user12485: I used the Razor tool in Openshot to remove a scene from a movie. However, the transition between the two surrounding scenes is now very choppy. The movie is now simply two separate clips. Is there a way to "fuse" the two clips together, so the transition is smooth?

user10931: The two most common approaches, if you don't have B-roll coverage, is either a dissolve (usually a cross-dissolve) or a fade-out/fade-in (usually dip-to-black).  Garish effects (essentially all the others offered in a typical NLE) can also be used (but are usually avoided).
IF the clip you are cutting out means joining what looks like a single take (with a discontinuity in the middle), the dip is your friend.  If the clip you are cutting out takes you from one scene to another, the cross dissolve can also work.  A series of cross-dissolves can work to show the passage of time (where the camera stays fixed and the subject is seen doing on thing, fading into doing another, etc.).

12485: <p>I used the Razor tool in Openshot to remove a scene from a movie. However, the transition between the two surrounding scenes is now very choppy. The movie is now simply two separate clips. Is there a way to "fuse" the two clips together, so the transition is smooth?</p>
 10931: <p>The two most common approaches, if you don't have <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-roll" rel="nofollow">B-roll</a> coverage, is either a dissolve (usually a cross-dissolve) or a fade-out/fade-in (usually dip-to-black).  Garish effects (essentially all the others offered in a typical NLE) can also be used (but are usually avoided).</p>

<p>IF the clip you are cutting out means joining what looks like a single take (with a discontinuity in the middle), the dip is your friend.  If the clip you are cutting out takes you from one scene to another, the cross dissolve can also work.  A series of cross-dissolves can work to show the passage of time (where the camera stays fixed and the subject is seen doing on thing, fading into doing another, etc.).</p>
