Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 329)

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Effects and transitions
Last updated 11/6/2011
To place a transition at the end of a clip that is not adjacent to another clip, drag and drop the transition. Don’t Ctrl-
drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS). The transition automatically becomes single-sided.
To preview the transition, play the sequence or drag the current-time indicator through the transition.
Specify and apply default transitions
You can specify a video transition and an audio transition as default transitions and quickly apply them between clips
in a sequence. A red outline marks default transition icons in the Effects panel. Cross Dissolve and Constant Power
Crossfade are preset as the video and audio default transitions.
If you use another transition more frequently, you can set it as the default. When you change the default transition
setting, you change the default for all projects. Changing the default transition doesn’t affect transitions already applied
to sequences.
If you want to apply the default transition to most or all of the clips in a sequence, consider using the Automate To
Sequence command. Automate To Sequence places the default video and audio transition between all the clips it adds.
See “ Add clips to a sequence automatically ” on page 162.
Specify a default transition
1 Choose Window > Effects and expand the Video Transitions or Audio Transitions bin.
2 Select the transition that you want to make the default.
3 Click the Menu button for the Effects panel, or right-click the transition.
4 Choose Set Selected As Default Transition.
Set the duration of the default transition
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows), or Premiere Pro > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
• Click the Effects panel menu button. Choose Default Transition Duration.
2 Change the value for the Video Transition Default Duration or Audio Transition Default Duration, and then click OK.
Add the default transition between two clips
You can apply the default transition to adjoining pairs of clips on one or more tracks
1 Click one or more track headers to target the tracks where you want to add the transition.
2 Position the current-time indicator at the edit point where the pair or pairs of clips meet. To navigate to an edit
point, you can click the Go To Next Edit Point and Go To Previous Edit Point buttons in the Program Monitor.
3 Choose Sequence > Apply Video Transition or Sequence > Apply Audio Transition, depending on the target tracks.
Note: You can add the default video transition between clips in a video track by pressing Ctrl+D (Windows) or
Command+D (Mac OS). You can add the default audio transition between two clips in an audio track by pressing
Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows) or Command+Shift+D (Mac OS).