final Cut Pro. We’re telling you this because in 10 seconds you would have had your answer and been on your way.
When you make the switch from one NLE to another you need to learn “where the buttons are” and the FCP Manual through the Help function is incredibly useful. I made the switch from Media 100 back in 2001 and Final Cut Pro completely confused me at first. So I used the Help menu a ton.
We also have a Final Cut Pro Basics forum filled with a ton of great information that’s fully Searchable, as is in this forum too.
One thing I will tell you is that any new user of Final Cut Pro really should pick up Shane Ross’ Getting Organized in Final Cut Pro DVD. It’s for sale here on the Cow and I can’t recommend it enough for both new and veteran users of the application. Media Management is the biggest issue with FCP if you don’t do it correctly.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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Me too. I’ll go 4 or 5 months doing the same kind of edits, then something comes along that I either did once or never did, and it’s back to the manual (then to you guys!)
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Hey Bert,
One of my first questions when I started. It’s a little weird and if you have multiple layers going at the head or tail then you’ll be annoyed because it won’t fade up correctly with a dissolve (like if you have a 2nd graphic layer partially masked out and want them both to fade up evenly from black).
Do this:
Click on the film strip icon under the viewer and select ‘slug’. Add about 10 frames of black slug (for a 10 frame fade) to the TOP layer of your timeline at the beginning of video. Add a simple dissolve to the tail of the slug. Assuming you have multiple layers going on at once then this will achieve the correct fade up look you’re going for. It feels a little hacked coming from Avids simple ‘add fade’ that blacks out everything below the top layer of video correctly. Trust me though, once you start working with graphics built in another program you’ll be a happy camper in FCP.
Hope this helps. If you’re not working with multiple layers, then a cross dissolve as referenced above would work. Another option may be to do a ‘dip to color’ dissolve, but I’m not in front of FCP so I can’t make sure that works correctly for multiple layers.
John
Magic Feather Inc.
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