Cross-fade

In LightAct, it is possible to achieve a cross-fade effect when jumping from part of the timeline to another. Similarly to Fade in and Fade out, cross-fade property can be adjusted on the Timeline, Section or Layer level.

Cross-fade properties of a Timeline

Cross-Fade for Timelines

Cross-fade property of a Timeline determines cross-fade property of every section and layer in it, but only if their Cross-fade property is set to inherit.

Cross-fade properties of a Section

Cross-Fade for Sections/Layers

Three options are available for setting cross-fade properties of sections or layers:

1. Inherit: Adopts the cross-fade behavior of a higher hierarchical object. If you set Inherit on a section, it is going to inherit the properties from a Timeline. If you set Inherit on a Layer, it's going to use the properties of the Section it is in.

2. FadeDip: this means that the outgoing layer is going to fade down while the incoming layer is fading up. This produces a slight dip in overall brightness/opacity

3. FadeHold: This means the origin layer is going to stay at the original opacity, while the destination layer is fading up over it. This results in unchanged overall brightness/opacity.

Please note, cross-fade does not work if you jump from one point to another on the same layer.

If you set Cross-fade to something other than Inherit, you'll be able to type in the Cross-fade time.

Good to know: if you are using cross-fade on a section, LightAct will always use cross-fade time of the destination section. Even if the cross-fade times of the origin section is different from the one of the destination section.