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Fades, crossfades, and envelopes
The Fade dialogs
The available options are:
Applying a fade
Depending on whether you are editing a fade made with the fade handles or applying
a fade using processing, different buttons are shown in the bottom row of the Fade
dialog.
The Edit Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
Option Description
Curve Kind These buttons determine whether the fade curve consists of
spline curve segments (left button), damped spline segments
(middle button), or linear segments (right button).
Fade display This shows the shape of the fade curve. The resulting waveform
shape is shown in dark gray, with the current waveform shape in
light gray.
Click on the curve to add points, and click and drag existing
points to change the shape. To remove a point from the curve,
drag it outside the display.
Curve shape buttons These buttons give you quick access to some common curve
shapes.
Restore button This button is only available when editing fades made by
dragging the fade handles. Click this to cancel any changes you
have made since opening the dialog.
Fade Length Value This parameter is only available when editing fades made by
dragging the fade handles. It can be used to enter fade lengths
numerically. The format of values displayed here is determined
by the Time Display in the Transport panel.
When you activate the Apply Length option, the value entered in
the Fade Length value field is used when clicking Apply or OK.
When you set the current fade as the default fade, the length
value is included as part of the default settings.
Presets In this section you can set up presets for fade in or fade out
curves that you want to apply to other events or clips.
To apply a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu.
To rename the selected preset, double-click on the name and
type in a new one.
To remove a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu and
click Remove.
As Default button This button is only available when editing fades made by
dragging the fade handles. Click this to save the current
settings as the default fade, to be used whenever you create
new fades by dragging event handles.
Button Function
OK Applies the set fade curve to the event, and closes the dialog.
Cancel Closes the dialog without applying any fade.
Apply Applies the set fade curve to the event, without closing the dialog.