Scenes & transitions

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

What it does

• Scene flow: the Transition panel lists every scene in playback order. Add, move up/down or delete scenes, and edit names and descriptions in place.
• Independent tracks per scene: each scene keeps its own layers, filter, shots, shot overlays, subtitles and audio tracks.
• Scene transitions: the capsule between cards opens the transition picker with None (hard cut), Cross dissolve, Push left, Push right, Push up, Push down, Wipe left and 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; a capsule can also remove its transition.
• 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. Open Transition in the left rail. Scenes run from top to bottom in playback order, with the current scene highlighted.
2. Click the capsule between two scene cards and pick an effect. The choice applies immediately; in the preview A is the previous scene and B is this one.
3. Enter the frame count (or accept the default) and play across the boundary to check the join.
4. Use the arrows on a scene card to reorder. A transition belongs to the later scene and moves with it; it is dropped when that scene becomes first.
5. To delete a scene, click the trash button on its card. If the flow becomes empty, an empty scene is created automatically.

::: note The first scene has no transition A transition connects the current scene to the previous one, so the first scene in the flow has no capsule in front of it. :::

Boundaries

• Scene order is playback order. Reorder with the arrows on each card, not by dragging.
• Scene length shrinks to fit its content. There is no manual total-duration field.
• Shot-to-shot transitions are not in this panel; set them from the capsule between adjacent shots in the Storyboard panel.

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