Where can I find this Sony Vegas effect in Final Cut Pro X?

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Where can I find this Sony Vegas effect in Final Cut Pro X?

Hi all,

I have posted a video link below. If you watch between :26 and :45 (and throughout the video) you will see a sort of "flashing" effect that happens as a transition between screens. I have tried splitting screens and adding gaps but that doesn't seem to work unless I'm doing it wrong. Does this effect look familiar to anyone and can you tell me how to do it in Final Cut Pro X?

Here's the video: http://youtu.be/CXsiP1pfIHI

Thank you so much!

MacBook Pro, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Apr 26, 2013 8:17 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 26, 2013 12:30 PM in response to ashley_anne

It just appears to be a very brief dissolve of around 3 or 4 frames.

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Meg The Dog

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Apr 26, 2013 1:06 PM in response to ashley_anne

I don't use FCP-X but those transitions look like a specialized kind of dissolve called a non-additive mix.

http://www.digitaledition.tv/term/non-additive-mix/

It is a dissolve where the luminance levels effect the transition, so that (very roughly described) darker parts of the incoming scene not as visible as the lighter parts which are thereby given prominence during the transition.

There is a discussion of the effect in FCP-X in the following link:

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/9169

MtD

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ashley_anne Author

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Apr 26, 2013 6:49 PM in response to Meg The Dog

Thank you so much! How nice of you to respond even though you don't use the program. I'll definitely look into this. I didn't realize (but should've known) we could edit transitions like other things.

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