Final Cut Pro transitions not working between clips on the same timeline

I am guessing that you are talking about connected clips.

Try making these clips into a storyline.

Select both clips, and press Command-G. A grey "shelf" appears encompassing these clips, indicating that they are now made into a secondary storyline.

See if you have any problem adding the transition then.

Eric Clajus wrote:

Dissolve. Just a regular dissolve. Yellow handle. There is plenty of room for a transition . I figured it out. Apparently Multicam clips need to be on the primary storyline, which honestly doesn't make to much sense to me as to why that has to be. Very odd.

Multicam clips do NOT have to be on the primary storyline.

They can be connected, and they can be in secondary storylines. I have no trouble adding transitions to them, either.

Maybe there is some issue with your project, your library, or FCP settings; or maybe there is some misunderstanding.

As we have asked before, if you'd care to post a screenshot of a timeline showing the problem, maybe we can help you figure out what's wrong. Or you could share an xml of a minimal example, test project, so we can test.

Deleting FCP settings is a common troubleshoot step that often helps. To delete preferences, hold down command and option while starting the application and click Delete Custom Settings. The application will start with default settings and open an "Untitled" library. Adjust the settings, reopen the library you were working, and see how it works now.

The only time I see "Create Storyline" unavailable is when there are clips selected that are in the primary storyline.

If that is what you are trying, it makes sense that it does not work.

In that case, you could select the clip(s) in the primary, and do Edit->Lift from Storyline

(or press Command-Option-UpArrow). Then you'd be able to create storylines and apply transitions.

It will be much easier to understand what you are trying to do and why it does not work if you post some screenshots.

Q1: What is the name of the transition?

Q2: What color handle appears when you click on the connection between clips? Yellow? Red?

As Luis said, please show me screenshots and explain.