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102 VIDEO EDITOR
Mask transition options
The Mask transitions contain the following options. The availability of the option
depends on the type of mask selected.
• Rotation: Specify how many degrees the mask will rotate.
• Fade level: Set the thickness of the soft edge of the mask.
• Size: Set the size of the mask.
• Sync Clip: Matches the motion of the clip to the motion of the mask.
• Inverse: Reverses the effect of the mask.
• X/Y Opposite: Reverses the path direction of the Mask.
• Mask: Select a preset template to use as mask for the transition.
• Current: Click to open a dialog box where you can browse BMP files to use as the
transition's mask.
• Interval: Specify the distance between each copy of the mask.
• Path: Select how the mask will move during the transition.
• Middle flash: Adds an element of light to the dissolving mask.
• Apply on: Select whether to apply the mask on the before or after clip.
Audio transitions
Transition effects are primarily for video. In Video Editor's File:Preferences -
Edit, you can specify how you want your audio clips to interact in the event of
overlapping. There are two options: an auto cross-fade and a simple mix
transition.
In the first case, when two audio clips in the same track overlap, an auto cross-
fade will be created between them. The volume of the first clip will be faded to zero
starting from the beginning of the overlap. At the same point on the track the
volume of the second clip will be gradually faded in.
To specify an audio cross-fade between clips:
1. Go to File:Preferences - Edit tab.
2. Click in the check box near Apply auto audio cross-fade.
3. Select one of the Audio cross-fade resampling options. Selecting Linear will
fade overlapping segments from zero to one hundred percent in a linear
fashion over the overlapping segment duration. If you select Logarithmic, all
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