Accessing the Dissolve Quick Menu

The dissolve options appear after you create a dissolve. The options are available from both the quick menu and the Dissolve Editor.

To access the Dissolve quick menu:

Select the dissolve on the timeline or place the positioner at the cut point.
Select Editing from the Menu Priority box.

The Dissolve quick menu appears.

(a) Dissolve Alignment box (b) Dissolve Duration field (c) Render Type box (d) Dissolve Mode box

The Dissolve options are described as follows.

Dissolve Duration fieldShows the present duration of the dissolve. Use this field to change the number of frames used in the dissolve.

Dissolve Mode boxAffects how the pixels of the outgoing and incoming clips are combined to produce the corresponding pixels of the dissolve.

Select:	To:
Additive	Add the colour value of a pixel in the first source clip to the colour value of the corresponding pixel in the second source clip. This value is assigned to the pixel in the resulting dissolve.
NonAdd	Evaluate the corresponding pixels in the first and second source clips to determine which has the higher colour value. This value is assigned to the pixel in the resulting dissolve. Non-additive dissolves must be rendered in order to view them.
Inverse NonAdd	Evaluate the corresponding pixels in the outgoing and incoming source clips to determine which has the lower colour value. The pixel in the resulting dissolve is assigned the lower of the two values. Inverse non-additive dissolves must be rendered to view them.

Render Type boxSpecifies if the dissolve will be rendered as progressive or interlaced.

Dissolve Alignment boxSpecifies how the dissolve aligns with the cut.

Select:	To:
Up To Cut	Start the dissolve at the number of frames before the focus point that is specified by the dissolve duration. Thus, the dissolve ends at the focus point.
Centred	Centre the dissolve over the focus point with an equal number of dissolved frames before and after it. If the dissolve has an odd duration, the extra frame is always placed after the focus point.
From Cut	Start the dissolve at the focus point and have it proceed into the incoming clip by the number of frames indicated in the dissolve duration.
Custom	Create an asymmetric transition that can be offset from the cut point.

To/From Colour buttonUse to dissolve to or from a custom colour.