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      type="topic"
      id="fadeinfadeout">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#transitions"/>
    <revision pkgversion="0.13.4" version="0.1" date="2010-12-05" status="complete"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jean-François Fortin Tam</name>
      <email>nekohayo@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="contributor">
      <name>Mario Blättermann</name>
      <email>mariobl@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <desc>
      Fading video to black or to a layer below, or fading audio.
    </desc>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>
  </info>

    <title>Fade-ins and fade-outs</title>
     
     <p>You can do “fades” of single clip by using <app>Pitivi</app>'s video mixing capabilities, which relies on keyframes controlling each clip's opacity (see also: <link xref="layers">Understanding layers</link>).</p>
     <p>To fade a clip to black:</p>
     <steps>
      <item>
       <p>Double-click on its opacity keyframe curve where you want the fade-out to start (or the fade-in to end).</p>
       <figure>
        <media type="image" src="figures/fadestep1.png" mime="image/png" style="right"></media>
       </figure>
       <figure>
        <media type="image" src="figures/fadestep2.png" mime="image/png" style="right"></media>
       </figure>
      </item>
      <item>
       <p>Click and drag the last (or first) keyframe of the clip downwards.</p>
       <figure>
        <media type="image" src="figures/fadestep3.png" mime="image/png" style="right"></media>
       </figure>
      </item>
     </steps>

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