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Transitions and adjustment layers

Add the default transition with Command T and share one treatment across several shots with an adjustment layer (Option Shift A).

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  1. Command T
  2. Default transition
  3. Option Shift A
  4. Adjustment layer
  5. Set the range

Repeating the same look on shot after shot? cinemaOS has two shortcuts for this: Command T for the default transition and Option Shift A for an adjustment layer that treats a range of shots together.

Steps

  1. Add the default transition. Select the edit point and press Command T. Play across the boundary to judge its timing.
  2. Keep it only where it helps. Keep the transition only where it supports the shot change. Review it in motion rather than on a still frame.
  3. Add an adjustment layer. Press Option Shift A to add an adjustment layer over the shots you want to treat together.
  4. Set the range and the treatment. Adjust the layer's range and apply the shared treatment, a monochrome look in the recording. Play the section to check where it begins and ends.

Notes

  • The adjustment layer sits above the shots in the timeline, so the shared treatment has a clear, visible place in the sequence and can be trimmed like a clip.

Footage: Tears of Steel, Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0. Edited in cinemaOS for this tutorial.