Fade and Crossfade Preferences

You can set default fade and crossfade settings. These settings load as your “base” settings when you use the Create Fades command, and the Fade to Start and Fade to End commands.

To set the fade and crossfade preferences:

1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click the Editing tab.

2 Set the Pre-Roll and Post-Roll times for Fade previews.

 

Fade preferences

3 Click Fade In and set the default shape for fade-ins when using the Smart Tool, then click OK.

4 Click Fade Out and set the default shape for fade-outs when using the Smart Tool, then click OK.

5 Click Crossfade and set the default shape for crossfades when using the Smart Tool, then click OK.

6 Click OK.

To apply the default fade or crossfade shape, make an Edit selection and press Control+Start+F (Windows) or Command+Control+F (Mac).