Hey guys. I know over the years people have been trying to create filmic or optical fades and dissolves in software. Well, in playing around with After Effects, I have come up with a method for doing so. You can view the tutorial for it at my blog. Hope you find it helpful...

Daniel Broadway's Blog: Tutorial : Filmic Fades and Dissolves (http://danielbroadway.blogspot.com/2008/11/tutorial-filmic-fades-and-dissolves.html)

Thanks Dan, an easy and elegant solution....

Video Copilot has some free presets that look they do this same thing. I can tell a difference when I use them in lieu of dissolves and fade to black in PPCS3. Check it out and see if it works

VideoCopilot.net Video Tutorials & Post Production (http://www.videocopilot.net/presets/film_fade_transition/)