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Creating transitions

Creating transitions - Screenflow Tutorial

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Creating transitions

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- [Instructor] When two clips are placed next to each other on the timeline, the video appears to jump from one clip to the next. This is commonly referred to as a jump cut. But we can smooth that jump out by adding a transition. Now if you're following along, I'm in the transitions project. Creating transitions in ScreenFlow is one of those features that is extremely well-executed. Simply drag a clip until it begins to overlap with another clip on the same track. ScreenFlow will then automatically apply a default transition to the overlap. Now the speed of the transition is controlled by the amount of overlap of the two clips. A longer overlap will create a slower transition whereas a shorter overlap will create a faster transition. Now to create a transition of a specific duration, drag the two clips until they snap together. Then release your mouse and then click and drag again to create the transition once more. As you do, watch the numbers on the heads up display. The bottom…

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