Adding Transitions > Using the Transitions palette
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Using the Transitions palette


Premiere includes over 75 transitions, which you choose from the Transitions palette. Within the palette, transitions are organized by type, in folders. Each transition is represented by an icon depicting how it works, where A is the first clip and B is the second. To help you choose, you can animate these icons and view brief descriptions. In addition, you can preview the transition effect with actual frames from the two clips involved in the transition; see Changing transition settings. You can also customize the Transitions palette to group transitions together in folders or hide transitions that you don't use often. The changes you make to a palette affect all projects.

To display the Transitions palette:

Choose Window > Show Transitions.

To view a description of a transition:

1 Display the Info palette, if necessary: choose Window > Show Info.

2 Select the transition in the Transitions palette. The description appears in the Info palette.

To customize the Transitions palette:
  • To animate the icons, choose Animate from the Transitions palette menu.
  • To stop icon animation, deselect Animate from the Transitions palette menu.
  • To hide all transitions within a folder, click the triangle next to the folder name to collapse the folder.
  • To hide selected transitions, select one or more transitions in the Transitions palette (Shift-click to select multiple transitions), and then choose Hide Selected from the Transitions palette menu.
  • To restore hidden transitions, choose Show Hidden from the Transitions palette menu. The hidden transition appears dimmed. To restore the transition, select it and choose Show Selected from the Transitions palette menu.
  • To reorder a transition in the palette, drag the transition up or down to a new location in its folder, or into another folder.
  • To reorder a folder in the palette, drag the folder to a new location. With large folders, collapse the folder first.
  • To create a new folder, click the New Folder button () or choose New Folder from the Transitions palette menu, type a name, and click OK. Drag transitions to the new folder.
  • To rename a folder, select it, choose Rename Folder from the Transitions palette menu, type a name, and click OK.
  • To delete a custom folder, select it, click the Delete Selection button () or choose Delete Folder from the Transitions palette menu, and click Yes. The folder is removed, and all included files are placed in their original folders and dimmed.

    • Note: If you delete a default folder, the folder and all its contents are dimmed.
  • To find a transition, click the Find button () or choose Find from the Transitions palette menu, type the name of the transition, and click Find. To find the next instance, click Find Again.
  • To expand all the folders in the palette so you can view all the transition names, choose Expand All Folders from the Transitions palette menu.
  • To collapse all the folders in the palette to preserve space or clean up the palette, choose Collapse All Folders in the Transitions palette menu.

    • Adding Transitions > Using the Transitions palette