Transitions are stylized effects used to dissolve from one clip to the next. You may create a transitional movie between two still images or blank frames of the same size using directional variations of four effects.

You can create transitions between clips that are loaded into the project module or you can open the transition module.

From the Project module you can call the transition wizard by right clicking on the file in the movie list or clicking the transition button.

Select the effect, set the time, then click the Add Transition button. The new transition will be added to the movie list before (into) or after (out of) the selected clip.

Transition Module

Often times the first and last frame of a movie are blank or black screens which will produce no useful transitions from the project module. In such cases a custom transition can be built using the transition module. For use in your transitions, you can extract any frame using the Audio/Video Extractor.

Unlike temporary transitions created in the project editor, transitions created in the Transition module are stand alone movies which can be used in additional projects. To create your transition from the Transition module, choose a starting and ending frame or a blank color. If you choose a movie the last frame will be selected for the start picture and the first for the end picture.

If your start and end frames are of different dimensions you can resize either to match the other by clicking the Resize button on the image that you wish to resize.

The process of creating your transition movie requires two steps.

Step one creates a transition image sequence.

The image sequence is saved to a sub folder called temp\transition and noted in the text area as represented below.

You can set the default name for the image sequence by entering it in the appropriate text box.

You may open, edit or save the static frames which are saved to the temp\transition folder during the Fx MPEG Suite session. All temp files are deleted at the start of any new session.

You can step through the transition animation sequence manually by dragging the slider from left to right.

Step two creates a transition movie from the image sequence.

Specify the output format and type, a file name and the TV standard.

Example

Below are illustrations of the middle frame of a transition created from the start picture to the end color as set above.
	Wipe, Slide-In, Slide-Out from Left
	Wipe, Slide-In, Slide-Out from Right
	Wipe, Slide-In, Slide-Out from Top
	Wipe, Slide-In, Slide-Out from Bottom
	Wipe, Slide-In, Slide-Out from Center
	Cross-Fade