PremierePro

Work with default transitions

You can specify a video transition and an audio transition as default transitions and quickly apply them between clips in a sequence. Default transition icons are marked by a red outline in the Effects panel. Cross Dissolve and Constant Power Crossfade are preset as the video and audio default transitions.

If you use another transition more frequently, you can set it as the default. When you change the default transition setting, you change the default for all projects. Changing the default transition doesn’t affect transitions already applied to sequences.

If you are preparing to add clips to a sequence and you know you want to apply the default transition to most or all of the clips, consider using the Automate To Sequence command, which can put the default video and audio transition between all the clips it adds. See Add clips to a sequence automatically.

Add the default transition between clips

  1. Click a track header to target the track where you want to add the transition.
  2. Position the current‑time indicator at the edit point where the two clips meet. You can use the Next Edit and Previous Edit buttons in the Program Monitor.
  3. Choose Sequence > Apply Video Transition or Sequence > Apply Audio Transition, depending on the target track.
    Note: You can add the default video transition between clips in a video track by pressing Ctrl+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS). You can add the default audio transition between two clips in an audio track by pressing Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows) or Command+Shift+D (Mac OS).

Specify a default transition

  1. Choose Window > Effects and expand the Video Transitions or Audio Transitions bin.
  2. Select the transition that you want to make the default.
  3. Click the Menu button for the Effects panel.
  4. From the Effects panel menu, choose Set Selected As Default Transition.

Set the duration of the default transition

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Edit > Preferences > General.

    • Click the Effects panel menu button. Choose Default Transition Duration.

  2. Change the value for the Video Transition Default Duration or Audio Transition Default Duration, and then click OK.