need Imovie help

(westsiderippa) · (westsiderippa) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 10-23-2009, 9:02 PM

lets start with, i have never edited anything before. so im trying to learn. im also not buying anything new right now. im trying to use this imovie and its going ok... i have a ton of questions but for starters why cant i use any of the transitions in the editing. it will let me use fade in/out, wash in/out and that is it. all of the other transitions will show in the preview section but i cant "add it" to the timeline. any help would be awesome and any other newbie tips for imovie please toss them my way

(richd) · (richd) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 10-23-2009, 9:35 PM

Don't know iMovie but with final cut transitions can be tricky if you don't have a clip with adequate footage before or after the edit points of the 2 clips you're try to apply the transition to. This may or may not help but check to see if you're trying to apply a transition to a clip with no leader or trailing footage.

(westsiderippa) · (westsiderippa) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 10-23-2009, 9:39 PM

ok, i see what your saying. ill give it a try. is there a specific length you have found a clip needs to be? thanks Rich.

(richd) · (richd) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 10-24-2009, 8:15 AM

If your transition is say 10 frames on each side of the cut then you need at least 10 frames of material before/after your in or out point on each clip.