Adobe 25520388 User Guide - Page 336

USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 331 Effects and transitions By default, placing one clip next to another in a Timeline panel results in a cut, where the last frame of one clip is simply 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 any of 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. For a video tutorial that shows how to apply and adjust transitions, see the Adobe website. For a video and a print tutorial on making transitions, see the Adobe website. Franklin McMahon provides a video tutorial on the Layers Magazine website that shows how to apply transitions and set the default transition. Phil Hawkins has two Premiere CS5 tutorial videos on applying transitions at Infinite Skills. Kevin Monahan shows how to create new transitions based on effects in an article on the Adobe website: using effects as transitions in Adobe Premiere Pro in this blog post. You can create custom bins to group effects any way you'd like. (See "Work with bins" on page 106.) Clip handles and transitions In most cases, you don't want a transition to occur during the essential action in a scene. For this reason, transitions work best with handles-the extra frames beyond the In and Out points set for the clip. The handle between a clip's Media Start time and In point is sometimes called head material, and the handle between a clip's Out point and Media End time is sometimes called tail material. AB C DE F A clip with handles A. Media Start B. Handle C. In point D. Out point E. Handle F. Media End Last updated 1/16/2012