Fade in and out

[Alooha]

Hello,
In Magix Video deluxe, I am used to using the mouse to fade in and out the video and audio tracks at any point in the clip, which is possible in Premiere Elements using the right mouse button (I searched for a keyboard shortcut but couldn't find one, and I didn't find this function in the keyboard shortcut customisation dialogue either), but only at the beginning (fade in) and at the end (fade out).
I find it essential, especially for the audio track, to be able to lower the volume at any point, e.g. – and above all – at the beginning of spoken text and again at the end.
Is this possible in Elements?

Kind regards

Alooha

[Bill Sprague]

There are a couple of ways to do this but my favorite is to select one or more clips, right click, select Fade and pick from the menu.  

[Alooha]

But there is no option to reduce the volume of the audio track at a specific point and then increase it again at another point; you can only fade in and out. Please correct me if I have overlooked a more advanced option.

[Steve Grisetti]

Nope. You can certainly use keyframes on timeline to reduce and increase the volume at specific places and for specific times.

[Bill Sprague]

Adding to Steve's comment, you can make keyframing quicker if you assign a shortcut in Edit>Keyboard Customization.  

[Alooha]

ok, so I was doubly wrong; you can reduce and increase the volume again with keyframes, and there is also a keyboard shortcut. I didn't fin the right command because I was looking for fade in and out.

[Ann Bens]

Is this what your are looking for? Its called ducking audio when using dialog.

If so:

Hold down ctrl and click with your mouse on the yellow line (4x)

Now drag the centre down.

Please when asking a question state OS and Elements version.

[Ann Bens]

Crtl+A is the standard kbsc for Select All.

[Bill Sprague]

Crtl+A is the standard kbsc for Select All.

By @Ann Bens

Thanks for the reminder.  At the momemt I was trying to make a screen to share, I must have had a pause in brain waves!  

[f_4305]

When I press CTRL (or the Apple key on a Mac) and click and drag the yellow line above the video tracks four times (?), nothing happens.

My OS: Tahoe

Free Resolve version 20

[f_4305]

Unless I'm missing something, you can't correct what you've posted.

It should read:
When I press CTRL (or the Apple key on a Mac) and click four times (?) on the yellow line above the video tracks and drag it, nothing happens.

[Ann Bens]

Might not have been clear but I showed just the audio.

You press Ctrl to make the nodes on the yellow line in the audio track

You move the line without the Ctrl.

For video, you can use the same method but you need only 2 nodes on the end of a clip

Or use cross dissolves

[f_4305]

Sorry, I understood that perfectly well, but nothing happens when I press CTRL or the Apple key and click on the yellow line four times.
But I don't want to bother you any further with this. I'm using the trial version, which is about to expire. If I buy Premiere Elements, I'll get back to you.
Thank you for your help!

[Steve Grisetti]

FWIW, you don't press the Apple key to create a keyframe on the timeline. You press the Command key.

[f_4305]

That is the Command key!

I tried the CTRl key as well as the Apple/Command key but nothing happens.

[Steve Grisetti]

Try this:

1) Make sure the audio clip you want to add keyframes to is selected on your timeline and that the playhead is positioned over it.

2) Widen the track height so that you can see the keyframe controls on the track header on the left.

3) Position the playhead where you want to add a keyframe point and clickk on the dot keyframe control on the track header. This will create a dot at the position of the playhead on the audio track.

4) Create and position more keyframe points and needed.

I have a tutorial on this but it's rather old. I may create an updated one soon since things are just a little different in the latest version of the program.

[f_4305]

I managed to set keyframes, but I don't know what to do with them: the yellow line is at the very top, and when I drag it down between two keyframes, this part of the track goes all the way down; an intermediate position is not possible.
In addition, there is no sound at all, on any track, without me being aware of having caused this myself. The speaker icon is definitely active.

[Ann Bens]

There is no sound if you drag it all the way down: that is -999dB

If you drag the line down, it shows you how much dB it is being lowered.

For music, that would be about -15dB during voice over.

[f_4305]

When I wrote that there is no sound at all, I was of course referring to the parts where the yellow line is at the top, at the maximum.
And why can't I set the volume to an intermediate position between maximum and mute? As soon as I drag the part between 2 keyframes downwards, it defaults to the lowest level.
In your screenshot, you can see the volume between two keyframes at an intermediate level, and it is also gradually reduced and increased. That doesn't work for me: it's either very loud or muted.
In your screenshot, you have set keyframes in the audio track of a video clip. In my video clips, it is not possible to set keyframes in the audio track; as soon as I click on the icon for setting keyframes, the audio track of all video clips is hatched and the lock icon changes from open to closed.

[Ann Bens]

You are clicking on the LOCK button

setting KEYFRAMES is the row below

Hover with your mouse over the buttons it will show you tooltips