Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 491)

156 Part II Rough Editing
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Tip: You can also perform an insert with transition edit with multiple clips. If there are
no other clips in your sequence at the In point, the first clip will make a default
transition from black. Each successive clip will then use the default transition into the
next one until all the clips you selected are laid out in a row.
To perform an insert with transition edit:
m Specify the necessary edit points and destination tracks, then do one of the following:
 Drag the clip from the Viewer or Browser to the Insert with Transition section of the
Edit Overlay in the Canvas.
 Click the Insert with Transition button in the Canvas.
 Press Shift-F9.
The source clip is inserted into the sequence with the default transition.
Insert with
Transition button
Insert with Transition
section of the Edit
Overlay in the Canvas
Before an insert with
transition edit
After an insert with
transition edit
New clip is inserted
with transition