If you don't happen to agree with Pinnacle's choice of default transition, you'll be pleased to know that you can change it. But be warned, this is not a simple task and is not for the fainthearted. If you make a mistake, you may lose the ability to have the Dissolve as your default transition.
Changing the default transition is a two-stage operation. First you must create a backup of the Dissolve, and then you can create the link to a new default transition.
1. | Under the All tab, create a new Rack in your Project Browser called Transitions (Figure 8.20 ). Figure 8.20. Create a Rack to save your backup into. |
2. | Click the Lib tab to open the FX selection menu. |
3. | Locate the Cross Dissolve GPU transition in the Realtime Transitions FX/Editors folder and then right-click it, and select copy (Figure 8.21 ). Figure 8.21. Find the Cross Dissolve GPU transition and right-click to copy… |
4. | Return to the All tab and select the Transitions Rack that you created in Step 1 by clicking it once. |
5. | Then right-click the mouse in the right pane of the Project Browser and select Paste (Figure 8.22 ). Figure 8.22. …then paste it into your FX Rack.You've now created a fallback position so that you can easily return the default transition to a Cross Dissolve when you want to (Figure 8.23 ). Figure 8.23. The Cross Dissolve transition safely stored in your backup Rack. |
1. | Return to the FX selection menu by clicking the Lib tab again. |
2. | Choose a transition from any on display here. You can use any of the Presets, the Specials, or the Editors. You can even choose a Hollywood Effect, although you might want to avoid using a non-Realtime transition. |
3. | Once you have made your choice, rightclick it and select Copy (Figure 8.24 ). Figure 8.24. Copy the transition you want to use as the new default. |
4. | Click the All tab to return to your Transitions Rack. |
5. | Then right-click the mouse in the right pane of the Project Browser and select Paste. |
6. | Highlight this transition by clicking it once, and then hold down the Ctrl key and right-click the transition. The Set As System Object now appears on the menu. |
7. | Place the mouse over this item and the EDL Default DVE selection appears (Figure 8.25 ). Figure 8.25. Once the transition is pasted into your FX Rack, right-click with the Ctrl key held down to reveal a new option. |
8. | Click this and the transition you've highlighted is set as the default transition. |
If you try holding down the Ctrl key while in the FX selection area, the Set As System Object option doesn't appear. The transition must first be copied and pasted into a folder inside the All section of the Project Browser.
To return your default transition to that of a Cross Dissolve GPU, simply return to the Default Transitions folder you created, and while holding down the Ctrl key, rightclick the Cross Dissolve, and select Set As System Object > EDL Default DVE.