Increasing transition duration in Shotcut after creation

Help/How To
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Hello,

I’m new to Shotcut and am just starting to explore the software. I’m having trouble increasing the duration of a transition after it’s been created.

Here’s the situation:

  • I have two untrimmed clips.
  • I drag Clip B onto Clip A so they overlap, and a cross-fade transition is automatically created.
  • I decide to make the transition longer. I try dragging Clip B further left to increase the overlap, but it doesn’t work. I can shorten the transition by dragging its edges, but not lengthen it.

I understand that lengthening via the transition edges is not possible if there are no extra frames (handles) in the adjacent clips. But I expected to be able to increase the overlap by moving one of the clips.

Is this possible in Shotcut? If not, are there any known workarounds?

Thanks in advance!

2

That is not possible. You can only drag a clip involved in a transition away from the transition to shorten it. You can remove the transition and recreate it at a longer duration.

3

Ok, I see. Thank you for the clarification!