How do I put in a desolve effect where I added a B-roll video?

Comments: 7 Responses to “How do I put in a desolve effect where I added a B-roll video?”

Gary Rosenzweig

14 years ago

Are you trying to add it in between the shots? That's when you can add transitions. Or, are you trying to do something different, like using cut-aways?

peter lelievre

14 years ago

I'm trying to add the effect between the a roll and the b roll
so yes i'm trying to add it between the shots

peter lelievre

14 years ago

yes I'm trying to add the effect between the a roll and the b roll

Gary Rosenzweig

14 years ago

So you have a project with two clips. You drag the transition to the space in between the two. The only time this won't work is if one of the clips is too short.

peter lelievre

14 years ago

I have a video project and i insert a b roll in the video
which made a video track above the original video.
know i want to add a fade so the the video will fade from the original video to the b roll i added above the orignal video.
I dragged the effect between the two videos a roll and b roll
and the effect doesn't work.

Gary Rosenzweig

14 years ago

Ah, so it made a track "above the original video" -- so that sounds like you added a cut-away then, not a second track.
In that case, you can't use standard transitions. But you can add a simple dissolve. Just select the upper track, type "I" to bring up the inspector so you can see that's clip's properties. You'll see there a way to set the dissolve.

peter lelievre

14 years ago

Thanks Gary that worked.