Adding Transitions

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About Transitions

A transition moves a scene from one shot to the next. Generally, you use a simple cut to move from shot to shot, but sometimes you can also transition between shots by phasing out one and phasing in another. Premiere Pro provides many transitions that you can apply to your sequence. A transition can be a subtle cross-fade or a stylized effect, such as a page turn or spinning pinwheel. While you usually place a transition on a cut line between shots, you can also apply a transition to only the beginning or end of a clip.

By default, placing one clip next to another in a Timeline panel results in a cut, where the last frame of one clip is followed by the first frame of the next. When you want to emphasize or add a special effect to a scene change, you can add a variety of transitions, such as wipes, zooms, and dissolves. Apply transitions to the timeline using the Effects panel, and edit them using the Timeline and the Effect Controls panel.

Transitions are available in the Video Transitions and the Audio Transitions bins in the Effects panel. Premiere Pro provides many transitions, including dissolves, wipes, slides, and zooms. These transitions are organized in bins by type.

Apply transitions

To place a transition between two clips (centered on the cut line), the clips must be on the same track, with no space between them. As you drag the transition to a Timeline panel, you can adjust the alignment interactively.

The default duration of a transition, for either audio or video, is set to 1 second. If a transition contains trimmed frames, but not enough to fill the transition duration, Premiere Pro adjusts the duration to match the frames. You can adjust the duration and alignment of a transition after you place it.

Apply a transition between two clips

In the Effects panel, find the transition you want to apply. Expand the Video Transitions bin, and then expand the bin containing the transition you want to use.
To place a transition between two clips, drag the transition to the cut line between two clips, and release the mouse when you see the Center At Cut icon.
- To preview the transition, play the sequence or drag the current-time indicator through the transition.

Replace a transition

Drag the new video or audio transition from the Effects panel onto the existing transition in the sequence. When you replace a transition, the alignment and duration are preserved. However, this discards the settings for the old transition and replaces it with the default settings for the new transition.

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