Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 751)

• Ending on the cut: Use this alignment if you want the first frame of the incoming clip
to be fully visible.
A transition ending
on the cut
Using Transitions in Projects to Be Exported as EDLs
Edit Decision Lists (EDLs) were developed for older tape-to-tape editing systems with
limited capabilities. Therefore, they can only describe a narrow range of transitions.
Typically, these transitions match standard transitions found on most broadcast video
switchers, designated by codes that have been standardized by the Society of Motion
Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
Although today’s nonlinear editing systems have introduced a much wider variety of
transitions and effects, the EDL format continues to reflect the simplicity of older systems.
As a result, not everything that you can do in a Final Cut Pro sequence will show up as
expected in an exported EDL.
Keep the following in mind when creating a sequence that you may export as an EDL:
• EDLs don’t support transitions in any tracks other than V1. If you use transitions in other
tracks, they won’t appear in the EDL.
• Anything other than a cross dissolve or simple wipe is mapped to the closest
approximate SMPTE standard wipe pattern.
For more information on EDLs, see “Importing and Exporting EDLs.”
Adding Transitions Between Clips
You can add transitions when you edit a clip into the Timeline, or you can add transitions
between clips already in a sequence.
Adding Transitions with Clips You Add to the Timeline
You can choose the “Insert with Transition” or “Overwrite with Transition” options in the
Canvas Edit overlay when you edit a clip into your sequence. This adds the default
transition at the In point of the incoming clip and the Out point of the outgoing clip. The
default video transition is a 1-second cross dissolve, but you can change this if you wish
(see
“Changing the Default Transition” ).
751 Chapter 47 Adding Transitions