{"id":1781,"date":"2010-02-16T10:01:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediastorm.org\/blog\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2012-05-16T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T18:31:17","slug":"mediastorms-guide-to-one-frame-audio-fades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/mediastorms-guide-to-one-frame-audio-fades\/","title":{"rendered":"MediaStorm’s Guide to One-Frame Audio Fades"},"content":{"rendered":"

In previous blog posts, I’ve described the cure-all properties of the one-frame fade. (See Ten Ways to Improve Your Multimedia Production Right Now<\/a> and Ten Tips for Working with Music in Multimedia<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Here’s how to set up a one-frame fade as your default audio transition:<\/p>\n

Open the Effects window (command-5<\/strong>). In the Audio Transitions<\/strong> folder, note that one of the transitions has a line beneath it. The line indicates that it’s the default transition.<\/p>\n

If you have not previously changed the fade time, you’ll see ’00:00:01;00′ in the length<\/strong> column. That’s a default time of one second, zero frames.<\/p>\n

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Highlight the number in the length<\/strong> column and enter ‘1’ (just the number, no quotes). Then, press return.<\/p>\n

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Your default transition time should now be set to one frame.<\/p>\n

Sometimes though, due to a Final Cut bug, you may find that when you now select an audio edit point and add the default transition (option-command-T<\/strong>), the fade remains at one second.<\/p>\n

To fix this, right-click Cross Fade (0db)<\/strong> and select Set Default Transition<\/strong>. The default line now appears beneath that transition.<\/p>\n

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Next, repeat the procedure back on the Cross Fade (+3db)<\/strong>. Right-click the transition and select Set Default Transition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Now, when you select an audio edit point and apply the default transition (option-command-T<\/strong>), the fade will be one frame.<\/p>\n

Additional quick tips: to change the time of an audio fade that’s already been applied to the timeline, right-click on the fade and select Duration<\/strong>. In the pop-up window, enter your new desired time. <\/p>\n

In Final Cut 7, if you select the entire audio clip and apply the default transition, an audio fade will be applied to both sides of the clip.<\/p>\n

Learn more about our approach to producing multimedia by purchasing MediaStorm’s Post-production Workflow<\/a>. Spanning more than 200 steps, the workflow covers every phase of editing, from organizing and editing assets in Final Cut Pro 7<\/strong> through backing up and archiving your project. The workflow includes exclusive access to our Aperture Workflow<\/strong> and our Final Cut Asset Parser<\/strong>. Learn more about MediaStorm’s Post-production Workflow<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In previous blog posts, I’ve described the cure-all properties of the one-frame fade. (See Ten Ways to Improve Your Multimedia Production Right Now and Ten Tips for Working with Music in Multimedia). Here’s how to set up a one-frame fade as your default audio transition: Open the Effects window (command-5). In the Audio Transitions folder, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,748],"tags":[1918,28,807],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editing","category-tutorials","tag-editing","tag-multimedia","tag-tutorial","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}