[Peter Dunphy]

Okay I did the 3 second handles and re-rendered the project. Unfortunately the maximum duration for a transition length is 1 frame. I’ve tried typing in a numeric value and tried dragging the transition to extend it but no joy. FCP allowed me to make one ‘normal length’ transition between the 1st and 2nd clip but that was it :o)

Despite all kinds of dragging and all attempts to enter numeric values the transition keeps returning to a duration of 1 frame.

Any further suggestions would be really appreciated.

Peter

EDIT: for this issue I found the following additional info useful, for anyone else with the same problem (the info’s at the bottom of the page):

https://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/final_cut_pro_dissolves_operation_not_allowed.php

[Peter Dunphy]

You’re a legend it works!!!!

Thought I was never going to make it out of this one alive!!!

Thanks Jeremy and John for all you valuable help and for making Creative Cow such an incredible resource.

All the best

Peter

[Peter Dunphy]

One last thing…is there a value I should use for handles apart from the standard one I’m seeing which is 00:00:00:00 ?

Have googled to no avail :o)

I saw something in this article about adding handles in FInal Cut prior to sending to Color?

[Peter Dunphy]

Phew! You’re a gentleman, thanks for your help. Will get cracking!

[Peter Dunphy]

Yep from Color – ouch I missed that handles bit altogether! Thanks – looks like you’ve nailed it!

Should I now:

1. Go back into my graded project Color and ‘render with handles’ (hadn’t heard about this in my video tutorial) then send the rendered sequence back to final cut?

Any idea how I might be able to render with handles please?

2. Do something in Final Cut? eg. resend afresh to Color and grade from scratch?

Really appreciate your help.

Peter

[Peter Dunphy]

The thing is, this is my ‘final’ version, graded and synched to the soundtrack. If I cut off a few frames from the beginning and end I’m worried the whole thing will go out of synch…otherwise I’d be more than happy to take off a second from each clip, you know?

If I removed a second from a clip there’d be a ‘nothing’ space between it and the next clip, with only the audio (speaking at a lecture) running in the background. Or, would the transition be clever enough to stretch across that one second (max) gap do you think?

I’m a bit of a newbie to Final Cut I’m afraid :o/

[Peter Dunphy]

It seems to perform transitions okay when I freshly use the blade halfway through a clip, like you suggested…but it won’t do the transitions between the existing clips, which is kind of where I need them :o/

[Peter Dunphy]

Tried pasting just two of the clips from the start of the sequence, one after another, but couldn’t perform the transition :o(

[Peter Dunphy]

Hi Jeremy

Yes, that seemed to work on a 10 sec clip in a new sequence. Thanks so much for your input.

Perhaps I should copy each of the clips individually into a new sequence one after another and perform the transitions as I go?

Peter

[Peter Dunphy]

Thanks again for your suggestions John.

I’ve zoomed in completely and tried again but sadly no transition has been applied :o( Not even a frame.

Any other suggestions more than welcome.

All the best