Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 148)

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Applying transitions
Last updated 8/12/2010
Adjusting transitions
Adjusting transition properties
All transitions have properties that you can adjust in the Properties view. Common properties are the location of the
center point, the start and end values, the border, and the anti-aliasing quality setting. (For some transitions, you can
also change the orientation.) The following list describes the most common controls and options you can use to adjust
transition properties.
To open the Properties view, click the Edit Transition button in the Transitions view.
Duration Sets the duration of the transition. The default duration is one second.
Alignment Controls how the transition is aligned between clips. By default, transitions are centered between clips.
Start/End Points Set the percentage of the transition that is complete at the start and end of the transition.
Show Actual Sources Displays the starting and ending frames of the clips.
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.
Adjust transition alignment
You can change the alignment of a transition placed between two clips in either the Timeline, or the Properties view.
A transition need not be centered or strictly aligned with a cut. You can drag the transition to reposition it over a cut
as desired. The Properties view also contains options to specify alignment.
Whether clips have trimmed frames determines how you can align a transition between them.
More Help topics
“ Apply transitions in the Sceneline ” on page 136
Determine alignment options
❖ In the Timeline, position the pointer over the cut in a transition and note how the pointer changes:
• If both clips contain trimmed frames at the cut, you can center the transition over the cut or align it on either side
of the cut so that it either starts or ends at the cut. A clip that has not been trimmed has a rounded edge in the upper-
right corner of the clip.
• If neither clip contains trimmed frames, the transition automatically centers over the cut and repeats the last frame
of the first clip and the first frame of the second clip to fill the transition duration. (Diagonal bars appear on
transitions that use repeated frames.)
• If only the first clip contains trimmed frames, the transition automatically snaps to the In point of the next clip. In
this scenario, the first clip’s trimmed frames are used for the transition, and frames are not repeated in the second clip.
• If only the second clip contains trimmed frames, then the transition snaps to the Out point of the first clip. In this
scenario, the second clip’s trimmed frames are used for the transition, and frames are not repeated in the first clip.