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  • Adobe Premiere Elements User Guide
    1. What's new in Premiere Elements
    2. System requirements | Adobe Premiere Elements
    3. Workspace basics
    4. Guided mode
    5. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
    6. GPU accelerated rendering
    1. Get to know the Home screen
    2. View and share auto-created collages, slideshows, and more
    3. Workspace basics
    4. Source Monitor and Program Monitor
    5. Preferences
    6. Tools
    7. Keyboard shortcuts
    8. Audio View
    9. Undoing changes
    10. Customizing shortcuts
    11. Working with scratch disks
    1. Creating a project
    2. Adjust project settings and presets
    3. Save and back up projects
    4. Previewing movies
    5. Creating video collage
    6. Creating Highlight Reel
    7. Create a video story
    8. Creating Instant Movies
    9. Viewing clip properties
    10. Viewing a project's files
    11. Archiving projects
    12. GPU accelerated rendering
    1. Add media
    2. Guidelines for adding files
    3. Set duration for imported still images
    4. 5.1 audio import
    5. Working with offline files
    6. Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements
    7. Creating specialty clips
    8. Work with aspect ratios and field options
    1. Arrange clips in the Expert view timeline
    2. Group, link, and disable clips
    3. Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline
    4. Working with clip and timeline markers
    5. Sequence settings
    1. Reduce noise
    2. Select object
    3. Candid Moments
    4. Color Match
    5. Smart Trim
    6. Change clip speed and duration
    7. Split clips
    8. Freeze and hold frames
    9. Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color - Guided Edit
    10. Stabilize video footage with Shake Stabilizer
    11. Replace footage
    12. Working with source clips
    13. Trimming Unwanted Frames - Guided Edit
    14. Trim clips
    15. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    16. Artistic effects
    1. Color Correction and Grading (LUTs)
    2. Color Correction Panel
    3. Color Correction Settings
  • Applying transitions
    1. Applying transitions to clips
    2. Transition basics
    3. Adjusting transitions
    4. Adding Transitions between video clips - Guided Edit
    5. Create special transitions
    6. Create a Luma Fade Transition effect - Guided Edit
    1. Effects reference
    2. Applying and removing effects
    3. Create a black and white video with a color pop - Guided Edit
    4. Time remapping - Guided edit
    5. Effects basics
    6. Working with effect presets
    7. Finding and organizing effects
    8. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    9. Fill Frame - Guided edit
    10. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
    11. Best practices to create a time-lapse video
    1. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
    2. Transparency and superimposing
    3. Reposition, scale, or rotate clips with the Motion effect
    4. Apply an Effects Mask to your video
    5. Adjust temperature and tint
    6. Create a Glass Pane effect - Guided Edit
    7. Create a picture-in-picture overlay
    8. Applying effects using Adjustment layers
    9. Adding Title to your movie
    10. Removing haze
    11. Creating a Picture in Picture - Guided Edit
    12. Create a Vignetting effect
    13. Add a Split Tone Effect
    14. Add FilmLooks effects
    15. Add an HSL Tuner effect
    16. Fill Frame - Guided edit
    17. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
    18. Animated Sky - Guided edit
    19. Select object
    20. Animated Mattes - Guided Edit
    21. Double exposure- Guided Edit
    1. Mix audio and adjust volume with Adobe Premiere Elements
    2. Audio effects
    3. Adding sound effects to a video
    4. Adding music to video clips
    5. Create narrations
    6. Using soundtracks
    7. Music Remix
    8. Adding Narration to your movie - Guided Edit
    9. Adding Scores to your movie - Guided edit
    1. Creating titles
    2. Adding shapes and images to titles
    3. Adding color and shadows to titles
    4. Apply Gradients
    5. Create Titles and MOGRTs
    6. Add responsive design
    7. Editing and formatting text
    8. Align and transform objects
    9. Motion Titles
    10. Appearance of text and shapes
    11. Exporting and importing titles
    12. Arranging objects in titles
    13. Designing titles for TV
    14. Applying styles to text and graphics
    15. Adding a video in the title
    1. Creating disc menus
    2. Working with menu markers
    3. Types of discs and menu options
    4. Previewing menus
    1. Export and share your videos
    2. Export settings
    3. Sharing for PC playback
    4. Compression and data-rate basics
    5. Common settings for sharing
    1. Adobe Premiere Elements User Guide
      1. What's new in Premiere Elements
