Transitions too short for no good reason

Thanks Tom, but the transitions are really not behaving at all normally. There is seemingly plenty of available media before and after the cut. I can't extend it using the handles or ^D. If I up the duration, I can enter a number but the transition doesn't respond. At least they are now starting at 1". When I first tried (before rebooting), the transition marker was a mere sliver (duration SAID it was the default 2" but it was NOT - less than the blink of an eye long) and would not expand beyond the sliver.

I think something is wrong (with the update? the media?) but can't figure out what.

This is the problem. It won't let me drag in either direction! There is a 15" clip to the left and a 3' clip on the right and it goes all yellow in Precision Editor when I drag the end of the left clip as your arrow indicates. If I try to make the transition longer, in normal mode, it becomes red on the right and yellow on the left. I may not need it to be longer, but I would like to have the choice.

I can't change the duration using ^D either.

Okay, I see what you mean now. But that is not how FCP X used to work. You just had to add the transition to the edit point and it would take what it needed, as long as there were enough frames, from both sides. You could drag it to lengthen and it would keep gobbling up frames. Or you could set a duration and it would adapt accordingly.

Not looking forward to learning how FCPX works anew. I had just gotten the hang of it.

But thank you for your patience and help.

Tannis

Hi Tom:

Sorry for the tardy reply - had to work at my real job all day/evening! Here is a screen shot of 1" transition:

Okay, I see what you mean now. I thought that clip had more to it than it did. I don't usually plunk an entire clip onto the storyline.

Tannis