48114974 Filmmaking Technique Adobe Premiere After Effect Video Editing

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Adobe Premiere Expert Center - Video editing

V i d e o e d i t i n g

Cr e a t e t i m e l y v id e o e f f e c t s

Map out effects in Premiere and apply them in After Effects. That's how mediaartist Dave Gare creates mesmerizing results.

R u n n i n g a u d io in r e v e r s e

Brian Maffitt reveals the two best Adobe Premiere secrets behind runningaudio rearward.

P a n n in g f o r g o ld

Brian Maffitt wrangles with an angry and dyslexic dog whose animation inPremiere is visually and aurally reversed.

F a d e in a n d f a d e o u t

There are two ways to control fading a clip. Want to know how? Read on.

Cr e a t e a s l id e s h o w

No need to fumble with presentation software! If you want to show off photosor graphics, Adobe Premiere 6.0 gives you professional results quickly andeasily.

E d it P h o t o s h o p f ile s in P r e m i e r e u s in g E d i t O r ig i n a l

Using the new Adobe Premiere 6.0 Edit Original command, editing youroriginal Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects clips is a snap. No moresearching for an original file on disk; instead, simply select the file in yourproject and choose the command from the Edit menu.

F a d e t o z e r o

Brian Maffit applies Premiere's Better Gaussian Blur filter to create a newkeyframe set to zero.

Ed it c l ip s b e f o r e t h e r o u g h c u t

Use Premiere to get rid of all of your unwanted frames before the rough cut.

S p lit t h e s c r e e n t o s h o w t w o c lip s

Solve the mystery of showing two clips in one.

Ar r a n g e c lip s o n a s t o r y b o a r d

Organize your clips on a Premiere storyboard.

R e v e r s in g t r a n s it io n s

Reversing the order or direction of clips can improve your transitions.

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Create timely video effects: Tutorial

d u c t s u s e d :

ter Effects 5.5

emiere 6.0

r in t a b l e v e r s io n

r e a t e t im e l y v id e o e ffe c t s p a g e

Media artist Dave Gare used Adobe Premiere as a "sketch pad" to get ajump-start on his Adobe After Effects work. "It's easier to sketch out howyou want things to work in Premiere," he says. In Premiere, he assembledthe raw footage and marked where effects should appear. The timelinemarkers are preserved when the file is imported into After Effects, so it'seasy to animate effects to the imported markers. Dave created a radiowave effect, but you can use a similar process to create all kinds of effects.

S e t a t im e lin e m a r k e r i n P r e m i e r e .Assemble your footage in Premiere, and then move the edit line marker inthe timeline to the point where you want the animation to begin. ChooseTimeline > Set Timeline Marker > Unnumbered and double-click the newtimeline marker. In the Markers dialog box, enter a name in the Commentsfield so that you can identify the marker easily in After Effects.

You can also use the Markers dialog box to enter a title name (if you'recreating a DVD or a QuickTime file that uses chapters) or a Web link. Theinformation will travel with the time marker into your After Effects project.Or you can add or edit the information in After Effects.

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I m p o r t t h e P r e m ie r e f ile i n t o Af t e r Ef fe c t s .In After Effects, choose File > Import > File, and import the Premiereproject; it comes in as a composition. Double-click the Premiere file in the

Project window. After Effects opens the Timeline window, where it displayseach clip on its own layer, with timeline markers on a separate layer.

You can also import a Premiere project file by dragging it into the Projectwindow in After Effects.



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Alig n t h e c u r r e n t - t im e m a r k e r w it h t h e t i m e l in e m a r k e r .

In the Timeline window, move the current-time marker to the timelinemarker you created in Premiere. Hold down the Shift key as you drag tosnap it into place.



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Ap p l y a n e f f e c t .Use the Effects palette to locate and apply an effect quickly: ChooseWindow > Effects to display the palette. Type the name of the effect youwant, or a partial name (for example, if you want to apply the RadioWaves effect, type "waves" here). After Effects refines your choices as youtype. When you see the effect you want, drag it to the layer you're

applying it to.