      2. System requirements | Adobe Premiere Elements
      3. Workspace basics
      4. Guided mode
      5. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
      6. GPU accelerated rendering
      1. Get to know the Home screen
      2. View and share auto-created collages, slideshows, and more
      3. Workspace basics
      4. Source Monitor and Program Monitor
      5. Preferences
      6. Tools
      7. Keyboard shortcuts
      8. Audio View
      9. Undoing changes
      10. Customizing shortcuts
      11. Working with scratch disks
      1. Creating a project
      2. Adjust project settings and presets
      3. Save and back up projects
      4. Previewing movies
      5. Creating video collage
      6. Creating Highlight Reel
      7. Create a video story
      8. Creating Instant Movies
      9. Viewing clip properties
      10. Viewing a project's files
      11. Archiving projects
      12. GPU accelerated rendering
      1. Add media
      2. Guidelines for adding files
      3. Set duration for imported still images
      4. 5.1 audio import
      5. Working with offline files
      6. Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements
      7. Creating specialty clips
      8. Work with aspect ratios and field options
      1. Arrange clips in the Expert view timeline
      2. Group, link, and disable clips
      3. Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline
      4. Working with clip and timeline markers
      5. Sequence settings
      1. Reduce noise
      2. Select object
      3. Candid Moments
      4. Color Match
      5. Smart Trim
      6. Change clip speed and duration
      7. Split clips
      8. Freeze and hold frames
      9. Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color - Guided Edit
      10. Stabilize video footage with Shake Stabilizer
      11. Replace footage
      12. Working with source clips
      13. Trimming Unwanted Frames - Guided Edit
      14. Trim clips
      15. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
      16. Artistic effects
      1. Color Correction and Grading (LUTs)
      2. Color Correction Panel
      3. Color Correction Settings
    9. Applying transitions
      1. Applying transitions to clips
      2. Transition basics
      3. Adjusting transitions
      4. Adding Transitions between video clips - Guided Edit
      5. Create special transitions
      6. Create a Luma Fade Transition effect - Guided Edit
      1. Effects reference
      2. Applying and removing effects
      3. Create a black and white video with a color pop - Guided Edit
      4. Time remapping - Guided edit
      5. Effects basics
      6. Working with effect presets
      7. Finding and organizing effects
      8. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
      9. Fill Frame - Guided edit
      10. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
      11. Best practices to create a time-lapse video
      1. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
      2. Transparency and superimposing
      3. Reposition, scale, or rotate clips with the Motion effect
      4. Apply an Effects Mask to your video
      5. Adjust temperature and tint
      6. Create a Glass Pane effect - Guided Edit
      7. Create a picture-in-picture overlay
      8. Applying effects using Adjustment layers
      9. Adding Title to your movie
      10. Removing haze
      11. Creating a Picture in Picture - Guided Edit
      12. Create a Vignetting effect
      13. Add a Split Tone Effect
      14. Add FilmLooks effects
      15. Add an HSL Tuner effect
      16. Fill Frame - Guided edit
      17. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
      18. Animated Sky - Guided edit
      19. Select object
      20. Animated Mattes - Guided Edit
      21. Double exposure- Guided Edit
      1. Mix audio and adjust volume with Adobe Premiere Elements
      2. Audio effects
      3. Adding sound effects to a video
      4. Adding music to video clips
      5. Create narrations
      6. Using soundtracks
      7. Music Remix
      8. Adding Narration to your movie - Guided Edit
      9. Adding Scores to your movie - Guided edit
      1. Creating titles
      2. Adding shapes and images to titles
      3. Adding color and shadows to titles
      4. Apply Gradients
      5. Create Titles and MOGRTs
      6. Add responsive design
      7. Editing and formatting text
      8. Align and transform objects
      9. Motion Titles
      10. Appearance of text and shapes
      11. Exporting and importing titles
      12. Arranging objects in titles
      13. Designing titles for TV
      14. Applying styles to text and graphics
      15. Adding a video in the title
      1. Creating disc menus
      2. Working with menu markers
      3. Types of discs and menu options
      4. Previewing menus
      1. Export and share your videos
      2. Export settings
      3. Sharing for PC playback
      4. Compression and data-rate basics
      5. Common settings for sharing

