Scenes & transitions

A film usually has more than one scene. Scenes divide the story; transitions join two of them.

What it does

• Scene order: manage scenes in the Document panel, add and reorder them, and let each scene keep its own duration.
• Eight transitions: None, Cross dissolve, Push left, Push right, Push up, Push down, Wipe left, Wipe right.
• Set length in frames: the transition length is a frame count, capped by the smaller of the scene length and the global limit.
• Independent tracks: each scene has its own layers, shots, subtitles and audio tracks.
• Content-driven duration: a scene ends at the later of its last layer window and its last audio clip. An empty scene keeps at least 1 frame.

How to use

1. Select the current scene in the Document panel. A Transition entry appears under the scene row.
2. Choose a transition type and enter the frame count.
3. Play across the scene boundary and check the join. Change the type or the length if it feels off.
4. Drag scenes to reorder them; transitions follow the new neighbour relationship.

::: note The first scene has no transition A transition connects the current scene to the previous one, so the first scene in the list has no transition entry. :::

Boundaries

• The Filters/Transitions category on the left rail is a placeholder for now; scene transitions are set on the scene row in the Document panel.
• Scene length shrinks to fit its content. There is no manual total-duration field.

Next: Shots & camera moves, to see how a scene is framed.