Putting in transitions shortened my timeline?!?!?

[Guest]

Hi...I made a movie which was a little over 4 minutes...then I went back and
added transitions between every picture on the storyline and it shortened the
timeline?!?!? Why did that happen? I thought it would lengthen the timeline.
Hope someone know the answer to this I have made 2 movies and the same
thing happened to both.
Also, is there a way to say select all to put the same video effect on each
picture? Or do you have to click and drag to each picture? Thanks!!!

 

[KDE]

transitions make the two adjacent pictures overlap, therefore two 5 second
clips with a one second transition (overlap) results in a 9 second timeline.


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| Hi...I made a movie which was a little over 4 minutes...then I went back
and
| added transitions between every picture on the storyline and it shortened
the
| timeline?!?!? Why did that happen? I thought it would lengthen the
timeline.
| Hope someone know the answer to this I have made 2 movies and the same
| thing happened to both.
| Also, is there a way to say select all to put the same video effect on
each
| picture? Or do you have to click and drag to each picture? Thanks!!!

 

[rehan]

About the transitions it is simple once you look in the timeline view
(ctrl-T) what happens when you add a transition.

Tip: How to select multiple clips:
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Here is a summary of ways you can select multiple clips in Storyboard view:

1. Click on first and Shift-click on last to select all in the range
2. Click on first and Ctrl-click on individual clips to select them one by
one
3. Click on any one and press Ctrl-A to select all of them.

To Apply Same Effect to Multiple Clips:
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Method 1:
One way you can add the same effect to multiple clips/pictures is by using
Copy/Paste. Copy the effect by selecting it in the Effects area and pressing
Ctrl-C. Now select as many pictures/clips and press Ctrl-V to apply the
effect.

Method 2:
Another way to apply an effect to multiple pictures/clips is to select them
as above first, and then right-click on the desired effect and select "Apply
to Storyboard". This applies the effect to everyone of the clips in the
selection.

Note:
The above method also works for transitions. Just select the small
transition boxes (between two clips) and follow above procedure with the
desired transition.