    Previewing available transitions

    You can access available transitions in the Transitions panel (click Transitions on the Action bar).

    The transitions are organized into categories in the Quick View and the Advanced View. You can narrow a search for transitions by choosing a transition type, such as Dissolve, from the Category menu. You can also search for a transition by typing its name in the search box. 

    Video transitions have animated thumbnail previews that show how they affect clips. Select a transition to set its thumbnail in motion. You can preview an animated thumbnail transition in the Transition panel without having to apply it to a clip.

    Transitions
    Transitions panel

    Note:

    Adobe Premiere Elements includes two audio transitions in the Crossfade category: Constant Power and Constant Gain. Though both provide fades, they differ slightly. Constant Power creates a smoother-sounding fade, while Constant Gain, though mathematically linear, often sounds abrupt.

    1. In the Quick View or the Advanced View, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

    2. Click the thumbnail for any video transition to preview it.

    Specify a default transition

    The default transitions are Cross Dissolve for video or still images and Constant Power for audio. However, you can change these defaults.

    1. In the Quick view or the Advanced view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

    2. Right-click/ctrl-click the transition you want to be the default and choose Set Selected As Default Transition.

    Types of Transition

    Navigate through the different effects documented on this page using these filters.

    3D Motion

    Cube Spin

    Rotates the outgoing clip like the face of a 3D cube to reveal the next clip.

    Flip Over

    Flips the outgoing clip horizontally to transition into the next clip.

    Dissolve

    Cross Dissolve

    Gradually blends two clips together for a smooth transition.

    Dip to White

    Fades from one clip to white before transitioning to the next.

    Additive Dissolve

    Blends clips using light additive effects, creating a bright, glowing dissolve.

    Dip to Black

    Fades from one clip to black before transitioning to the next.

    Film Dissolve

    Mimics a cinematic fade, creating a softer, more gradual transition.

    Non Additive Dissolve

    Smoothly dissolves between clips without adding brightness or extra light effects.

    Wipe

    Wipe

    Replaces one clip with another using a moving line or pattern.

    Inset

    Transitions to the next clip with a shrinking or expanding inset effect, creating a picture-in-picture style reveal.

    Barn Doors

    Opens or closes two panels (like barn doors) to transition between clips.

    Gradient Wipe

    Creates a transition by gradually revealing the next clip through a custom gradient pattern.

    Page Peel 

    Page Peel

    Simulates the effect of turning a page to reveal the next clip.

    Page Turn

    Simulates the effect of turning a page to reveal the next clip underneath.

    Iris

    Iris Box

    Reveals the next clip through an expanding or contracting rectangular box shape.

    Iris Diamond

    Unveils the next clip with a diamond-shaped expansion or contraction effect.

    Iris Cross

    Transitions using a cross-shaped mask that grows or shrinks to reveal the next clip.

    Iris Round

    Creates a circular wipe that expands or contracts to transition between clips.

    Slide

    Centre Split

    Splits the screen from the centre outward to transition to the next clip.

    Push

    Pushes one clip out of view while pushing the next one in from the opposite side.

    Split

    Divides the screen horizontally or vertically, sliding apart to reveal the next clip.

