Apply Fading Transition Effect Between Multiple Videos Using FFMPEG xfade Filter Command

Fading Transition Between Multiple Videos Using xfade Filter

Syntax/Format of Command

ffmpeg \
-i video1.mp4 \
-i video2.mp4 \
-filter_complex xfade=transition=<FADE_TYPE>:\
duration=<TRANSITION_DURATION_IN_SECONDS>:\
offset=<OFFSET_RELATIVE_TO_FIRST_STREAM_IN_SECONDS> \
outputVideo.mp4

Explanation

Here video1.mp4 is the first video and video2.mp4 is the second video

And in place of duration you can replace how much seconds you need to put of transition time

And in place of offset you need to replace the offset time in seconds

And then in place of fade_type you can replace many effects that xfade supports. They are listed are as follows

fading filter :-> One such filter is fading transition filter. The command will look something like this

fadegrays transition effect using FFMPEG

ffmpeg -i inputVideo1.mp4 -i inputVideo2.mp4 -filter_complex xfade=transition=fadegrays:duration=5:offset=0 fadegraysVideo.mp4

fadeblack transition effect using FFMPEG

ffmpeg -i inputVideo1.mp4 -i inputVideo2.mp4 -filter_complex xfade=transition=fadeblack:duration=5:offset=0 fadeblackVideo.mp4

fadewhite transition effect using FFMPEG

ffmpeg -i inputVideo1.mp4 -i inputVideo2.mp4 -filter_complex xfade=transition=fadewhite:duration=5:offset=0 fadewhiteVideo.mp4