A video transition controls how your movie plays from one video clip or picture to the next. You can add a
transition between two pictures, video clips, or titles, in any combination, on
the storyboard/timeline. The transition plays before the one clip ends and while
the other clip starts to play. Windows Movie Maker contains various transitions
you can add to your project. Transitions are stored in the Video Transitions
folder in the collections pane.
You can change the playback duration of a video transition up to the duration
of the shorter of the two adjacent clips. If you drag the video clip or picture
on the timeline that you want to transition to over the clip or picture that you
want to transition from, a cross-fade is added as the default transition between
the two clips. There will be a straight cut (no fade) between two clips if you
do not create a transition.
Any transitions you add appear on the Transition track of the timeline. To
see this track, you must expand the Video track. The video transition length is
determined by the amount of overlap between two clips. The following
illustration displays a project on the timeline with an added video
transition.
To add a video transition
- On the storyboard/timeline, select the second of the two video clips or pictures that you want to add a transition between.
- On the Tools menu, click Video Transitions.
–or-In the Movie Tasks pane, under Edit Movie, click View video transitions.
- In the Contents pane, click the video transition you want to add.
- On the Clip menu, click Add to Timeline or Add to Storyboard.
Note
- You can also add a video transition by dragging it to the timeline and dropping it between the two clips on the Video track. Or, on the storyboard, you can drag the video transition to the video transition cell between two video clips or pictures.
To change the video transition duration
- On the Transition track of the timeline, do one of the following:
- To increase the transition duration, drag the beginning of the transition towards the beginning of the timeline.
- To decrease the transition duration, drag the beginning of the transition towards the end of the timeline.
Note
- To view the Transition track of the timeline, expand the Video track. The original default time the transition appears is determined by the value for the Transition duration box on the Advanced tab of the Options dialog box.
To remove a video transition
- Do one of the following:
- On the storyboard, select the transition cell that contains the transition you want to remove.
- On the timeline, click the transition that you want to remove on the Transition track.
- On the Edit menu, click Delete.
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