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
