I have tried those. But they all feel (to me, at least) as a black solid fading in on top of the video. The feeling of an aperture / iris fade is quite different as it seems to affect highlights and shadows differently.
or i’m missing something obvious here… which transition do you guys prefer? obviously not talking about the star-wipes, anything like that… when it comes to a plain, old fade, how do you guys do it?
thanks again for your help