For some effects, such as the Radio Waves effect Dave used, it's easiest tocreate a new layer that begins at the timeline marker, and apply the effectto it. (He chose Layer > New > Solid, then clicked Make Comp Size so thatthe new layer was the same size as the composition. The solid layerbecame transparent when Dave added the Radio Wave effect.) Someeffects need to be applied directly to footage in your composition, or to anadjustment layer. In those cases, use the timeline marker as a guide forkeyframing the effect's attributes. See the After Effects user guide andOnline help for more information about applying effects.

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Cu s t o m iz e t h e e f fe c t .Adjust the settings for your effect in the Effect Controls palette. You canalso customize an effect by scrubbing the hot-text values in the Timelinewindow, but the Effect Controls palette gives you easier accessespeciallyuseful when you're working with complex effects such as Radio Waves,which include dozens of options and parameters.

P r e v i e w t h e e f fe c t .Click the Play button in the Time Controls palette, or scrub the time rulerto preview the effect.

It's useful to preview a composition several times as you fine-tune aneffect. The RAM Preview feature lets you see the results immediately,without needing to wait for it to render.

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remiere Expert Center: Tutorial

r e m ie r e Ex p e r t Ce n t e r

Vie w in g in s t r u c t i o n s

To view this video clip, you must haveQuickTime 3.0 or QuickTime 4.0 installed.If the movie won't play or you see a "broken" icon,you don't have QuickTime installed correctly.

Backwards

Paul is dead. Paul is dead. And Brian Maf

reveals the two best Adobe Premieres

behind running audio rearward (hint: It's n

Backwards filter). Reveal satanic messagsongs, astound your friends, and give you

soundtrack a different "twist" this Hallowe

Click the image to the left to view the clip.

This QuickTime video tutorial is excerpted

"Total Premiere" featuring instructor Brian

Maffitt. Each VHS tape in this highly regar

six-tape series comes with the same files

by the instructor so you can follow along t

each lesson, sharpening your skills as you

experiment with new techniques. For mor

information, please visit Total Training.

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r e m ie r e Ex p e r t Ce n t e r



Panning for gold

Brian Maffitt wrangles with an angry and d

dog whose animation in Adobe Premiere

completely visually and aurally reversed.

problem to fix the video using the Horizonfilter, but with a stereo clip, that's not enou

What to do? What to do? Read on.











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ade in and out: Tutorial

a d e in a n d o u t p a g e : 1 2 3

There are two ways to control fading a clip. Which one you use depends on

which track holds that clip. If the clip is in the 1A and 1B Video track,

transitions easily take care of the job.

But when the clip is in a superimpose track, such as Video 2 or higher, you

can't use transitions. In those cases, use transparency to achieve the same

effect. This tip tells you how it's done.

In our example, we already have some clips and transitions set up in the

Video 1A and 1B tracks, so we don't have to do any more work on those.

We have also superimposed another clip, placing it on the Video 2 track.

We're going to work just in the Video 2 track to make it fade in and fade out

repeatedly over time.

1. Set up your clips.

Open your project and set it up with at least one clip superimposed (in

Video 2 track or higher) over another clip.

P r o d u c t s u s e d :

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3. Add another control handle.

Still in the Timeline, click anywhere along the fade line to create another

handle, which appears as another small red square.

4. Make the text fade in from zero.

Move the pointer over the first control handle on the fade line, at the far left

end, until it turns into a pointing finger icon. Drag the handle straight down

to the lower edge of the track, which changes the opacity to 0%. Do not

drag the control handle outside of the track, because this removes it from

the fade line.

For a sneak peek at the results, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac

OS) and scrub.

5. Add more control handles.

Click in different places along the fade line to add several more control

handles. Add as many as you want, to suit your project. If you change your

mind and want to remove a handle, drag the handle outside the upper or

lower margins of the track.

