Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 785)

Applying a Modified Transition Directly to a Sequence in the
Timeline
After you modify a transition’s settings in the Transition Editor, you can apply the transition
directly to an edit point in the Timeline. If you do this, the modified transition is only
saved in the Timeline. To use this transition again, make it a favorite (see
“Saving a
Transition as a Favorite” ) or copy it (see “Copying and Pasting Transitions” ).
To apply a modified transition directly to your sequence in the Timeline
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Drag the transition’s drag hand to an edit point in the Timeline.
Drag the hand from
the Transition Editor
to an edit point in
your sequence.
Trimming Transitions and the Surrounding Clips
Trimming is the process of modifying the edit points of clips that are already in your
sequence. After you’ve opened a transition in your sequence in the Transition Editor, you
can fine-tune your edit. This is done using the handles on the Out point of the outgoing
clip and the In point of the incoming clip that meet to form your transition’s edit point.
Changes you make to a transition in the Transition Editor (if it’s opened from the sequence
in the Timeline and not the Browser) immediately affect this transition in your sequence.
Transition
start point Duration of the
incoming clip In point of the
incoming clip
Duration of the
outgoing clip
Out point of the
outgoing clip
Handle of the
outgoing clip
Transition end point
785 Chapter 48 Refining Transitions Using the Transition Editor