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In film editing
Film editing

Film editing is the process of selecting and joining together Shot , connecting the resulting Sequence , and ultimately creating a finished motion picture....
, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. In film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, this effect is created by controlled double exposure from frame to frame; transiting from the end of one clip to the beginning of another.

In video editing
Linear video editing

Linear video editing is the process of selecting, arranging and modifying the images and sound recorded on videotape whether captured by a video camera, generated from a computer graphics program or recorded in a studio....
 or live video production, the same effect is created by interpolating voltages of the video
Video

Video is the technology of electronics Videography, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing Scene in motion....
 signal.

In non-linear video editing, a dissolve is done in software, by interpolating gradually between the RGB values of each pixel of the image.






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In film editing
Film editing

Film editing is the process of selecting and joining together Shot , connecting the resulting Sequence , and ultimately creating a finished motion picture....
, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. In film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, this effect is created by controlled double exposure from frame to frame; transiting from the end of one clip to the beginning of another.

In video editing
Linear video editing

Linear video editing is the process of selecting, arranging and modifying the images and sound recorded on videotape whether captured by a video camera, generated from a computer graphics program or recorded in a studio....
 or live video production, the same effect is created by interpolating voltages of the video
Video

Video is the technology of electronics Videography, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing Scene in motion....
 signal.

In non-linear video editing, a dissolve is done in software, by interpolating gradually between the RGB values of each pixel of the image. The audio track optionally cross-fades between the clips. A dissolve effectively overlaps two clips for the duration of the effect. The lengths of the two scenes can be adjusted by trimming, which, if desired, can change the original durations of the scenes before the dissolve was added.

The cut and the dissolve are used differently. A camera cut changes the perspective from which a scene is portrayed. It's as if the viewer suddenly and instantly moved to a different place, and could see the scene from another angle. Often this is done without the old silent film
Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue. The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as film itself, but because of the technical challenges involved, synchronized dialogue was only made possible in the late 1920s with the introduction of the Vitaphone system....
 convention of showing a slide with a caption, like "Later that evening". On the other hand, obvious hard cuts startle the viewer even more than a dissolve; so dissolves are often used in continuity editing
Continuity editing

Continuity editing is the predominant style of film editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots....
 to "soften up" jump cut
Jump cut

A jump cut is a cut in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly. This type of edit causes the subject of the shots to appear to "jump" position in a discontinuous way....
s or similar problematic cuts.

See also

  • Crossfading - sound transition


External links

  • - From Introduction to The Basics of Video Editing