Advanced Editing Techniques: Transitions
Lesson 58 from: Adobe Premiere Pro CC Video Editing: The Complete GuideAbba Shapiro
Advanced Editing Techniques: Transitions
Lesson 58 from: Adobe Premiere Pro CC Video Editing: The Complete GuideAbba Shapiro
Lesson Info
58. Advanced Editing Techniques: Transitions
Summary (Generated from Transcript)
The instructor discusses advanced editing techniques in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, specifically focusing on transitions. He demonstrates how to apply default transitions to both video and audio, as well as how to apply transitions separately to the video or audio. The instructor also mentions the importance of recording room tone and using audio transitions to create smooth transitions between audio clips. He concludes by troubleshooting an issue with applying audio transitions to long sound bites.
Q&A:
How do you apply the default transition in Adobe Premiere Pro CC?
You can apply the default transition by selecting the edit point and pressing Shift D.
Can you apply transitions separately to the video and audio?
Yes, you can apply transitions separately by using the keyboard shortcut Command D (Ctrl D on Windows) for video transitions and Shift Command D (Shift Ctrl D on Windows) for audio transitions.
What are the default durations for video and audio transitions?
The duration of transitions is set in the Preferences menu under General. The default duration can be adjusted for both video and audio transitions.
Why is it important to record room tone?
Recording room tone allows for a smooth transition between audio clips and helps avoid abrupt changes in sound. Room tone can be used to fill in gaps or create a consistent background presence in the audio.
How can you troubleshoot issues with applying audio transitions to long sound bites?
Zooming in on the timeline and ensuring that the transition duration is appropriate for the length of the sound bite can help troubleshoot issues with applying audio transitions.
Lessons
Understanding Editing: Bootcamp Overview
07:25 2Understanding Editing: Overview
25:25 3Understanding Editing: Video Examples
25:07 4Tour The Interface: Digital Video Workflow
16:38 5Tour The Interface: Project Panel
12:28 6Tour The Interface: Choosing Your Shot
07:18 7Tour The Interface: Music And Voice Over
10:31 8Tour The Interface: Video Tracks
05:26Tour The Interface: Edit Markers
08:46 10Building a Rough Cut: Cut Planning
21:46 11Building a Rough Cut: Selecting Media
25:01 12Building a Rough Cut: The Edit
30:50 13Building a Rough Cut: Edit Points
13:43 14Refining Your Edit: Preparation
10:29 15Refining Your Edit: Making Cuts
25:19 16Refining Your Edit: Using Markers
16:31 17Refining Your Edit: J and L Cuts
15:57 18Refining Your Edit: Replace Edit
05:04 19Working with Audio: Overview
17:43 20Working with Audio: Levels
13:36 21Working with Audio: Music
10:00 22Working with Audio: Mixing And Syncing
14:50 23Transitions: Overview
13:44 24Transitions: Effect Controls
09:31 25Filters & Effects: Overview
18:05 26Filters & Effects: Using Multiple Filters
22:18 27Motion & Animation: Motion And Animation Overview
09:40 28Motion & Animation: Movement With Still Images
26:56 29Motion & Animation: Picture In Picture
10:57 30Motion & Animation: Motion Effects
17:08 31Titling & Graphics: Overview
27:11 32Titling & Graphics: Advanced Tools
11:03 33Titling & Graphics: Roll And Crawl Effects
08:01 34Titling & Graphics: Working With Photoshop
12:17 35Speed Changes: Overview
21:12 36Speed Changes: Stills And Variable Speeds
06:23 37Color Correction: Overview
07:39 38Color Correction: Lumetri Scopes
11:32 39Color Correction: Contrast
21:37 40Color Correction: Advanced Tools
15:12 41Color Correction: Adjusting To A Master Clip
07:45 42Finishing: Prepping for Output
14:53 43Finishing: QC Edit Points
24:56 44Sharing & Exporting: Overview
29:05 45Sharing & Exporting: Size And Quality
24:46 46Ingesting Media:
28:39 47Ingesting Media: Transferring And Importing
31:15 48Media Management & Archiving
26:10 49Multi-Camera Editing: Overview
14:26 50Multi-Camera Editing: Creating A Sequence
20:04 51Multi-Camera Editing: Switching Multiple Cameras
15:31 52Multi-Camera Editing: Finalizing
12:37 53Creating Timelapses: Shooting Strategies
18:04 54Creating Timelapses: Editing Images
14:21 55Creating Timelapses: Importing Strategies
18:47 56Creating Timelapses: Animation
05:58 57Advanced Editing Techniques: Take Command Of Your Timeline
22:36 58Advanced Editing Techniques: Transitions
07:57 59Advanced Editing Techniques: Keyboard Shortcuts
12:00 60Advanced Editing Techniques: Preference Hacks
21:15 61Thinking Like an Editor: Editing Choices
31:55 62Thinking Like an Editor: Telling the Story
23:50 63Special Tools: Warp Stabilizer
17:59 64Special Tools: Morph Cut
06:56 65Special Tools: Green Screen
20:16Lesson Info
Advanced Editing Techniques: Transitions
Let's talk a little bit more about transitions. We learned, and I'm gonna go put the transitions, I guess, between some of these video clips. So I'm gonna use the Z key. We learned that earlier on. I use Z and I can select this range and now we're zoomed in. And I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna put a transition here. And one of the things we learned is that to apply the default transition it's Shift D, as a matter of fact, you know what, I am going to explore that with a clip that has both video and audio. So I wanna actually use one of the interview bites. Cause I wanna show you this, I'm gonna drag this out, so you can actually see this in place. So I have two clips next to each other. And if I go ahead and I select the edit point and I hit Shift D, which was our default transition, with a dissolve, it will put the dissolve on both the video and the audio. As opposed to one or the other. It automatically assumes, you want your video and your audio to have a dissolve if you use Shift ...
