Dip to white bug ?

[Kris Merkel]

Just open the transition effects controls and adjust alignment to “end at cut” and then adjust the “end” value to “50.0

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[Dave Rogers]

Thanks for the reply Kris I did as you suggested but it still fades to black after peaking up to white

[Kris Merkel]

Are you using the transition into another clip with an image, or into black video? Sorry I don’t think I understood the original post.

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[Dave Rogers]

At the end of a clip not as a transition, I just want the clip to fade to white and stay white at the end of the clip not dip back down to black which is what is currently happening

[Kris Merkel]

Okay, then forget about using Dip to white. You will have to cut it old school like we did before we had fancy presets.

Make a cut in the clip where you would like your fade to white to start. The apply a levels filter and keyframe the filter from normal at the start of the cut to full white and the end.

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Kris Merkel
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Product Specialist, Flanders Scientific Inc.
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Co-Founder, Atlanta Cutters Post Production User Group
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2.2Ghz MBP core i7
16Gb RAM
CS 5.5
FCP7 and Studio
Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 3D
AJA IO XT
FSI LM-2340W

[Dave Rogers]

Kris thanks for your time on this it is appreciated. One last question.. do you know if “dip to white” preset behaves the same in cs6 i.e leaving you with black and not white ?

Because I would think this is a bug

[Bret Williams]

Why would you think this is a bug? It’s a dip to white. Not fade to white. Dip to white (or dip to color) means it’s like a white flash. You’re fading to a color, and then fading to the next clip. Just because you don’t have another clip butted up against it doesn’t change it’s MO. So half way through the transition it’s DIPPED to white, and then it dips out of white to the next clip, which you don’t have, so it’s by default the background/black.

Can’t you just create a white solid and dissolve to that?

[Dave Rogers]

Thanks for the reply Bret,

I called it a bug because when placed at the end of a clip as discussed it doesn’t dip to white then back to the original clip, its dipping to white then fades to black, why black ? The start and end point functionality that Kris suggested would be ideal to solve the issue if they did give full access to its dipping behaviour but unfortunately they don’t.

I could dissolve to a white solid or use levels as Kris suggested but I was trying to go the easy quick route if it worked the way I wanted/expected, unfortunately it doesn’t seem to.

I am still hoping a user can advise if it works differently in CS6 or perhaps the start end functionality has been updated.

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Dave,

I do believe your question has been answered, the Dip to White is behaving exactly as it was meant to. Just because it doesn’t work exactly as you *think* it ought to does not mean there is a bug 😉

Use File > New > Color Matte and make your white clip (235,235,235 suggested) and have at it. Place it at the end of your clip and dissolve to it, will FADE to white and stay there (different than a DIP).

Jeff

[Dave Rogers]

Thanks for the reply Jeff and for suggesting the alternative way of achieving the desired result.

I cant see how dipping to white then to Black is what was envisioned when Adobe implemented a preset called “dip to white”. It looks like I will just add it as a feature request to expand/correct the start/end functionality.