add fade to multiple clips

[Graham Bernard]

. . and from the “other” place . .

You aren’t clear about a fade, as in crossFADE and overlap, or a plain FADE at the front and end of an Event?

Anyways the ways I know are:

1] Thru’: Options > Preferences > Editing > Automatically Overlap . . . This ONLY happens when you add media – then events – to timeline. You can’t do this in post-addition. To do post addition you’d need a script.

. .soooo….

2] A freebie Script, somewhere? . . . .

3] Excalibur – Edward Troxel

4] Ultimate S Pro – VASST

Using 1] has little variation, but with 3] & 4] there is far greater depth of control PLUS you get a massive stack of invaluable extra tools too!

Up to you?

Grazie

[Michael Bushell]

Thanks Grazie

I was referring to a plain fade both at the start and end of a clip- I want to do this to several clips (preferably simultaneously) throughout my project. Which tool in Ultimate S can do this? And there is no way to do it in Vegas without a script?

Mike

[John Rofrano]

Mike,

Graham is answering to the fact that you said “several” and so he is thinking scripts, but are you asking how to create a fade when there is no other clip? Let me answer that question just in case.

To create a fade in a clip that is not overlapped, first hover your mouse over the top edge of the event that you want to fade like this:

Then drag the cursor toward the middle of the event like this:

Hope this helps,

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Michael Bushell]

Sorry John, I meant doing what you indicated, but to multiple clips at once (similar to selecting 10 clips and using the ‘paste attributes’ function).

Mike

[John Rofrano]

Then Graham is correct. You’ll need a script to do it. There is no short cut way in Vegas.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[John Rofrano]

> Which tool in Ultimate S can do this?

On the Editing Tools tab use the Fade In/Out tool and just check In. You can select the duration, curve, and optional transition. It will apply this to all selected events so you need to select the 10 events first. If they are all on the same track you can select the first event and right-click and choose Select Events to End.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Chris Young]

Mike ~

If I understand your request correctly I think you mean create a fade up from black to vision at the start of a clip and fade down from vision to black at the end each clip. If you want to do this with numerous individually separated clips on different tracks try the following.

First go to Options/Preferences/Editing and set your ‘Cut-to-overlap conversion’ to your desired fade duration.

Next use the ‘Selection Edit Tool’ and drag a marquee event over all clips that require the transition.

Next go to transitions and select ‘Dissolve’. Hold the shift key down and left button drag the ‘Fade through Black’ transition to the very FRONT EDGE of any clip that was part of the marquee selection. What you are looking for is a series of small squares appearing, the front one with a little cross on it. Now let go of your left mouse button. All clips will now have a fade up from black to vision, the duration of which is whatever you specified as you ‘Cut-to-overlap conversion’.

Repeat the marquee selection of all clips and now follow the same process but drop your fade on the exact back end of one of the clips. All clips will now fade down to black.

BTW this process works for any transition, also pasting event attributes such as color correction etc. I have used this method for lower third graphics that wipe in and fade off on many a TV show over numerous years, a great time saver. First discovered it with Vegas 6.0 but as far as I know it’s undocumented.

Chris Young
CYV Productions
Sydney

[Graham Bernard]

Chris! That is amazing! If I knew that back in V6 then I had forgotten. As you say: “First discovered it with Vegas 6.0 but as far as I know it’s undocumented.”

Well, and here’s the thing, I CAN’T make it happen in the latest VP9 nor VP8, but it IS working for me in SONY Vegas Video 7.

Chris, have you got higher than V7 – V8 maybe? Please check it out for us. I know I just tried this in VP9 and VP8 and if this is NOT happening then SONY needs to know – or, as it WAS undocumented, maybe it has kinda withered away?

Interesting . . . .

Grazie

[Chris Young]

Working fine here with both 8.0c and 9.0 on two machines, one with XP and the other Vista. Just make sure you mouse placement is 100% accurate, right on the very edge of the clip when you apply the transition. Works fine, do it all the time.

Chris Young
CYV Productions
Sydney

[Graham Bernard]

Thanks Chris . .. I’ll try again and magnify the edges more. This will NOT beat me!!

Grazie