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LESSON 6
Adding Video Transitions
Transitions on any track
Adobe Premiere Pro lets you place transitions between two clips (or at the begin-
nings or ends of clips) on any track in a sequence. A cool use of single-sided transi-
tions is to put them in clips on higher tracks so they gradually reveal or cover up 
what’s below them in the Timeline. You’re using only a single track in these lessons 
to simplify things and because transition behavior on the Video 1 track is the same 
as on any other track.
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Drag the Flip Over transition to the end of the third clip.
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If it’s not already open, click the Effect Controls tab to open the Effect 
Controls panel.
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Click the Flip Over transition rectangle (the purple rectangle) at the end of 
the clip in the Timeline to switch on the display of its parameters in the Effect 
Controls panel.
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Select the Reverse option (shown here) to have the Flip Over transition flip in 
the opposite direction at the end of the clip.
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Open the Zoom bin under the Video Transitions, and drag the Cross Zoom 
transition over the Cross Dissolve transition between the first and second clips. 
That replaces Cross Dissolve with Cross Zoom. Play that transition.
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Test some other transitions. It’s a good idea to try at least one from every bin.

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Sequence display changes
When you add a transition to a sequence, a short red horizontal line appears 
above that transition (shown here). The red line means that this portion of the 
sequence must be rendered before you can record it to tape or create a file of your 
finished project.
Rendering happens automatically when you export your project, but you can 
choose to render selected portions of your sequence to make those sections display 
more smoothly on slower computers. To do that, slide the handles of the viewing 
area bar (shown here) to the ends of the red rendering line (they will snap to those 
points), and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). Adobe Premiere Pro will 
create a video clip of that segment (tucked away in the Preview Files folder with an 
indecipherable filename) and will change the line from red to green.
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 Note:
The viewing area bar may cover all clips on the Timeline by default. Pressing Enter 
(Windows) or Return (Mac OS) will render any areas that require rendering that are between the 
In and Out points of the viewing area bar. By adjusting the length of the viewing area bar, you can 
control what areas of the project are rendered.

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