effects on clips

Maybe I need more coffee this morning, but I've read through your post three times and still have no idea what you're trying to say/ask. Can you restate the problem in terms that us simple people can understand?

-DH

It's "espresso."

Hard to tell without looking over your shoulder. Motion will do this to nested sequence but I have never heard of a fade effect getting applied at both ends.

Bogiesan

Are you applying a filter, or a transition to the clip?

-DH

You can trust me, this is not something you can discuss with me. I am an expert on espresso history and preparation.

Misspellings, in any quantity, do not constitute acceptable alternative spellings. It is "espresso." It is not expresso, regardless of mispronunciation that has led to incorrect spelling. You looked in all the wrong places. Try homebarista.com or any qualified professional espresso service provider such as wholelattelove.com or espressonorthwest.com; you can even use the Wiki for the term for accurate information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso.

It's similar to the commonly used but terribly inaccurate quote of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers..." It is not "forefathers," it's just "fathers." Trying to correct this misperception can get you into fights.

Expresso has come into popular usage because the ignorant assume the preparation method is fast. This is incorrect. The exact origin of the term is lost in the murky history of commercial coffee brewing machinery but it appears on a poster in Italy during a pre-World War I industrial fair. It is thought to come from the romanticized application of the idea that the coffee is prepared especially -- or expressly -- for the individual who is ordering it instead of being poured from a stale carafe or overheated pot. While complex and requiring highly specialized equipment, the process of creating wonderful espresso is easily mastered assuming you have access to the necessary tools and, of course, to fabulous coffees.

Applying a FADE in Motion will do this. Are you in FCP or Motion?

bogiesan

Since ver 7, I've been able to drag a FCP transition (like fade in fade out dissolve) onto a clip and it appear on both ends of the clip.

You can drop the effect on just the front, just the back or front and back simultaneously depending on where your mouse cursor is...if you want the effect on both ends of the clip, drag to the center of the clip and the clip "highlights" (dark outline around the entire clip). If effect is wanted only on front or back, move mouse to front or back until highlighted area shows the portion of the clip getting the effect.

Way out of my budget!

😝

>You can drop the effect on .... front and back simultaneously

Thanks, John. You taught me something new!

-DH

Me, too, thanks, John. Always gld to learn something new but not always able to admit it.

That's a carryover from Motion, no doubt, but it's odd I've never seen it or even bothered looking it up. Wonder how much else I don't know about FCP7? I use manually placed opacity keyframes on most of my dissolves.

bogiesan

Ilovm wrote:

just a simple transition from FCP ....

And herein lies the problem. It is NOT a "simple transition" at all. This is the unique "Fade In Fade Out Dissolve" available under Dissolves, as John King notes in his attached screen grabs. If you had been just a wee more explicit in the first post, we'd have been all over it.

My thanks again to John for being able to discern llvom's needs.

bogiesan