Change duration of effect to >1 second = problems!! at DVinfo.net

Brian Farris · December 8th, 2005, 11:43 AM

Ok, I'm trying to change the duration of a fadein/fade out dissolve transition to less than one second, but it doesn't work. Whenever I try to change it from 00:00:01;00 to 00:00:00;50, it changes it to 00:00:01;20! Why is this?

EDIT: By the way, this is in FCP 5.0.3.

Boyd Ostroff · December 8th, 2005, 01:40 PM

Sorry if I'm not understanding your timecode example, but in NTSC the frame number (;50 in your example) has a maximum value of 30 which corresponds to 30 frames per second. So perhaps that is your problem?

Brian Farris · December 8th, 2005, 01:58 PM

I believe it is not set to fps but rather actual time such as 00:00:01;00 = h:m:s;ms

Boyd Ostroff · December 8th, 2005, 02:19 PM

Ah, OK... sorry I never use that format. I would still imagine that you're limited to increments of one frame (1/30 sec) - whatever that works out to in your format.

December 8th, 2005, 11:43 AM	#1
Brian Farris Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 99	Change duration of effect to >1 second = problems!! Ok, I'm trying to change the duration of a fadein/fade out dissolve transition to less than one second, but it doesn't work. Whenever I try to change it from 00:00:01;00 to 00:00:00;50, it changes it to 00:00:01;20! Why is this? EDIT: By the way, this is in FCP 5.0.3.

December 8th, 2005, 01:40 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Sorry if I'm not understanding your timecode example, but in NTSC the frame number (;50 in your example) has a maximum value of 30 which corresponds to 30 frames per second. So perhaps that is your problem?

December 8th, 2005, 01:58 PM	#3
Brian Farris Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 99	I believe it is not set to fps but rather actual time such as 00:00:01;00 = h:m:s;ms

December 8th, 2005, 02:19 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Ah, OK... sorry I never use that format. I would still imagine that you're limited to increments of one frame (1/30 sec) - whatever that works out to in your format.