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6. Adjust transparency levels.

Drag the new control handles to change their opacity levels. You can also

drag the handles left and right to reposition them, if needed.

Tip: To set a precise intermediate opacity level, hold down Shift as you

drag a handle. A small window appears, showing you the exact percentage

of opacity. In this case, dragging below or above the track does not remove

the handle from the fade line.

7. Preview the clip.

Hold down Alt (Windows) or (Option) Mac OS) as you scrub across the

Timeline ruler.

Congratulations! You just added another technique to your collection of

skills, which you can use to create black fade-in/fade-out transitions and

other cool effects. For more ideas on how to use these techniques with

video, still, and audio clips, see the Adobe Premiere Classroom in a

Book.

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Create a slide show: Tutorial

d u c t s u s e d :

emiere 6.0


r e a t e a s l id e s h o w p a g e :

Its not just for videoAdobe Premiere 6.0 can make your still imageslook good, too! The new Storyboard window makes it easy to lay out yourpresentation, and the Automate to Timeline command finishes the job,inserting transitions for you. Follow these steps to create a professional-quality slide show from your photographs and graphics.

S p e c i fy a d u r a t i o n f o r s t i ll im a g e s .Choose Edit > Preferences > General and Still Image, and then type adefault duration in the Still Image section of the dialog box.

The default determines how many frames Adobe Premiere 6.0 assigns toeach still image you import. A typical slide duration is 30 to 125 frames,depending on the effect you want.

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S e t t h e w o r k s p a c e t o A / B Ed it in g .

Choose Window > Workspace > A/B Editing. Its easier to adjust theduration for individual images and transitions using the A/B Editingworkspace.

Cr e a t e a n e w s t o r y b o a r d .Choose File > New > Storyboard. A blank storyboard appears.

The new Storyboard window provides a convenient way to arrange clipsand still images before moving them into the Timeline.

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Ar r a n g e t h e i m a g e s o n t h e s t o r y b o a r d .Choose File > Import > File and select an image you want to import. Youcan import multiple images at once by Ctrl-clicking each image. When allyour images are on the storyboard, drag them into the order you wantthem to appear. When they are in the proper order, choose File > Save Asto name and save the storyboard.

S e t a d e f a u l t t r a n s i t io n .If the Transitions palette isnt open, choose Window > Show Transitions.Then, select the transition you want to use and choose Set Selected asDefault from the palette pop-up menu. Specify a duration and alignmentfor the effect.

Transitions add interest to your slide show. Try using a transition from theDissolve, Page Peel, Slide, or Wipe folder.

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Tr a n s f e r t h e im a g e s t o t h e Tim e l in e .

Click the Automate to Timeline button in the Storyboard window totransfer the images to the Timeline. Be sure to select Use DefaultTransition and to specify a frame overlap. The images will appear in theTimeline in the same order in which they appeared in the storyboard.



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P r e v ie w t h e s lid e s h o w .Choose Timeline > Preview (or press Enter) to create a preview that willshow you the slide show, including transitions. Use the Timeline to makeany minor adjustments.

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Editing Photoshop files in Premiere using Edit Original: Tutorial

d u c t s u s e d :

emiere 6.0

ustrator 9.0

ter Effects 5.5

hotoshop 6.0


d i t in g P h o t o s h o p f ile s in P r e m ie r e u s i n g Ed it

r i g i n a l

p a g e :

Using files from other Adobe products in Adobe Premiere just got awhole lot easier. You can now import images from Photoshop,Illustrator, or After Effects and quickly open them for editing using theEdit Original command. Follow along to see how easy it is to edit yourimported images and have Premiere automatically update them in yourproject.

I m p o r t a P h o t o s h o p file i n t o P r e m ie r e .Start or open a project in Adobe Premiere, and then import a Photoshop(.psd) file by choosing File > Import > File. You can import the file as amerged file or import a single layer.

