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We are having an issue setting our lower third to dissolve out when advancing through the sequence. We build it into the template, but that doesn't dissolve out for the transition between graphics. We have also tried to adjust in the sequence but this doesn't seem to work either. If I need to provide more information please don't hesitate to ask.

Hi Tech Director,

Just a question, where did you see that it doesn't dissolve out? Were you looking on the fill output or were you actually keying it over an image?

Because when your keying mode is set to unshaped, the fill-image will actually cut in between dissolves. So on the fill-monitor you would not see any dissolve. However, on your key-output, you would see the key dissolve.

So could you check if the dissolves are not working when the graphic is keyed over another image (camera, VT or something)

Best regards,

Kenneth

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Kenneth, thanks for your response. The problem occurs when we have the graphic keyed over another image, that's what has us so confused. We are able to have a dissolve between full screen or OTS graphics but on our lower thirds they do not function as desired. I should also advise that we do have animation on the lower third graphics if that may cause any issues with the transitions. We just want the graphic to dissolve out when advanced. Thanks for your assistance in this matter!

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Have you built the transition with keyframes in the scene director, or the take item transitions properties in the sequencer?

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We have used the "take item" in the sequencer and have not built a transition/dissolve in scene director. We are trying to take a transition between animated graphics that already have a pause event prior to playout of animation. We were trying to circumvent needing another pause or to rebuild all the animation. We can just dissolve them out via our carbonite switcher if we can't resolve the issue within sequencer.

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Is the pause event in your template happening in the same number of frames as your transition?

Ex. Pause event is at Frame 5 in the scene director and the Dissolve transition duration is set to 10 frames.

That will cause some strange things to happen with transitions.

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