    Slide

    Slides the new clip in over the outgoing clip from various directions.

    Zoom

    Cross Zoom

    Rapidly zooms in and out between clips with a dynamic, energetic zoom effect.

    Apply transitions in the Sceneline

    In the Sceneline, drop zones appear the moment you drag a transition. The drop zones let you easily apply transitions between clips.

    Apply a double-sided transition in the Sceneline

    1. In the Quick view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel is displayed.

    2. Drag a transition from the Transitions panel to the drop zone between two clips in the Quick view timeline. An icon of the transition appears on the right and left bottom corners of the clip to indicate it has been applied. In addition, the Transition control panel is displayed.

    3. (Optional) Modify the properties of the clip, for example, duration. This can be done in the Transition Controls panel.

    Apply a single-sided transition in the Sceneline

    1. In the Quick view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel is displayed.

    2. From the Transitions panel, select the transition you want to apply.
    3. Do one of the following:

      • If any one side of the clip has nothing adjacent to it, drag the transition to the transition rectangle on that side of the clip.

      • If the clip is adjacent to another clip, drag the transition to the desired edge of the clip. In the Transitions control panel set Alignment as Left Clip, Between Clips, or Right Clip.

    Apply transitions in the Advanced view timeline

    When applying transitions to the Advanced view timeline, you can choose from alignment options, Left Clip, Between Clips, or Right Clip.

    Apply a double-sided transition in the Advanced view timeline

    To apply a transition between two clips in the Advanced view 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 Advanced view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

    2. From the Transitions panel select the category containing the transition you want to apply.

    3. Drag the transition from the Transitions panel to the cut between two clips in the Advanced view timeline, and release the mouse button when one of the following alignment icons appears:

      Start At Cut transitionStart At Cut

      Aligns the beginning of the transition to the beginning of the second clip.

      Center At Cut transitionCenter At Cut

      Centers the transition over the cut.

      End At Cut transitionEnd At Cut

      Aligns the end of the transition to the end of the first clip.

      Note:

      Pressing Ctrl while dragging a transition lets you 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 Advanced view timeline

    When you create a single‑sided transition, whatever is below the transition in the Advanced view 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 Advanced view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

    2. From the Transitions panel 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 from the Transitions panel 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.

    Apply a default transition in the Advanced view timeline

    You can apply the default video and audio transitions to any selection of two or more clips. The default transitions are applied to every edit point where two selected clips touch. The placement does not depend on the current-time indicator's position or whether the clips lie on targeted tracks. The default transitions are not applied where a selected clip touches a non-selected or no clip.

    1. In the Timeline, select two or more clips. Shift-click clips or draw a marquee over them to select them.
    2. Select Timeline> Apply Default Transitions To Selection.

    Replace a transition

    You can replace a transition by simply dropping a new transition onto the old one in the Quick view or the Advanced view timeline. When you replace a transition, Premiere Elements maintains the alignment and duration of the original transition; however, it discards the settings of the original transition and instead uses the default settings of the new transition.

    1. In the Quick view/Advanced view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

    2. From the Transitions panel, select the transition you will use to replace the previous one.

    3. Drag the transition onto the transition in the Advanced view timeline or Sceneline.

    Preview applied transitions

    You can preview transitions you’ve applied from either the Transitions control panel or the Program Monitor. The Transitions control panel provides a preview area where you can display thumbnails of the actual clips or the default thumbnails (the letters A and B). Adjust your transitions in the Transitions control panel and preview the transitions as you make adjustments.

    Note:

    If you have a digital camcorder, you probably can connect it to both your computer and TV to see real‑time previews on the TV monitor. This gives you a better sense of how the transition will look in the finished movie.

    Preview transitions in the Program Monitor

    1. In the Sceneline or the Advanced view timeline, move the current-time indicator to the left of the transition, and then click the Play button in the Program Monitor.

      Note:

      To preview a particular transition frame in the Program Monitor panel, drag the current‑time indicator to the desired frame.

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