Final Cut Pro 6 - Trimming the Duration of a Transition

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Trimming the Duration of a Transition

When you move the pointer to either edge of a transition in the Transition Editor, it
changes to a Resize pointer. You can then change the duration of the transition,
depending on how much clip overlap is available.

To change the duration of a transition:

1

Open the transition in the Transition Editor.

2

Do one of the following:

 Enter a new duration in the Timecode Duration field, then press Return.
 Drag the beginning or end of the transition to the desired length. When you do this

to a transition centered at the edit point, both sides of the transition change
duration, but the edit point itself doesn’t move.

The start point of the

transition in the

outgoing clip

The end point
of the transition
in the incoming clip

Drag either end of the transition
to the desired length.

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Part III

Fine-Tuning Your Edit