Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 334)

328 USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Effects and transitions
Last updated 11/6/2011
Default center (left) and repositioned center (right)
Change transition settings
1 In a Timeline panel, click a transition to select it.
2 In the Effect Controls panel, adjust settings:
Edge selectors Change the orientation or direction of the transition. Click an Edge selector arrow on the transition’s
thumbnail. For example, the Barn Doors transition can be oriented vertically or horizontally. A transition doesn’t have
Edge selectors if it has one orientation or if orientation isn’t applicable.
Start and End sliders Set the percentage of the transition that is complete at the start and end of the transition. Hold
down the Shift key to move the start and end sliders together.
Show Actual Sources Displays the starting and ending frames of the clips.
Border Width Adjusts the width of the optional border on the transition. The default Border is None. Some transitions
do not have borders.
Border Color Specifies the color of the transition’s border. Double-click the color swatch or use the eyedropper to
choose the color.
Reverse Plays the transition backward. For example, the Clock Wipe transition plays counterclockwise.
Anti-Aliasing Quality Adjusts the smoothness of the transition’s edges.
Custom Changes settings specific to the transition. Most transitions don’t have custom settings.
Customizing transitions
Customize a Gradient Wipe transition
You can use a grayscale image as a gradient wipe. In a gradient wipe, image B fills the black area of the grayscale image
and then shows through each level of gray as the transition progresses until the white area becomes transparent.
Gradient wipe source image (far left) and resulting transition
1 In the Effects panel, expand the Video Transitions bin and the Wipe bin inside it.
2 Drag the Gradient Wipe transition from the Wipe bin to an edit point between clips in a Timeline panel.
3 Click Select Image, and then double-click the file you want to use as the gradient wipe. The image appears in the
Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box.
4 Adjust the softness of the transition’s edges by dragging the Softness slider. As you drag the slider to the right, image
A increasingly shows through image B. Click OK.
Note: To change the gradient image or the softness, click Custom in the Effect Controls panel.