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Ad d t h e P h o t o s h o p c lip t o t h e T im e l in e .Drag the Photoshop clip from the Project window to a superimpose trackon the Timeline window, arranging it where you want it to appear in yoursequence of clips.

Ad j u s t t h e d u r a t i o n o f t h e c lip .Position the cursor on one end of the clip and drag to increase or decreaseits duration. You can also double-click the clip, click the Duration button inthe window that appears, and type a specific duration.



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P r e v i e w t h e c lip i n t h e M o n it o r w in d o w .In the Timeline window, position the yellow work area bar over thePhotoshop clip. Press Enter to build a preview of the project so far, (youcan also hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and scrub the timeruler in the Timeline window. Notice that the clip obscures all other clips

below it in the Timeline. To resolve this, apply a transparency key.

A p p l y t r a n s p a r e n c y .Select the clip in the Timeline and choose Clip > Video Options >Transparency. From the Key type menu, choose Alpha Channel. If your clipdoes not contain an alpha channel, try using the Chroma key and thensampling the background color with the eyedropper tool that appears.

To see the results of the transparency, click the page peel icon under thepreview thumbnail. Click OK to close the dialog box.

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P r e v i e w t h e c lip i n t h e M o n it o r w in d o w .Press Enter to build a preview and view the Photoshop clip superimposedover the other clips in your project.

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Ma k e a d j u s t m e n t s t o t h e P h o t o s h o p f ile .Select the Photoshop clip in the Timeline and choose Edit > Edit Original.When Adobe Photoshop opens, edit the file as necessary. You can changeany aspect of the file that you want. We changed the color of the circlesaround the "itto" logo.

When you've made your edits, choose File > Save.

P r e v i e w t h e e d it e d f ile i n P r e m ie r e .Premiere is still open in the background, so bring it to the front and viewthe changes to the Photoshop file. Press Enter again to build a previewusing the newly edited Photoshop clip. If necessary, use the Edit Originalcommand again until the file suits your needs.

You can also use the Edit Original command with clips imported fromAdobe After Effects 6.0 and Illustrator 8.0 or higher.



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otal Premiere: Tutorial

o t a l P re m ie r e



Fade to zero

It's pretty common in Adobe Premiere

have an effect fade to zero during a clip. "

Premiere" instructor Brian Maffitt applies

Premiere's Better Gaussian Blur filter andcreates a new keyframe set to zero midwa

through the clip. And this works well enou

there isa better way. You'd better believe











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Edit clips before the rough cut: Tutorial

d it c lip s b e fo r e t h e r o u g h c u t p a g e : 1 2 3

You can trim unwanted frames from your clips before you add them to the

Timeline. This is a great time-saver if you plan to use multiple instances of

the same clip. When you add new copies to the Timeline, all the In and Out

points are the same as the ones for the original, trimmed copy .

1. Open the clip.

In the Project window, find the clip you want to edit and drag its icon to the

Source view in the Monitor window.

Tip: If you don't see the Monitor window, choose Window > Monitor.

2. Locate a good starting point.

Advance the clip until you locate the first frame you want to appear, using

any method:


Premiere

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A. Drag the slider.

B. Click the Frame Forward and Frame Back buttons.

C. Click the Play and Stop buttons.

D. Type a time in the Current Clip Location display.

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3. Cut any unwanted opening frames.

With the Source view showing the frame you've chosen as your opening

frame, click the Mark In button.

An In point icon appears above the Source image display. If you change

your mind, just advance forward or backward to another place and click the

Mark In button again.

4. Trim excess frames from the end.

Using the same techniques as step 2, locate the final frame you want to

include in this clip, and then click the Mark Out button under the Sourceview image.

An Out Point icon appears above the Source image. Also notice that the

slider area appearance changes.

5. Preview the Source clip.

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Click the Play button under the Source image. Notice that Premiere plays

the entire clip, not just the portion between the In and Out points that you

just selected. That's OK; the next steps will confirm that the clip is trimmed.

