Using the Fade Effect Button
You can use the Fade Effect button to fade segment effects quickly and easily. A dialog box opens that allows you to enter the number of frames to fade up and fade down.
The Fade Effect feature automatically creates keyframes for the effect. You can access the keyframes in the Effect Editor.
Extract/Splice-in button
Lift/Overwrite button
Fade Effect button
To fade one or more segment effects in a sequence:
1.  Make a selection in the Timeline by doing one of the following:
  To fade a single segment effect, move the position indicator to the segment that contains the effect.
  To fade multiple segment effects, click either of the Segment Mode buttons (Extract/Splice-in or Lift/Overwrite) below the Timeline; then Shift+click the segments.
2.  Click the Fade Effect button in the Tool palette.
For information on opening the Tool palette, see Using the Tool Palette.
3.  In the Fade Effect dialog box, type the number of frames to fade up and fade down, and click OK.

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