A crossfade is the same as a dissolve but gives you more control over the duration of the dissolve and the portions of the clips that are used for the crossfade.
Examples of creating a crossfade using the start, middle, and end alignments are shown as follows.
Action: Select the start, mid, or end point of the dissolve in the outgoing clip.
Action: Select the start, mid, or end point of the dissolve in the incoming clip.
Result: The dissolve using the start point. The dissolve duration was set to 4.
Result: The dissolve using the mid point. The dissolve duration was set to 4.
Result: The dissolve using the end point. The dissolve duration was set to 4.
To create a crossfade:
The crossfade options appear.
(a) Dissolve Type box (b) Dissolve Alignment box (c) Dissolve Duration field
If the “E” button is enabled, the Dissolve Editor appears. Otherwise, the crossfade is added to the destination reel.