[Kdenlive-devel] transitions

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Am Montag, 19. Mai 2003 15:01 schrieb Jason Wood:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Reinhard Amersberger [mailto:protux at web.de]
> >
> > kdenlive-devel at lists.sourceforge.net schrieb am 19.05.03 11:48:47:
> > > > There is a third solution which I am thinking of, sort of
> >
> > a cross between
> >
> > > > the above two ideas, in which a transition would be
> >
> > 'drawn' across multiple
> >
> > > > tracks (I envisage it as a translucent blue rectangle
> >
> > spanning multuiple
> >
> > > > clips). This would have the advantage of allowing the
> >
> > transition to touch
> >
> > > > multiple tracks, but might be complicated to use, I am
> >
> > not sure yet.
> >
> > Maybe this could be done by a "Transition tool"?
>
> Perhaps, although I dislike the idea of having a seperate tool in this
> instance - I think that transitions are almost as important as adding clips
> themselves to the timeline, and think a solution that allows both to be
> constructed with the same tool would be better.
>
> Another possibility would be dragging an item from a transition dialog onto
> the timeline, although from using premier, I find doing that a cumbersome
> method of editing.


This is my opinion too, therefore I suggested having a transition tool. This 
was intended just to avoid dragging  a transition item from somewhere to 
somewhere else.


> I am tempted by the idea that when one clip overlaps another, a transition
> would be automatically generated. For this to work, I would envisage that
> there would be an option on every track that said "auto-transition". Drag a
> clip to one track, a clip to a second track, and if they overlap, a default
> transition (probably crossfade, although it would be useful to let the user
> specify the transition that they want) would be added. One problem with
> this is that it would be quite easy to 'lose' a transition by accidentally
> dragging clips away from each other again. Of course, it would make it very
> easy to move clips around and try out different things :-)
>
> In this case, I wouldn't mind a transition tool, as it would be for those
> special cases where you don't want to auto-generate transitions, the most
> obvious examples being picture-in-picture and scrolling text.
>
> > > I like this idea _very_ much. I think it would be pretty
> >
> > easy to use, and even
> >
> > > more intuitive than the usual "effect-track". Just make
> >
> > sure, that the tracks
> >
> > > and the shaded 'transition-overlay-rectangle' have nice
> >
> > mouse handles to
> >
> > > select/drag/resize them.
> >
> > Okay, I like the idea too, but here comes just another idea.
> >
> > What you guys thinking about a "build-in transparency curve"
> > for every clip?
> >
> > e.g.:
> > starting with 2 clips in 2 separate tracks, slightly overlapping.
> > Now select the two clips (or maybe _all_ clips you want to
> > incorporate into this transition action), move the upper
> > corner of the first clip to left - the upper corner of the
> > other clip(s) should follow automatically - to create the transition.
>
> I am not sure that I understand what you mean - are to talking about the
> same sort of automatic transition creation I am talking about above?
>


Yes, I think we are talking about pretty much the same thing.
But your auto-transition idea is a very good enhancement and much easier and 
faster as my suggestion, because everything is done automatically! :-)



greetings
Reinhard