Extending Transition Play Times

The default transition is 2 seconds. You don't need to do any trimming to get that.

Since the clip is 8 seconds, I would think that you can trim back on that a little. If not, try making a still image of the first frame and import the still image in front of your video clip. Adjust its duration to receive the transition.

Or maybe you can insert a split-off piece of the video in front and trim that back as necessary.

If you still have trouble, post a screen shot that shows what you are trying to do.

-- Rich

You need to trim back the clips on each side of the transition to create some residual video that the transition can grab onto. When you trim back the visible video in a video clip the trimmed out portion does not disappear. It still remains but just becomes invisible. The remaining invisible part is called “residual video”. It is the residual video onto which the transition overlaps. This only applies to video clips. Still images do not have residual video because they cannot be trimmed — you can only change their duration, but the entire photo still is displayed so there is no residual. This is unlike a video clip where trimmed out frames are no longer displayed.