A method for fade detection in a transition from one scene to a next scene of a video signal, the method comprising the following steps: Step A: providing a plurality of frames from the video signal; Step B: selecting a current frame of the plurality of frames; Step C: calculating a set of properties for one or more color space components of the current frame based on the frame values of one or more color components of frames preceding the current frame and frames following the current frame; Step D: calculating a set of properties for one or more color space components of a preceding frame preceding the current frame based on the frame values of one or more color components of frames preceding the preceding frame and frames following the preceding frame; and, Step E: comparing the set of properties for the one or more color space parameters of the current frame to the set of properties for the one or more color space parameters of the preceding frame to determine whether the current frame is an end frame of a fade with an increasing or decreasing frame value or if the frame preceding the current frame is a start frame of fade with an increasing or decreasing frame value; wherein frame m designates a selected frame in the plurality of frames, frame m-1 designates any frame in the plurality of frames temporally preceding frame m, frame m-2 designates any frame in the plurality of frames temporally preceding frame m-1, frame m+1 designates any frame in the plurality of frames temporally following frame m, and frame m+2 designates any frame in the plurality of frames temporally following frame m + 1, and wherein calculating a set of properties for one or more color space components comprises calculating the following properties: property A, wherein a property A frame value of frame m is equal to an average of the frame values of frame m+1 and frame m-1; property B, wherein a property B frame value of frame m is equal to two times the frame value of frame m+1 minus the frame value of frame m+2; and property C, wherein a property C frame value of frame m is equal to a property C dividend divided by a property C divisor, wherein the property C dividend is equal to two times the frame value of frame m-1 plus the frame value of frame m+2 and the property C divisor is 3; wherein the frame value of a frame comprises: a value of a DC of an entire frame for one or more color space components, or a value of a DC of a specified portion or portions of a frame for one or more color space components, or a histogram of a frame for one or more color space components, or a histogram of a specified portion or portions of a frame for one or more color space components. Step A: providing a plurality of frames from the video signal; Step B: selecting a current frame of the plurality of frames; Step C: calculating a set of properties for one or more color space components of the current frame based on the frame values of one or more color components of frames preceding the current frame and frames following the current frame; Step D: calculating a set of properties for one or more color space components of a preceding frame preceding the current frame based on the frame values of one or more color components of frames preceding the preceding frame and frames following the preceding frame; and, Step E: comparing the set of properties for the one or more color space parameters of the current frame to the set of properties for the one or more color space parameters of the preceding frame to determine whether the current frame is an end frame of a fade with an increasing or decreasing frame value or if the frame preceding the current frame is a start frame of fade with an increasing or decreasing frame value; property A, wherein a property A frame value of frame m is equal to an average of the frame values of frame m+1 and frame m-1; property B, wherein a property B frame value of frame m is equal to two times the frame value of frame m+1 minus the frame value of frame m+2; and property C, wherein a property C frame value of frame m is equal to a property C dividend divided by a property C divisor, wherein the property C dividend is equal to two times the frame value of frame m-1 plus the frame value of frame m+2 and the property C divisor is 3; a value of a DC of an entire frame for one or more color space components, or a value of a DC of a specified portion or portions of a frame for one or more color space components, or a histogram of a frame for one or more color space components, or a histogram of a specified portion or portions of a frame for one or more color space components.