Merge two clips in Final Cut

You select the layers you want to merge and press Alt G (or right-click and "New Composition") :)
I just discovered this ;P

Hello
For FCE,
You select the photo, do a ctrl-click (right click), then in the context menu / duration ... and you increase the duration which is by default 12 seconds, set the duration you want, insert the transition (fade or other), and do the same with the transition, that is to say, change its duration.

Don't forget to deinterlace your photos, otherwise they will flicker in the final playback.
Effects / Video Filters / Video / Deinterlace

Good luck
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Sanspseudo - Francis
iMac G5 2ghz 2Go - OS 10.4.11

Hello,
I took a quick look at the mentioned discussion.
A little clarification that explains the difference in operation between iMovie and FCP or FCE - (I only use FCE) - is that to create a crossfade, FCP uses the images present in the sequence, the images at the end of sequence A and the images at the beginning of sequence B. Knowing that a PAL film (the standard here in Western Europe) has 25 frames per second, to create a 4-second crossfade, you need 2 seconds of images at the end of A and 2 seconds at the beginning of B, which is 50 and 50 frames. If the sequences are too short, the crossfade is not possible or very brief, as there are not enough images. This process allows FCP not to change the length of the edited film after adding transitions.
iMovie does the opposite; if you add a crossfade between 2 sequences, iMovie copies the ends of sequences A and B and creates a crossfade. It therefore adds length to the film, but this process allows for crossfades even on very short sequences.
So in FCP, if the problem lies here, what I would personally do is create a still image from the end of sequence A and also a still image from the beginning of sequence B. Then, I would place the still image A at the end of sequence A and the still image B at the beginning of sequence B. I would give each image a duration equal to half the total duration of the crossfade, and between the images A and B, I would place the crossfade.
I hope I have been clear enough.

To create a still image, you stop playback on the last frame of sequence A = Modify / Freeze Frame, and you go to the beginning of sequence B and do the same = Modify / Freeze Frame

In the case where you have inserted a transition, visible in your timeline but invisible during playback, this can be explained by the fact that the first and last sequence frames are identical - in the case of 2 perfectly identical photos with a crossfade gradually hiding photo 1 to gradually reveal photo 2, if the 2 photos are exactly the same, you will not see your crossfade during playback. (this actually depends on the exact type of crossfade and how it is configured).

Good luck
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Sanspseudo - Francis
iMac G5 2ghz 2Go - OS 10.4.11

I'm not sure I fully understand the problem and I'm not a Final Cut specialist (I've been using FC Express for a short while), but at first glance, if you know how to create sequences with your images, it might just be a matter of placing two sequences on two different video tracks so that they overlap during the fade, and adjusting the opacities: one fading out while the other fades in.

Hello, here's what I did, it doesn't work. I talked about it with some techies on a forum, it ended up going live because they were trying to make me understand technical stuff, and I don't get anything at all.

Sanspseudo, the problem is that it's animation, so I can't extend my shots...

the topic on macbidouille, if you understand better than I do :/

https://forum.macbidouille.com/index.php?showtopic=267137

Alright, this is going to work.
I read the responses on macbidouille: they are all correct.
However, your problem is still not resolved.
I tried to do as you did.
A 16-second sequence (I specify on FC Express) consisting of bulk photo imports lasting 3 frames, so very short.
The resulting sequence was exported in .dv format via file/export/via QuickTime conversion/save as "thing," format: DV stream/options: PAL; scan mode: progressive - OK (still with FC Express, I specify) With FC Pro, I don’t know. In short, save the sequence in .dv format.

I then opened iMovie 6 HD (available for free download, but it should work with other versions)
New project
Import the "thing" file by simple drag-and-drop
Select this sequence
Find the exact point of the cut: editing/split the video clip at the playhead.
Then tab editing: transition/fade. Adjust the speed. Drag the icon to the cut point.
It’s perfect.
If everything is done with iMovie, the editing needs to be done without transitions, export the project, then reintroduce it into a new project.
The losses are not very noticeable.
Keep us updated.
Good luck.

I'm keeping you updated, very late but still, our speaker came at the end of the year and solved the problem by slowing down the sequence and cutting it afterward because it was therefore too long. And bam, it worked. So that's the main thing.

Thank you

++ have a good continuation

I'm a bit late ... but it's called nesting ... you select all your photos that make up a sequence ... then alt+c ... it creates a new sequence containing all your photos ... from there you can apply your fade ... to open it ... right-click ----> open in the viewer ...

Hello,

Maybe you can help me....
I converted a 15-minute VOB short film to DV with Streamclip. The video is 3GB, I can then import it into Final Cut but it goes into the window.
But when I drag the link onto the editing timeline, there is a red line and it doesn't work, it says "not recognized" and a beep sound is heard....

I reconverted it with Streamclip to AVI and MPG and I get the same thing!

What should I do to make it work on the editing timeline and be able to edit my demo reel as an actor????

PLEASE HELP MEEEEE....

Thank you

Kevin.