Nat
I put the manual fades in after I wasted hours and hours trying to get the "crossfade" to fade the audio as well, and not just the video, so I could put this puppy to rest.
What nobody seems to be paying attention to is the fact that THE FADES WORK PROPERLY WHEN THE PROJECT IS PLAYED IN VIDEOPAD. SOME FADES DO NOT WORK AFTER EXPORT. Something is going wrong during the export process. I have even tried doing the export after a fresh reboot, and left the computer completly untouched during the export in case something from the computer was interfering...
I understand that I'm a newbie to the software, but I have been running complicated audio and graphic programs since the 90's (thus why I was able to figure out the program in minutes without a manual). This is not operator error. This is a problem with Videopad! I appreciate the help, but at this point I have had enough and this will be my last post. I used the manual fades to fix what the software wasn't doing properly, end of story.
If you want additional info to continue troubleshooting: Camera - Canon VIXIA HF R70, all clips at 1920 X 1080 60fps, audio is original audio from clips edited with a vst plugin (dynamis and eq only, no length change), project is 40 minutes long. This is from a friends wedding so I will not post samples.
I just noticed a new post where a long time user can't do manual fades in windows 10. I guess it's a good thing I have windows 7 64 bit, or I might not have been able to finish the project.
Brett