Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 754)

• Choose Effects > Audio Transitions, then choose the desired transition from the
submenu.
If there are enough overlapping frames on both sides of the edit point, the selected
transition is added to your edit, centered at the edit point. To reposition the transition,
see
“Changing the Alignment of a Transition in the Timeline.”
Tip: All of the transitions that come with Final Cut Pro will be centered at the edit point
if applied from the Effects menu. If you add a favorite transition that you’ve customized
to appear either before or after the edit point, the transition is placed according to its
settings, provided there’s enough overlap at the selected edit point.
To add a transition from the Effects tab in the Browser
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Drag a transition from the Effects tab in the Browser to an edit point in the Timeline.
If there are enough overlapping frames between the two clips, you can drag the transition
to start on, center on, or end on an edit point. The transition snaps to one of these three
areas as you drag it close to the edit point. To reposition the transition, see
“Changing
the Alignment of a Transition in the Timeline.”
You can limit the transition alignment to the start or end of the edit point by holding
down the Command key while you drag a transition around an edit point.
Quickly Adding Multiple Transitions to a Sequence
Instead of applying the same transition to individual edit points one by one, you can have
Final Cut Pro apply a transition multiple times to a selected range of clips. For example,
you can select a range of three clips in the Timeline and apply the same transition to all
the edit points in the range. You can also quickly reapply a different transition or a changed
transition to the same selected range. When replacing transitions this way, the replaced
transitions retain their previous length.
You can also set sequence In and Out points in the Timeline and have Final Cut Pro add
a transition to every edit point between the sequence In and Out points.
754 Chapter 47 Adding Transitions