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Dip to Black - Too Much Black!

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
October 12, 2021
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When I use Dip To Black, I have too many frames of black at the end of the fade. There are a full 15 frames of black at the end of the dip/fade. I know how to shorten (or lengthen) the duration of the overall fade, but I don't see a way to end the clip as soon as it is full black, or cut down the number of full black frames at the end of the fade. Is this possible? Thx!

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salvo34

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look up 'opacity keyframes' and do it manually

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salvo34

Inspiring

but I don't see a way to end the clip as soon as it is full black

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is this your last frame of video ?

if so, make sure your audio also ends at the tail end of that frame....or else you'll get black frames until you run out of audio track on your export.

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defaultume0gnyfgz75Author

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No audio in the clip and no it's not my last frame of video. I want a fade to black on Clip A and I want Clip B to pop on right when Clip A hits full black.

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

What you're describing is A to B then C and not A to B. Clip A a fades to clip B (black) and then cuts immediately to clip C.

Ann Bens

Community Expert

Dip to black/with is best used as a double-sided transition.

When used as a single sided transition, you will have to set the outpoint to get less black or a more gradual fade.

Alternative, nest and use a cross dissolve or superimpose a keyframed black color matte.

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defaultume0gnyfgz75Author

Participant

Actually, I think "Film Dissolve" might do the trick. For some reason "dip to black" includes 15 frames of black at the end of the fade, maybe because like you say people use it as a cross disolve, whereas the film dissolve ends when it hits full black. So that should solve it. Thx.

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

Sounds like you want to apply a dissolve rather than a dip.

A dissolve runs the length of the transition, going from the A picture to the B picture.

A dip runs half the length of the transition, going from the A picture to the dip color to the B picture.

Replace Dip-to-Black with Cross Dissolve and your transition should look like what you're expecting.

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defaultume0gnyfgz75Author

Participant

I don't want clip B to fade up - I want it to pop on full frame as soon as Clip A hits black, so I don't think I want a cross disolve.

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

That would be a cross dissolve to black followed immediately by a cut.

Or, if you're happy with the timing of the fade to black with the current dip, place the clip that you want to cut to in Video Track 2.

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