How to change the length of a clip if transitions are applied

[Shane Ross]

No other way. Seems rather simple to me. But yes, it is a pain in the patoot. When Avid MC made this option work…the ability to change clip length without removing transistion…or replacing the clip with two transitions on either end without removing them…editors all jumped for joy!

Hope that FCP works on this and fixes this soon.

Shane

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[Helge Frueh]

Shane, thanks for the info. At least I know for sure now.

[John Fishback]

I may not understand your question, but you can slide a transition left or right, thereby, shortening or lengthening a clip. If you position the cursor on one side of a transition, it turns into the slip or slide symbol (I don’t remember which) and when you click you can drag the transition. Of course it’s limited by the overall length of the media. Move the cursor to the other side of the transition and you can click and drag to change the transition’s length. This also works if you double-click a transition and slide it or change its length in the Transition Editor in the Viewer. However, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t ripple the change, just makes the following clip longer or shorter.

John

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