Crossfade Two Videos Online - Free
Fade one clip into the next, picture and sound together, and download the result as one MP4.
- Free to start
- Nothing to install
- Up to 1GB
Crossfade Videos in 3 steps
Upload your first clip
Drag and drop a video, or click to browse. Anything under 1GB.
Add the next clip
Use Add another video for each clip that follows. They play in the order you add them.
Crossfade is already selected
The transition is pre-set at 0.5 seconds and goes on every join. Choose 0.25, 0.5 or 1 seconds, or another transition, in the panel.
Merge and download
Create a free account to download the finished MP4.
What a crossfade does to the picture and the sound
A crossfade, also called a dissolve or a fade transition, plays the end of one clip and the start of the next at the same time. Half way through, each is at half strength: the frame is an even mix of the two pictures. By the end the first clip has gone and only the second is left. Nothing passes through black on the way, which is the difference between this and a fade to black.
The sound does the same thing on the same clock. The first clip's audio falls in a straight line as the second's rises, so speech or music under the join overlaps for a moment rather than stopping dead. If one of the clips has no sound, that side of the fade is silence.
Length changes what it means. A quarter of a second softens a cut without being noticed as an effect. Half a second, which is what this page starts on, reads as a clear change of shot. A full second is slow enough to suggest time passing. Whatever you choose, the merged video is shorter than the two clips added together by that amount, because they share the screen for it.
Crossfade Videos: questions
Is a crossfade the same as a fade transition or a dissolve?
Yes. Crossfade, cross dissolve, dissolve and fade transition all name the same thing: one clip fading out while the next fades in over it. A fade to black is different, because the picture goes to black in between; that has its own page.
How long should a crossfade be?
Pick 0.25, 0.5 or 1 seconds. Half a second suits most joins. The limit is half the length of the shorter clip, so the transition never uses up a whole clip.
Can I crossfade more than two clips?
Yes. Add as many clips as you need and every join gets the same crossfade. They play in the order you add them.
Is crossfading videos free?
Yes. Crossfade the clips and preview free, and a free account downloads the result. Free exports and share pages include a small REQO badge. Go Pro to remove it.
Other presets
Everything else you can do here.
All merge videos presets
Crop for a platform
Crop to a ratio
Resize to a resolution
Compress for a destination
Compress a format
Rotate or flip
Change the frame rate
Change the speed
Transcribe a language
Extract audio from a format
Subtitles in another language
Convert a caption file
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