How do I diss. to color?

I have 2 editors asking me this. They cannot find it in the book. Can one transition to color? The reason is, in our FCP and Avid suites you can fade to color allowing a total fade to black if you have more than 1 track to fade. Or is there a master fade to black command?

I like to place a frame of color on the upper most track and fade to that. This creates the best uniform fade...I feel. But, placing a frame of black then adding a transition can be 1 too many steps if you are in a hurry. Simple fade to color (black) would work.

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the cleanest way to make the fade is to place your black clip on the top layer and use the composite opacity starting at 0% and slowing working its way up to 100% over a timeframe that you specify. Remember with 844/X you have the creative freedom to create any transition that you can think of. You want a heart whipe, make one.