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d_koh
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August 2, 2012
Question

Dip-to-black transition always too fast in Premiere Elements -- any solutions?

  • August 2, 2012
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In Premiere Elements 10 (for Mac), I'm using the dip-to-black transition to end a short music video.  No matter how long I make the last clip or how long I set for the duration of the transition itself, it dips to black within 15 - 30 frames.  I need a slow, linear-looking fade to black -- on the order of 3 to 4 seconds -- and this seems to be impossible with Premiere Elements.  Even if I make the final clip 5 seconds and make the dip-to-black transition cover the last four seconds of the clip, for example, the screen is invariably completely black well before it even reaches the halfway point of the transition in the timeline.  I've never seen anything like this with other programs.  I see no way to adjust the linearity of the effect -- only the duration and starting and ending percentages. 

Has anyone else encountered this and is there a solution...?

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mrkozlow
Participant
June 7, 2018

I know this was originally asked in 2012 but if anyone is still looking for a way to do this, this is what I do.

Place a black video at the beginning of your sequence and change the opacity like this. Let me know if you have any questions.

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Ann BensCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 7, 2018

You posted in the Premiere ELEMENTS forum....

Elements is somewhat different from PrPro.

    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    August 2, 2012

    If you find that the Transitions are too short, you can set the default in Edit>Preferences, to be longer, or shorter.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    August 2, 2012

    I'm not sure why making the transition longer isn't working for you. It certainly should. (It does on my computer.)

    But you can also try double-clicking on the transition and manually changing its duration in the Transition Properties panel.

    Lengthening the transition will most certainly slow down the dip in and out of black. But if you're concerned that it's not staying black long enough, that's another problem -- and not one you can fix without creating the transition manually.

    Ed.Macke
    Ed.Macke
    Inspiring
    August 2, 2012

    I know it's not directly answering the Dip To Black transition issue, but couldn't the OP just use the clip opacity and adjust the keyframe to be the length desired?

    I think with the keyframes, you can also change the keyframing from linear to Bezier (or other?) if the default linear fade isn't exactly what was needed (although I forget how to do that).

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    August 2, 2012

    Try stretching it wider on the timeline.

    As I show you in my book, the longer the transition (or title, for that matter) the slower the animation.

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    d_kohAuthor
    Participant
    August 2, 2012

    That's not what I'm seeing; as I said, I can make the transition 60 frames (for example) but the actual fade takes place very quickly and non-linearly -- maybe over only the middle 15 frames.  I know how to change the duration of the transition by either changing the default or by stretching it in the timeline, but that's immaterial.  That  changes the length of the whole transition but seems to have no bearing upon the rate -- I just end up with more light frames at the beginning and more black frames at the end.  This is a bug.  Does anyone actually do three-second fade-outs in Premiere Elements...?

      the_wine_snob
      the_wine_snob
      Inspiring
      August 2, 2012

      OK, then tell us about the Handles on the two Clips - the Frames before the In Point of the following Clip, and after the Out Point of the leading Clip.

      Good luck,

      Hunt

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