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Interesting. To me a dissolve is when during the course of one clip going from 0 - 100% opacity, the next clip simultaneously goes from 100 - 0% opacity. At no time, therefore, is the picture black. In contrast, a fade in/out is when one clip first goes from 0 - 100%, and then, immediately after, the next clip goes from 100 - 0 % opacity. In this, therefore, there is an instant where the picture is black and the two clips are never on the screen at the same time.

Not disagreeing. I remember that in my version prior to 7.5 there was a fade in/out transition. It is not there now. Is there some other option?

Fade in/out seems to have gone as a transition. I quickly made my own (neat option), but I wonder if I am missing something. To me fade in/out is different from dissolve. The former goes dark between slides while the latter has the two slides together except at the immediate start and end. M