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title: transition
framework: professional-video-applications
role: article
path: professional-video-applications/transition
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# transition

## transition

transition Applies transition effects that either stand by itself (no neighboring elements), combine two neighboring elements, or apply to a single element.

Overview

Transition effect applies to elements contained in a `spine` or `mc-angle`. Use the `offset` and `duration` attributes to define the position and extent of the transition effect. The [filter-video](/documentation/professional-video-applications/filter-video) and [filter-audio](/documentation/professional-video-applications/filter-audio) elements specify the effect to apply.

> Note >  When an audio filter specifies an audio cross fade, the cross fade doesn’t take effect on either side when the clip has audio-specific timing set by the `audioStart` or `audioDuration` attributes. This is known as a J- or L-cut, depending on the side of the transition on which it it occurs.