Discover the nuances of video transitions with Margaret from Noble Desktop as she demonstrates the process in Adobe Premiere Pro. Learn how to create cross dissolves, whip transitions, slide transitions, and many more to take your video editing skills to the next level.
Key Insights
- Video editors can create a variety of transitions in Adobe Premiere Pro by highlighting a series of clips and pressing Command+D for the default cross dissolve.
- The duration of all transitions can be customized by navigating to Premiere Pro > Preferences > Timeline and changing the Video Transition Default to the desired duration.
- Effects tab in the browser serves as a workspace where users can locate video transitions.
- A 'Whip' transition, located in the Slide category, can be added to the beginning of a video and can be made four seconds long.
- The Slide transition can also be adjusted to be four frames long, and a 'Dip to White/Black' transition can be used to create a dreamscape feeling.
- For 360-degree content, a VR transition can be applied which works efficiently with 360 cameras and non-VR 360 footage.
Premiere Pro Workflow
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Import Media
File → Import or drag into Project panel.
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Build Sequence
Drop clips on timeline, J/K/L to play, I/O for in/out points.
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Color & Audio Pass
Lumetri Color for grading, Essential Sound for audio cleanup.
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Export
File → Export → Media. H.264 for web, ProRes for archival.
Video Transcription
Hi, This is Margaret with Noble Desktop. Today, We Will Be Talking About Video Transitions.
One thing editors do if they want to have a lot of transitions is they can select a series of clips, highlight them, and then press Command+D, which is the default cross dissolve. Your cross dissolves are located under Dissolve in the Effects panel.
Now, all transitions, no matter what, can be set to have a certain duration. To do this, go to Premiere Pro > Preferences > Timeline and change the Video Transition Default to the desired duration.
To illustrate, we can select all the clips and press Command+D to create a series of three-second dissolves. Additionally, the Effects tab in the browser is also a workspace, and here you can find the video transitions.
One of the fun transitions is Whip, which is located in the Slide category. We can drag it to the beginning of the video, and make it four seconds long. We can also change the Slide transition to be four frames long, or do a Dip to White/Black for a dreamscape feeling. There is also a VR transition which works with 360 cameras and non-VR 360 footage.
I hope you've enjoyed this video on transitions. This has been Margaret from Noble Desktop.
