Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 149)

144 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Applying transitions
Last updated 8/12/2010
Adjust alignment for a transition
❖ In the Timeline, select the transition and do any of the following:
• Position the current-time indicator over the transition, and then zoom in so that you can clearly see the
transition. Drag the transition over the cut to reposition it.
• In the Transitions view, click the Edit Transition button. In the Properties mini-timeline, position the pointer over
the center of the transition until the Slide Transition icon
appears; then drag the transition as desired. For finer
control, zoom in on the timeline. (If the mini-timeline in the Properties view is hidden, click Show Timeline.)
• In the Transitions view, click the Edit Transition button. In the Properties view, choose an option from the
Alignment menu.
Move a cut and transition together
You can adjust the location of the cut in the Properties view. Moving the cut changes the In and Out points of the clips
but does not affect the length of the movie. As you move the cut, the transition moves with it.
Note: You can’t move the cut beyond the end of a clip. If both clips do not have trimmed frames extending beyond the cut,
you cannot reposition the cut.
1 Click the transition in the Timeline.
2 In the Transitions view, click the Edit Transition button.
3 If the mini-timeline in the Properties view is hidden, click Show Timeline.
4 In the Properties mini-timeline, position the pointer over the transition, placing it on the thin vertical line that
marks the cut. The pointer changes to the Ripple Edit icon .
5 Drag the cut as desired. (You can’t move the cut beyond either end of the clip.)
Adjust transition duration
You can edit a transition’s duration by simply dragging the end of the transition in either the Timeline or the
Properties view.
❖ Select the transition in the Timeline and do one of the following:
• Position the pointer over the end of the transition until the Trim-In icon or the Trim-Out icon appears.
• Select the transition to display it in the Properties view. (If the mini-timeline in the Properties view is hidden, click
Show Timeline.) In the Properties mini-timeline, position the pointer over the transition until the Trim-In icon or
the Trim-Out icon appears; then drag.
• In the Transitions view, click the Edit Transition button. In the Properties view, drag the Duration value, or select
it and type a new value.
Note: Lengthening a transition’s duration requires that one or both clips have enough trimmed frames to accommodate
a longer transition.
Set a default duration for transitions
The default duration for transitions is initially set to 30 frames for video and 1 second for audio. You can change the
default duration to a value that better suits your movies. Although the new setting has no effect on transitions already
placed in the movie, all transitions you subsequently place will default to this value.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
2 Change the value for the Video Transition Default Duration or Audio Transition Default Duration; then click OK.