Change transition duration, Reposition the center of a transition – Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 User Manual
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If the Effect Controls time ruler is not visible, click the Show/Hide Timeline View button
in the Effect
Controls panel. If necessary, widen the panel to make this button visible and active.
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In the Effect Controls time ruler, position the pointer over the transition, placing it on the thin vertical line that
marks the cut. The pointer changes from the Slide Transition icon
to the Ripple Edit icon
.
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Drag the cut as desired. (You can’t move the cut beyond either end of the clip.)
Change transition duration
You can edit a transition’s duration in either the Timeline panel or the Effect Controls panel. The default duration
for transitions is initially set to 1 second.
Lengthening a transition’s duration requires that one or both clips have enough trimmed frames to accommodate
a longer transition. (See “
Change transition duration in the Timeline panel
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In the Timeline panel, position the pointer over the end of the transition until the Trim-In icon
or the
Trim-Out icon
appears; then drag.
Change transition duration in the Effect Controls panel
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Double-click the transition in the Timeline panel to open the Effect Controls panel.
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Do one of the following:
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In the Effect Controls time ruler, position the pointer over the transition until the Trim-In icon
or the
Trim-Out icon
appears; then drag. (If the Effect Controls time ruler is not visible, click the Show/Hide
Timeline View button
in the Effect Controls panel. If necessary, widen the panel to make this button visible
and active.)
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Drag the Duration value, or select it and type a new value. How the transition changes length depends on the
alignment option currently selected:
Center At Cut or Custom Start
The transition’s start and end points move equally in opposite directions.
Start At Cut
Only the end of the transition moves.
End At Cut
Only the beginning of the transition moves.
Set the default duration for transitions
If you change the default, the new setting has no affect on transitions already placed.
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Choose Edit > Preferences
>
General.
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Change the value for the Video Transition Default Duration or Audio Transition Default Duration; then
click
OK.
Reposition the center of a transition
Some transitions, such as Iris Round, are positioned around a center. When a transition has a center that can be
repositioned, you can drag a small circle in the A preview area in the Effects Control panel.
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Click the transition in the Timeline panel to open the Effect Controls panel.
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In the A preview area in the Effect Controls panel, drag the small circle to reposition the transition center. (Not
all transitions have an adjustable center point.)
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