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Manually setting a crossfade
An automatic crossfade is not inserted if a shorter event is placed on top of and within the same time frame of a longer event. In this case, the longer event begins playing, then the shorter event plays, and then the longer event resumes playing at the timeline position. You can manually create a crossfade to fade in and out of the shorter event.
1.Place the mouse pointer on one of the shorter event’s handles. The envelope cursor appears (
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2.Drag the handle to the desired position.
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This is a fast and effective method of inserting a voiceover on top of a background music track (although the music fades out completely) or to replace a bad section of audio. For more information, see
Changing crossfade curves
You can change the crossfade curves that are used to fade in and out between two events.
choose a different crossfade curve.
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2.From the shortcut menu, choose Fade Type, and choose the desired fade type from the submenu.
Tip: If you use the same crossfade curve frequently, you can set it as a default for all new audio or video crossfades. For more information, see Editing tab on page 349.
Sliding a crossfade
You can slide a crossfade between two events without affecting the total length of the two overlapping events. This process is similar to sliding and slipping events. For more information, see Slipping and sliding events on page 107.
Press Ctrl + Alt while dragging the overlapping area between two events. The slide crossfade cursor appears (
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