Transitions are very difficult to put in place

[Mjpatey]

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When inserting a transition, two unintuitive things happen:

1. The transition always defaults to the "up" direction, even when it's being placed over a transition that goes down a track.

2. The transition doesn't snap to anything, and defaults to the same length no matter what.

I'd like to see transitions "know" when they've been placed across overlapped clips, orient themselves in the right direction, and snap to the edges of the overlapping clips so no adjustment is needed. This would make editing so much more fluid and intuitive!

[Jonathan Thomas (jonoomph)]

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Saša Janiška (gour)]

I'd also like to have easier time working with transitions in OpenShot...

I thought I'd able to create video project (slide-show video) with OS where I need to put ~100 slideds on the timeline, connect them with transitions, background music, animated title ets., but it looks I'll use OS just to create animated title to be included in Cinelerra. :-(

Let's hope 1.3 will be more useful...I'm tired of wrestling with Cinelerra, but OS is not ready yet.

Sincerely,
Gour

[Jonathan Thomas (jonoomph)]

Transitions now snap on both the A and B tracks, which clip edge is closest, and also based on which direction the transitions is being dragged. Also, the direction of the transition now automatically adjusts (if Snap mode is enabled), based on which overlapping clip (A or B) is first.

And... the new "Add to Timeline" feature in 1.3.0 will automatically arrange, shuffle, add random transitions, add clips to both A and B tracks, or add Fade options for as many files you have selected. This effectively is now the best way to do slide shows, or quickly throw down dozens and dozens of clips at one time.

[Mjpatey (mjpatey)]

Sounds great, can't wait to give it a shot!