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Pro Tools Reference Guide 474
To fade from the insertion point to a region end
point:
1
Place the cursor at a location in the region.
2
Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Fades > Fade To End.
– or –
• Press Alt+G (Windows) or G
(Mac).
The fade is applied based on the Fade Out pref-
erences (see “Fade and Crossfade Preferences”
on page 472).
Creating a Crossfade
To create a crossfade between two regions:
1
With the Selector tool, click at the point
where you want the crossfade to begin in the
first region and drag to where you want it to end
in the second region. Crossfade selections can
begin and end anywhere in their respective re-
gions.
2
Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Fades > Create.
– or –
• Press F (Windows) or Com-
mand+F (Mac).
3
Use the view buttons to adjust the view of the
crossfade. It may take a few moments to calcu-
late the waveform display for long selections.
4
Select an Out Shape and an In Shape.
5
Select a Linking option.
6
Click the Audition button to audition the
crossfade. For long crossfades, it may take
Pro Tools a few moments to calculate and load
the audio into playback RAM.
7
Do one of the following:
• Adjust the curves by selecting different pre-
set shapes with the Out Shape and In Shape
pop-up menus.
– or –
• Drag the Fade-In and Fade-Out curves to a
custom shape. By choosing None as the
Linking option, you can drag the begin-
ning or end points of a fade curve to adjust
its beginning or end point.
8
Click the Audition button to audition the
crossfade again.
9
When the crossfade sounds right, click OK.
The fade is calculated and written to disk, but
the audio files and regions remain unchanged.
Crossfades are stored in the Fade Files folder in
the session folder.
To remove a crossfade, do one of the following:
■
Select the area of the track containing any
crossfades you want to delete and choose Edit >
Fades > Delete.
■
Select the crossfade with the Time Grabber
tool and press Backspace (Windows) or Delete
(Mac).
■
Right-click the crossfade with any of the edit
tools and select Delete Fades from the pop-up
menu.
To trim a crossfade:
1
Select the crossfade with the Time Grabber
tool, or double-click it with the Selector tool.
2
With any of the Trim tools, trim either side of
the crossfade. The crossfade is recalculated to re-
flect the newly trimmed length.
Crossfade lengths can later be resized with
any of the Trim tools.