Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 143)

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Applying transitions
Last updated 8/12/2010
Apply a double-sided transition in the Timeline
To apply a transition between two clips in the Timeline the clips must be on the same track, with no space between
them.
If a double-sided transition must use repeated frames (rather than trimmed frames), the transition icon contains
additional diagonal lines. The lines span the area where it has used the repeated frames.
1 In the Tasks panel, click Edit, and then click Transitions .
2 From the menus in the Transitions view, select Video Transitions, and then select the category containing the
transition you want to apply.
3 Drag the transition from the Tasks panel to the cut between two clips in the Timeline, and release the mouse button
when one of the following alignment icons appears:
Start At Cut Aligns the beginning of the transition to the beginning of the second clip.
Center At Cut Centers the transition over the cut.
End At Cut Aligns the end of the transition to the end of the first clip.
Pressing Ctrl while dragging a transition allows you to select Start At Cut, Center At Cut, or End At Cut by slowly
dragging the transition left and right over the cut.
Apply a single-sided transition in the Timeline
When you create a single-sided transition, whatever is below the transition in the Timeline appears in the transparent
portion of the transition. For example, If you want the clip to transition to black, it must be on Track 1 or have no clips
beneath it. If the clip is on a track above another clip, the clip on the lower track appears in the transition, so the
transition will appear to be double-sided.
1 In the Tasks panel, click Edit, and then click Transitions .
2 From the menus in the Transition view, select Video Transitions, and then select the category containing the
transition you want to apply.
3 Do one of the following:
• If the clip has no adjacent clip to one side of it, drag the transition to the edge of the clip.
• If the clip is adjacent to another clip, Ctrl-drag the transition to the edge of the desired clip.
Single-sided transition with clip beneath it (left), and single-sided transition with nothing beneath it (right)