ABSTRACT
Transitions can add life to a sequence, ease a difficult edit into something smoother, or give reader a way to mark a change of time or place. The traditional grammar of film that audiences still accept is that dissolves denote small changes, and a fade to black followed by a fade from black mark a greater passage of time. The Push Slide transition (Video Transitions Slide Push Slide) is often used when making still slide shows where one image pushes the other out of the frame and replaces it. The Gradient Wipe transition (Video Transitions Wipe Gradient Wipe) is a deceptively simple-looking filter with very few controls. Render files are stored in the Render Files folder and the Audio Render Files folder of reader designated scratch disk. The chapter also looks at the transitions FCE has to offer.
