Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 147)

142 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Applying transitions
Last updated 8/12/2010
2 In the Transitions view in the Tasks panel, click the Edit Transition button.
3 In the Properties view, click Custom. The Image Mask Settings dialog box appears.
4 In the Image Mask Settings dialog box, click Select Image.
5 Locate and select the image file you want to use, click Open, and then click OK.
Create a Gradient Wipe transition
Adobe Premiere Elements can use any importable grayscale image as a gradient wipe. In a gradient wipe, the second
clip fills the black area of the grayscale image and then shows through each level of gray as the transition progresses
until the white area becomes transparent. When you create a Gradient Wipe transition, you can specify the softness of
the transition’s edges.
Gradient wipe source image (far left) and resulting transition
Apply a Gradient Wipe transition
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 Wipe from the second menu.
3 Drag the Gradient Wipe transition to a cut between clips in the Timeline.
4 In the Transitions view, click the Edit Transition button.
5 In Properties view, click Custom. The Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box appears.
6 In the Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box, click Select Image.
7 Locate and select the image file you want to use in the transition, and click Open. The image appears in the Gradient
Wipe Settings dialog box.
8 Adjust the softness of the transition’s edges by dragging the Softness slider. As you drag the slider to the right, the
first clip increasingly shows through the second clip. Click OK.
Change the image for a Gradient Wipe transition
1 Select the transition in the Timeline.
2 In the Transitions view, click the Edit Transition button.
3 In the Properties view, click Custom. The Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box appears.
4 In the Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box, click Select Image.
5 Locate and select the grayscale image file you want to use in the transition, and click Open. The image appears in
the Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box.
6 Adjust the softness of the transition’s edges by dragging the Softness slider. As you drag the slider to the right, the
first clip increasingly shows through the second clip. Click OK.