D. But what you also can do is you can use is if you just want to apply the video transition it's Command D, it's Ctrl D on Windows. So I'm gonna go ahead and undo that. If I have this selected, even though both are selected, I can hit Command D and it just puts the transition on the video. If, it's Ctrl, by the way, on Windows, if I just wanna apply the audio transition, it's again Ctrl, but now I'm shifting that from the video to the audio. So to shift it from the video to audio, it's Shift Command D, okay. And think D as dissolve, instead of obviously T for transition. But Shift D, Shift Command D, or Shift Ctrl D. And these are your default transitions. Default, think dissolve, think default. But those are the keyboard shortcuts that you would need. Now, when I do the traditional Shift D, the original video and audio, let me make sure that I have the right edit point selected, I do want to point out, doesn't let me put that there cause I already had a transition. Undo, undo, undo. There we go, zoom in, be more accurate. Talk to myself. Okay Shift D. The video and audio transitions don't necessarily have to, and possibly will not be the same duration. Because remember, the duration of your transitions is set in your Preferences. So you can do these separately. So if I look in my Preferences under General, I can choose the default duration of my video as well as my audio transitions. And talking a little bit about transitions, we did a whole section on it, but I do want to point out, you know, so I might have my video, usually my video is usually a half second, 15 frames; audio varies, and I use audio transitions for a couple of things. One, sometimes just I want a smooth transition between one cut of music and another cut of music. Another time is if I'm going and I'm editing and I have, cutting a narration up and I have quiet areas, I may want to fade it down so I don't hear an abrupt stop to the room tone. Because if you listen quietly whenever you're in any room, a room has a presence. And as a matter of fact, one good rule of thumb in production, and you'll see this sometimes when you're looking at somebody else's footage, is you record what's called room tone at the beginning and the end of the interview, or whatever you shoot and the reason you do it at both the beginning and the end is that the tone sometimes changes, and now you have something you can put in a separate audio track. And if you're cutting in and out of an interview, the room tone doesn't go away because you have, not artificial, but you've already recorded it so the presence stays the same rather they're talking or not. You don't have that sudden lack of sound. It's amazing how sensitive our ears are to hearing no noise. You can hear a hiccup of a 30th of a second if a frame is missing, you pull something apart, as like a hiccup of sound. So putting in some room tone is very useful. And it's important when you record room tone, that you actually record it right before or after the interview with everybody in place. Because we absorb and bounce sound very differently then when the room is empty. So you'll see in footage, and you can do this, is a lot of times you'll aim the camera at the microphone. So when you're scrubbing through you know it's room tone. And you say room tone and everybody stops for a minute and you just record with nobody moving, and then you do that at the end. And now you have something that you can use if you need to clean up your audio. And it's a very good tool. So a lot of times I'll put on maybe a four second soft audio dissolve and I may select all of my narration bites and literally throw on dissolves at beginning and the end just so they kind of are not as abrupt. It's a soft cut for audio. So, knowing that you can change that before you put it on can be very useful, so in reality I may go, Frames, and I may go just give me, you know, a six frame dissolve for my audio. Make sure I hit okay, this is why I have a tendency to change these when teaching and then hit cancel and wonder why they're not working for me. There we go, there we go, boom. So if I have points here where the audio doesn't touch, I could just select it all. Remember the keyboard shortcut, you're shifting from the video to the audio, so it's Shift Command Default. So that's an audio only, boom. If zoom in, if luck is with me, it should have put some transitions on here. Let's see if it did. Did I hit the right key? I love when I do something and it doesn't work. Let us think about this, it might be a drag and drop requirement. I thought we could do it this way, I may have to do this by a drag and drop. Sometimes I get fooled by this and people love when I make mistakes So I try to do it often. And with style. Okay, Effects, I wanna do a audio dissolve, Audio Effects, Audio Transitions, there we go. I'm doing constant power. Drag and drop on all these selected clips. Let's see if it worked there. Not sure why it's not working, I'll have to check on that, I wanna keep moving forward. Could be, did I have an end of clip, that should have worked, doesn't let me, and this is where you can go down a, ah. Brain sometimes works, let's try this, and I'll tell you what I did. Shift Command D. Oh come one. I just selected all of my edit points, you should have worked. Okay, we'll try it one more time and then I will punt and move forward. Gotta figure that one out. By the way, if I wanted to select all those edit points, instead of lassoing this way, I held down the Command key, and now I selected all my edit points as of selecting all of my clips. It's stills being kinda difficult. You know what it might be? It might be that these are long sound bites. And I just put in a dissolve that's 1/5th of a second and I wasn't patient enough to zoom all the way in. So it might have done that. Should I take a look and see if I'm vindicated, or if I'm just making stuff up. Okay, let's go ahead, we're gonna do Shift Command D this, make sure it's there. (exaggerated laughter) I wasn't, well maybe I am crazy, but it did work. So glad I figured that out as I was tap dancing. So yes, there you've learned a couple of techniques, and you've learned that you need to zoom in when you have really big sound bites and you're putting in a fifth of a second audio dissolve.
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