Creating a Crossfade

For more information, see the following topics:

Crossfades on Tick-Based Audio Tracks

Pre and Post Crossfade Selections

To create a crossfade between two clips:

1 With the Selector tool, click at the point where you want the crossfade to begin in the first clip and drag to where you want it to end in the second clip. Crossfade selections can begin and end anywhere in their respective clips.

2 Do one of the following:

Choose Edit > Fades > Create.

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Press Control+F (Windows) or Command+F (Mac).

To apply a Crossfade using the Default Crossfade setting (in the Editing Preferences), and without opening the Fades dialog, press Control+Start+F (Windows) or Command+Control+F (Mac).

3 Use the view buttons to adjust the view of the crossfade. It may take a few moments to calculate the waveform display for long selections.

4 Select an Out Shape and an In Shape.

5 Select a Linking option.

6 Click the Audition button to audition the crossfade. For long crossfades, it may take Pro Tools a few moments to calculate and load the audio into playback RAM.

7 Do one of the following:

Adjust the curves by selecting different preset shapes with the Out Shape and In Shape pop-up menus.

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Drag the Fade-In and Fade-Out curves to a custom shape. By choosing None as the Linking option, you can drag the beginning or end points of a fade curve to adjust its beginning or end point.

8 Click the Audition button to audition the crossfade again.

9 When the crossfade sounds right, click OK.

Crossfade lengths can be resized with any of the Trim tools, including Nudge Trim commands. See Using the Trim Tools and Trimming with Nudge.

To remove a crossfade, do one of the following:

Select the area of the track containing any crossfades you want to delete and choose Edit > Fades > Delete.

Select the crossfade with the Time Grabber tool and press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac).

Right-click the crossfade with any of the edit tools and select Delete Fades from the pop-up menu.

To trim a crossfade:

1 Select the crossfade with the Time Grabber tool, or double-click it with the Selector tool.

2 With any of the Trim tools, trim either side of the crossfade. The crossfade is recalculated to reflect the newly trimmed length.