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Transitioning between scenes

Transitioning between scenes - Final Cut Pro Tutorial

From the course: Final Cut Pro X v10.0.9: Narrative Scene Editing

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Transitioning between scenes

In this movie we're going to look at transitioning from one scene to the next. Now usually you would use a cut or a dissolve, but in this case, we have a little more latitude because we're actually transitioning to a memory, or to a flashback. Let's step inside 07-01 Transitioning and take a look at what we can do. Now the first thing we should do is take a look at the cut and then we can make some decisions. So let's just play the cut point where Joseph picks up the picture, and we cut to him as a child. Now of course, this is going to be processed so it looks older, but a straight cut doesn't work for me. It's too abrupt, and I want to be taken back in time. Now I could put a cross dissolve there, but again that doesn't quite work. You also might think that a Fade To Color would work, but the problem with the Fade To Color is it tends to slow down the pace of your film. So if I drop a Fade To Color there and by default it's a fade to black, you can see that I'm kind of waiting for…

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