Video / Image Crossfades - Lil' help here (11.4.0.3), TVG

[MassiveMastering]

Just trying to understand -- And for starters, I love it. I could swear that at least *fading* worked at some point, but then suddenly, not so much. It's working on this new version and I'm stoked. But at the same time slightly confused as to the next transition cross fade function...

For example - I have two videos or images in a row (done this already, which is why I'm asking stuff). If cue 1 has a fade in/out of two seconds and cue two has the same, I wind up with a two second crossfade - regardless of "Transition to next file" (I'mma call them TTNF for speed) settings. That's all fine. Also noticed that numbers sometimes mean things -- If [1] fades out over 2 seconds and [2] fades in over 10 seconds, there is the start of a crossfade, [1] "shuts" and [2] continues to fade in. So to keep those smooth, the numbers should (logically for the most part) match. BUT AGAIN, the exact same behavior no matter what the TTNF settings are.

If fade in/out info is included or not, on video or images - and TTFN is set to "Cross fade" -- Nothing. No cross fade.

Can't find clarity here and I'm just wondering if I'm missing something.

[EDIT] May have partially answered my own question, but now even more confused.

Tool tip came up while experimenting -- "Between this file and next file in the slideshow" -- Fair enough, I wasn't using a slideshow.

So I made one. And even though I put "cross fade" (various lengths) in the transition, no cross fades. Just cuts to the next.

SO - is that transition only used for slideshows (but shows up on anything)? And if so, does it not work in slideshows yet?

[Mike Daniell]

Yes, the documentation may be a bit confusing. Cross-fading should work OK when using TVG, but the details of how to set this up depends on exactly how you want to run the cues.

For example, if you have two video cues and you want a 2-second cross-fade from the first to the second to occur automatically, then set the fade-out time of the first cue to 2 seconds, the fade-in time of the second cue to 2 seconds, and set the second cue to auto-start 2 seconds before the end of the first cue. Maybe these properties could be set or applied automatically from the existing transition properties of the final or only file in the first cue.

If you still can't get this to work, could you email me a diagnostic file? You can create this file by selecting 'Create Diagnostic File' from the drop-down menu displayed when you click the Help button in the main window. The file will be saved in a folder named "SCS Diagnostics" under "Documents" or "My Documents".