Can’t extend cross dissolve in Final Cut Pro

I’m making a music video with final cut pro consisting of a foundation video clip that runs through out the video. And on top of that I insert cross dissolve video clips for effect. As a bonus I now wanted to add a new video clip featuring my vocals etc. No problem adding it, but I can’t seem to be able to make the cross dissolve so it blends with the other clips. When I insert cross dissolve it gets created, but I can’t drag it to make the fade longer. How ever I try to get the symbol showing to be able to drag it just doesn’t show…Is there a limit to how many clips with crossfades you can use? Any other helpful trick to get the newly added vocalclip to blend so the foundation clip and others show?



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Original Title: Final Cut Pro cross dissolve

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Sep 13, 2025 5:21 AM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2025 10:56 AM

Try zooming into the timeline with View->Zoom in (or press Cmd= ). This will allow you to see the dissolve grab handles.

Zoom in to and out of the timeline in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support


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Sep 16, 2025 10:41 AM in response to terryb

Hi!

thank you for the reply! I sort of stack them on top of eachother…I’m sure there’s a smarter (more correct) way, but since I don’t have a clue this is the only way I know how to do it.

here’s a screenshot of the added cross dissolve, I clicked it to make it yellow…but when I move the marker a longside the arrow to drag it doesn’t show. All other clips worked fine until this last one…there’s always, the blend option, but that’s not what I’m going for…


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