Logon 5 wrote:Ahh thanks for the clarification. No, I didn't, but the transition is a fade in fade out, doesn't actually require any additional material. Or am I seeing that wrong?
Are you talking about a fade to black at the very end of the video with nothing following, or a cross fade from the current clip to the one following?
For a cross fade, the cut point that's shown in the video editor is normally at the halfway point of the fade. So for a 1-second fade at 30fps, the cut point would be 15 frames into the fade, where both the previous and next clips are equally blended. But you need another 15 frames beyond that during which the previous clip will be further faded out from 50% to 0% as the following clip is faded in to the 100% level. Therefore, you need at least 15 frames of "handle" at the end of the clip.
Logon 5 wrote:Ok I understand . That would also explain why the autotrim function exists. Unfortunately there isn't much left with a 2 second render. But thanks for the information, now I know that I should always render 1 second longer in order to have half a second of material left at the front and back.
I always tell people that you can't really master shooting video without also spending time editing it. And this is one of the first lessons. I generally try to shoot at least 5 seconds of extra video at the start and end of each clip, not only to allow for transitions but also to give me more flexibility to move the cut points around as seems best for pacing or to match beats in the backing music. It's really hard while shooting to anticipate what will work best when you start to combine everything together.