Fade to black

Take the whole program to black, at the start or end of a show or for a pause, and bring it back. How Fade to Black differs from a Take is explained in Transitions.

Before you start

• The fade takes the show’s transition duration, shown above the key. Set it first if you want another; see Choose a transition.
• The program’s sound fades with the picture, also the sound sent into a call. The preview and your headphones on the Preview or Audition bus do not.

Step 1: Fade to black

Press FTB beside the program monitor (Plain: Fade to Black), choose Switcher › Fade to Black, or press ⌥⌘K. On a Stream Deck, the first key of the bottom row is FTB unless you changed the layout.

Step 2: Check it is black

The program monitor’s label says BLACK (Plain: “Program · Black” in red), the line under it says Black: FTB fades up, and the FTB key flashes red. The recording, the streams, the camera in a call and the multiview are black too.

While the program is black you can go on: Take, Go Live and the showrunner work as usual, underneath.

Step 3: Fade up

Press FTB again (Plain: Fade Up, menu: Switcher › Fade Up from Black, ⌥⌘K). The program fades up to whatever is on it now. Pressed while it is still fading, it turns round from where it stands.

Verify

• The program’s label no longer says BLACK or FADING, and the FTB key is dark again.
• The Program bus meters in Audio Routing move again.

Related

• Transitions
• Take and cut
• Layout and rows