There Is No Such Thing as an Asymmetrical Dissolve Transition.

[David Lawrence]

[Walter Soyka] “There are multiple discussions going on here; one was definitely about transitions of non-constant rates. This is what Charlie was (rightly) calling shenanigans on.

I think your point, which is different than what I think Charlie is discussing in this thread, also stands.”

Gotcha, I’ve only skimmed the discussions about rates because it’s way more complex then what I need. 😉

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[Charlie Austin]

[David Lawrence] “The point is control of transition alignment, something we currently don’t have in FCPX without jumping thru hoops.
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Well, that’s the thing. As Walter points out below, there are a couple “discussions” here and they kind of got conflated. My fault as much as anyone. So, now that the points are clear, I’ll just say that I do not have to “jump through hoops” to change the alignment of a transition in X. I apply it with 1 click, and then move it if needed in about the same amount of time it takes to right click and change the alignment. Or I would, if I used dissolves. 😉

The “hoops” were people, including myself, trying to create an actual “asymmetric dissolve” in X. This was convoluted and hoopy because, as it turns out, no such thing exists.

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[Bill Davis]

Uh, just having a bit of mindless fun with the silly similarities between “lap dissolve” and “lap dance” – move along, nothing to see here.

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[Bill Davis]

Enjoy my new asymmetrical signature.

Regards,

Bi ll Davi s.

[Aindreas Gallagher]

yeahhhhh – that’s spot on. I was seriously over-egging the point by getting into comparisons to the S-curve ramps in X – it is rather called constant power in ppro after all – but I still argue the basic point that it’s very useful to be able to do, and it is asymmetric in the, say, flat sense that the fade has custom offset L -R durations on the cut point you nominate…

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

I may possibly have over-egged the position a tad. It was going so well….

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[Steve Connor]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “I may possibly have over-egged the position a tad. It was going so well….”

It was understandable, you were on a roll with the future microwave thing

Steve Connor

Hoping to become a pedant

[Gary Huff]

[Tim Wilson] “So I have no idea why it’s coming up at all, much less NOW, more than 19 years after we started.”

Do you sign your text messages as well so that people know who it is from?

I just find it odd that someone would put their name in a signature at the bottom when their photo AND full name is right there at the top. It’s as redundant as putting in the same text description from a YouTube video in a slate at the beginning of the video itself.

[Aindreas Gallagher]

yep. …then you get greedy and taunty. and that’s why we can’t have nice things.

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[Walter Soyka]

[Gary Huff] “Do you sign your text messages as well so that people know who it is from?”

Yes I do don’t u 2??? Signed, Walter Soyka

(Also, you can’t tell on email, but I’m leaving “Click here to add your message signature to this post” checked, so I’ve effectively signed this twice — plus my identity in the header. Doubly redundant, yet so civil!)

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