When I go to insert a transition between two clips in Kdenlive, I know that I can click in the bottom corner of the top clip, and it inserts a Wipe. However, I never use the Wipe transition. Is it possible to change the default transition from a Wipe to a Dissolve?

I know that once inserted, I can change the transition style in the Properties window, but I would rather not have to do this every time I want to insert a Dissolve. It's a transition I use frequently, so I would like to have faster access to it.

From some of the Googling I've done, it sounds like Dissolve used to be the default transition. I wonder why it got changed to Wipe?

Thanks in advance to the community for its help!

the dissolve is the standard composition between 2 clips...



if you want to dissolve to black final clip (only 1 clip) you have to drag the upper right corner of the clip (RED DOT) and move the mouse left to create a fadeout to black. (idem for the fade-in but on opposite corner.)

Ah, I see the problem now. The transition is called "Wipe" but has a "Dissolve" composition by default, so inserting the default transition does exactly what I want. I was misled by the name (I hear "wipe" and I think of Star-Wars-type side-to-side transitions).

Thank you again for your help!

shilohmolding wrote: (I hear "wipe" and I think of Star-Wars-type side-to-side transitions).

i also suggested to replace this name because WIPE is not the correct name for this kind of effects.

I'd like this to be possible too because my Kdenlive has started doing something odd - yet again. The default transition is wipe (dissolve) but upon rendering, there is no dissolve, only a sharp cut from clip to clip. I remember having this problem before, I think it was because of MLT. However if I change the transition type from wipe (dissolve) to dissolve, it renders correctly, so it would be much easier if I could simply set this as the default. Surely that's a sensible thing to do anyway as different people have different preferred clip transition styles.

Ubuntu 21.10

Kdenlive
Version 21.12.3
Using:
MLT version 7.4.0
FFmpeg libraries

I'm using Kdnelive latest nightly build on Windows 11 and dissolve is working as expected, a smooth dissolve effect from the 2 clips.