Dissolving Images in Smart Edit

[roncamp]

I use my Solitaire for some very basic editing, and I want to try something I haven't done before. I have an old two-projector slide show that I want to re-create in video. I will have to scan all of the slides and create jpgs to load in. Most of the editing will be simple cross-fades. But there will be a couple of places where I will need Image 1 to be overlayed by Image 2 to create a combined image (in the slide show both projectors were projecting at the same time) that will stay on screen for several seconds and then fade to the next image. What technique would I use to accomplish this? I have access to the set of effects packages, I just don't have them activated.

[BobFoster]

In the "transitions window the effect "double Exposure" could be used along with possibly "crossfade" to get into and out of the double exposure effect. Use the 100% MIX for each slide to show equally. Even using a really long crossfade may accomplish the desired effect.

[roncamp]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried various combinations of the effect settings and the best I could ever get was a regular crossfade from Image 1 to Image 2 without the double exposure effect. And I made sure the two images were the same duration. So I'm probably doing something wrong but I'm not sure what.

[jimmeeker]

Create the double image first by placing the two scenes side by side with the double image icon between them set for the full length of time that you
want the two to be shown together.....like 5 or 10 seconds. use this as a single scene in the storyboard......next create a SCENE of this double image.
This will lock the double image into one......so it won't come apart when you try to add cross fades later......then add the number one image in front
of the double image and then add the second image behind the double image in the storyboard......then add a slow crossfade between the first image
and the double and after the double and the 2nd image.

This will do exactly what you want. It will show the first image and slowly fade into a double image and hold on it for whatever time you selected, and
then fade into the second image. It's an easy thing to do but the trick is to build the double image first, then make sure you create a "SCENE" of the
double image......and then add the first and second images by them selves before and after the double scene. Don't try to do it with just a cross fade.

[CKNewman]

Problem solved by a post from Jim Meeker

Now that's something I haven't seen for a while

I was about to get a posse together

Good to hear from you

[jimmeeker]

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