This is a simple-to-build and use project especially suited for construction by those who are comparatively new to electronics and wish to build an interesting, inexpensive, and practical circuit that does not require a great deal of expertise or test equipment, and which is likely to work first time.

Many camcorders include a video fader facility, but this is often in the form of a pushbutton control with a fixed rate of fade. A fader of this type is certainly usable, but offers no creative control to the user. The extremely simple video fader describe here has a conventional control knob that offers precise control over the fade characteristic.