the tracks in the arrangement area are drawn into the final video from bottom to top.if the videos overlap (in time) then you can progressively adjust the opacity of the "upper" video, which is rendered after the lower video. think of it all like drawing one video (the bottom one) then the next higher in the track display. the opacity for every subsequently drawn track essentially makes a cross-fade. hmmm, lemme know how bad this explanation was...

A little trippy but I got the general idea :p

Originally I had the two clips set side by side so when the time bar moved into the second clip, the screen simply jumped into it rather than cross fading. I tried what you said though about overlapping the video times with the opacity tool and managed to move from one to the other smoothly. So all I have to do now is practice that a bit until I can do it efficiently ^_^

Thanks for the help Count.

np, the advantage of the "trippy" (compositing) approach is that you may use several (not just two) video clips at the same time, (however many you like to "overlap"....

good luck with your project.

Is that like the wipe ability? I saw that and the F1 explanation; managed to alter the angle and what areas of the screen are affected. I was looking for a way to work it with more than one clip but couldn't find anything. Then again I didn't look for very long, just browsing. Does it use overlap as well then?

If not I'll just leave it for now and concentrate with the fading techniques.

well, the wipe is most suitable for transitioning only between 2 vids. you can reveal more/less of the video "below" by using a wipe effect on the "upper" video, then setting the "progress" value to -1 for seeing only the bottom video, set to plus 1 for having the "upper" video completely obscure the lower one.

the wipe can also be used, for example to display a separate clip in the diagonally cut off lower, right corner, for example.