

Then you need to set what property you are fading.

I would drag the “Video Cue” to the “?” icon of the fade cue. This tells the fade cue what video or audio cue it is fading. Once the cue is added you need to drag a target cue to the fade cue. You can choose one effect from the drop down list to apply to your video (such as re-coloring).įade cues can animate many properties discussed above. Please note – I recommend you make volume adjustments in Levels NOT in Trim (Audio Trim adjustments are not changed by Fade cues). The audio levels is where you can adjust the volume of that particular clip and set the routing if there are multiple audio output devices connected. This tab will also let you trim your video or audio clips – this is NOT precise editing. The next tab is “Time & Loops.” The most important button on this tab is “Hold at end.” If you wish a video file to freeze on the last frame you must click this button. Layer order is very important when working on fading up or fading out video cues (see FADE UP section). The first tab “Display & Geometry” is where you designate the screen for this cue and it’s Layer. The inspector window, located below the cuelist, holds all of the parameters that you can adjust for any cue. This cue will play through and once done, the one below will begin. The cue and the one below it will fire at the same time.ĪutoFollow. You can easily make cues fire together or fire one after another by clicking in the first right hand column of the cuelist. To delete a cue, highlight it and hit COMMAND DELETE. You can also just drag and drop media into the cuelist to create cues.Ī red X means there is something wrong with the cue (in this case I have an empty cue with no media). Video Cue Icon – use for video or still imagesįade Icon – use to create a fade up, fade out or animate a parameter of a cue.Ĭlick on the video or audio icon to create a blank video or audio cue.

When you’re ready, trigger the “Crossfade to park” cue.Group Icon – use to create a folder in the cuelist Place the “Park” cue and both Fade cues within the Group cue.Set the mode of the Group cue to “Start all children simultaneously.”.Create a Group cue and name it “Crossfade to park.”.Select the “Park” cue, and bring its master level to -inf.In the Levels tab of the inspector, click once on the master level text field to turn it yellow.Set the duration of this Fade cue to 10 seconds.Hit “1” on your keyboard to select the Audio Levels preset, then click Apply. Create a Fade cue that targets “Park,” and with this Fade cue selected choose Paste Cue Properties from the Edit menu.With the “Park” cue selected, choose Copy from the Edit menu.Set the levels of that cue to the levels at which you want it to play during the scene, after the crossfade happens.Create an Audio cue for your city park atmosphere.Set the duration of this Fade cue to 10 seconds. Create a Fade cue that targets “Music” and sets its level to -inf, with the Stop target when done box checked.Set the levels of that cue to suit your taste and needs.Create an Audio cue for your scene change music.There is more than one way to make a crossfade, but this way is particularly tidy. Let’s suppose that you want to play some scene change music, and then when the scene change completes, you want to crossfade to the background atmosphere of a city park over the course of ten seconds.
