99 Adding whimsy Transitions can lighten up a story. Here are a few examples:
t Start on a tight shot of someone’s hands cutting a deck of cards, and make a
Swap transition—one image slides to one side and another slides over it—to
another card-related shot.
t Start with a tight shot of a clock (analog, not digital), and use the aptly named
Clock Wipe—a line centered on the screen sweeps around to reveal another
image—to move to another setting and time.
t Get that James Bond, through-the-bloody-eye effect with the Iris Round
transition.
t Take a medium shot of a garage door, and use a Push transition—one image
moves off the top while another replaces it from below—to move to the next
shot of the garage interior.
t With some planning and experimentation, you can videotape someone pushing
against a wall while walking in place and use that same Push transition (after
applying a horizontal direction to it) to have that person “slide” the old scene
offscreen.
Adding visual interest Transitions can give your video some pizzazz:
t Take a shot of a car driving through the frame and use a Wipe transition,
synchronized with the speed of the car, to move to the next scene.
t Use the Venetian Blinds transition to move from an interior to an exterior.
t A Page Peel transition works well with a piece of parchment.
During this lesson, feel free to experiment with all that Adobe Premiere Pro has
to offer.
Trying some transitions Adobe Premiere Pro contains nearly 80 video transitions (plus three audio transi-
tions, covered in more detail in Lesson 12). Some are subtle, and some are “in your
face.” The more you experiment with them, the more likely you are to use them well.
Applying a transition between two clips starts with a simple drag-and-drop pro-
cess. That might be enough for many transitions, but Adobe Premiere Pro gives
you a wide variety of options for fine-tuning transitions. Some transitions have a
Custom button that opens a separate dialog with sets of options unique to each.
And most offer tools that allow you to position the transition precisely.