6. Move the clip to the Timeline.

Drag the image from the Source view to the Timeline and drop it in position

among the sequence of clips.

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7. Preview the clip in the Timeline.

Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you scrub (drag along the

Timeline ruler). The trimmed clip appears in the Program window, along

with any clips and effects you've applied.

Congratulations! You now know how easy it is to trim clips so that only the

portions you want to use appear in your final movie.

For more ideas on editing clips before placing them in the Timeline, see the

Adobe PremiereClassroom in a Book.

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plit the screen to show two clips: Tutorial

p lit t h e s c r e e n t o s h o w t w o c lip s p a g e : 1 2 3

Want to divide the screen to show two clips side by side? Or to show a

movie within your movie? You can use transparency settings in Adobe

Premiereto create these results. Try out this technique with any two clips

you have handy.

1. Superimpose one clip over the other.

Drag one clip from the Project window to the Video 1 track in the Timeline

and another clip to the Video 2 track (or higher). In this example, we're

working with clips on the Video 1 and Video 2 tracks.

Tip: If your Timeline is in A/B Editing view, don't try to use the Video 1B

track for the second clip. You'll use that track when you want to achieve

other effects, such as creating interesting transitions between clips.

2. Preview the clips.


Premiere

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Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you scrub (drag through

the Timeline ruler). As you scrub, watch the combined clips, video effects,

and transparencies in the Monitor window Program view. However, in this

example, you see only the clip in Video 2, because it completely blocks the

Video 1 clip.

Tip: If you want to preview the Video 1 track, click the eye icon in the Video

2 track to hide that clip. Just remember to make the Video 2 track visible

again before continuing.

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3. Apply transparency to the upper clip.

Select the clip in the Video 2 track and choose Clip > Video Options >

Transparency.

Next, move the pointer over the bottom left corner point of the Sample area

image so that the pointer turns into a pointing finger. Drag the corner point

approximately halfway up the left edge of the frame.

Tip: To easily view just the upper clip, click the Black/White icon below the

Sample on the far left.

4. Finish adjusting the superimposed clip.

Drag the bottom right point in the Sample area about halfway up the right

edge of the frame. Now the entire bottom half of the clip is hidden.

5. Preview the transparency effect.

Still in the Transparency Settings dialog box, click the page peel icon under

the Sample area. The Video 1 track now appears in the bottom half of the

screen. Click OK.

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Tip: By dragging the handles in the Sample area in other directions, you

can make split screens in diagonal, vertical, and irregular shapes.

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6. Preview the clips in the Monitor.

Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and scrub along the Timeline

ruler.

You're done. Congratulations! You can now use this method to create your

own interesting combinations of superimposed clips.

For more information about transparency and superimposing, see the

Adobe Premiere Classroom in a Book.

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Arrange clips on a storyboard: Tutorial

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A storyboard makes it easy to visualize your movie plan before you start

shooting. The AdobePremiere 6.0 storyboard serves a similar purpose,

making it easy to arrange your film clips before you do the fine-tuning.

When your storyboard work is complete, it takes just one simple step to

either transfer the entire storyboard contents to the Timeline or export it to

video.

1. Create a storyboard and add clips.

Open a project that has clips in the Project window, and choose File > New

> Storyboard. Select clip icons from the Project window and drag them into

the Storyboard window.


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Arrows point from each clip to the clip that follows it. Instead of an arrow, a

circled X marks the final clip in the storyboard.

Tip: To move multiple clips, use Shift+click, Ctrl+click (Windows), or

Command+click (Mac OS) to select individual files.

2. Change the Storyboard view.

Choose Window > Window Options > Storyboard Window Options and

select the icon size you want to use. Click OK.

The amount of information that appears with the icons varies with icon size.

Larger icons show the length of the clip and any comments you typed in

the Project window.

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3. Rearrange the sequence.

