Exponential fade doesn't always apply properly. What am I doing wrong?

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Hi all,

Working on a dialouge heavy project. Trying to apply exponential fades to the beggining/end of some dialouge clips. I'm having trouble understanding why sometimes it correctly applys a fade (like the first picture), but other times it applys a U shaped audio wave. I noticed that I can't drag to adjust the length of the U shaped exponential fade. I assume this is user error. How can I apply the expenential fade at the beginning of the clip when the volume starts at 0, but then quickly fades up?

Sami Succar · Accepted Answer

From the look of it, it seems you're applying a "cross-fade" between the clips before and after the cut. The U-shape means the first clip start at 100% and dips in the middle, and the second clip starts in the dip and ends at 100%.

You need to distance the second clip by at least one frame for you to be able to apply the fade to it, otherwise it will just treat it a cross-fade between the two adjacent clips.

Makes sense?

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