Drag clips to other positions in the storyboard to rearrange them. When

you are satisfied with the order, choose File > Save, type a name, and

save your storyboard in any convenient folder.

4. Preview and edit individual clips.

In the Storyboard window, double-click the icon for one of the clips to open

a Clip window. Use the controls in this window to play, move frame by

frame, work with markers, set In and Out points, and so forth.

When you finish, choose File > Save.

At this point, your work on this movie sequence is about half done, even

before you commit the clips to the Timeline.

5. Move the clips to the Timeline.

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Choose Project > Automate to Timeline to open the Automate to Timeline

dialog box. Select the options that you want, and then click OK.

We used the default settings in our example:

Contents: Whole Bin (to import all clips on the Storyboard, but not all clips

in the Project window bin)

Placement: Sequentially

Insert At: Beginning

Clip Overlap: 15 frames

Use Default Transition: selected

Perform Audio Cross Fade and Ignore Audio: not selected

Tip: You can also export to video directly from the Storyboard window. To

do this, select the Storyboard window. Choose File > Export Timeline >

Print to Video, and select options in the Print to Video dialog box. This

prints a video of the clips that are in the Storyboard but does not includeany other clips that may be in the Timeline.

6. Preview your project.

Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you scrub (drag along the

Timeline ruler).

Congratulations! You've just learned a slick technique for visualizing yourmovie before making your first rough cut.

For more ideas on how to take advantage of the Storyboard, see the

Adobe Premiere Classroom in a Book.

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Reversing Transitions: Tutorial

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Reversing the order or the direction of clips in a transition can multiply the

number of creative ways you can use a transition. All you need to recreate this

sophisticated sequence is an Adobe Premiereproject containing multiple

clips and a transition applied to them.

We recommend that you use the A/B Editing workspace for this tutorial (choose

Window > Workspace > A/B Editing) so that you can see the transitions between

the Video 1A and 1B tracks more clearly.

1. Reverse the track order of a transition.

First, preview the existing transition by pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac

OS) as you drag the edit line.

Select the transition in the Timeline and choose Edit > Copy. Click in the empty

area after the transition and choose Edit > Paste. Click the new transition's Track

Selector to make the arrow point up.

In this example, which uses the Sliding Bands transition, making the second

transition's track selector point up causes the transition to start with the clip on

Video 1B and end with the clip on Video 1A. That is, the Video 1A clip changes

into the Video 1B clip and then back to the Video 1A clip.

Tip: If you cannot see the transition's Track Selector arrow, select a smaller unit

from the Time Units pop-up menu at the lower left of the Timeline window.


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2. Reverse the direction of a transition.

Click in the empty area after the transition and choose Edit > Paste. Double-click

the third instance of the transition; in the dialog box that appears, click the

Forward/Reverse Selector to the right of the animated icon. Then click OK.

Clicking the Forward/Reverse Selector reverses the direction in which the

transition progresses.

Tip: Other controls are available near the animated icon in the dialog box. The

four triangles are Edge Selectors that determine the edges the transition will use.

The Anti-Aliasing selector to the lower right of the animated icon softens the

edges of a transition. While these controls aren't necessary for this tip, you can

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3. Complete the transition sequence.

Select the third instance of the transition and choose Edit > Copy. Click in the

empty area after the transition and choose Edit > Paste. Click the fourth

transition's Track Selector to make the arrow point up.

The completed set of four transitions create the following sequence: Video 1A to

Video 1B to Video 1A with the Sliding Bands transition going to the right, then

Video 1A to Video 1B to Video 1A with the Sliding Bands transition going to the

left.

4. Preview the completed effect.

Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag along the time ruler.

Pressing Alt or Option previews both the clips and the transitions. For more

information about transitions, see the Adobe Premiere Classroom in a Book.

Tip: You can enhance your work further by combining this technique with other

features. For example, in the final version of this project we applied the Color

Balance filter to change the color of the eye clip.

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