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Apply morph cut to smoothen jump cuts

Last updated on Jun 24, 2025

Learn how to apply Morph Cut in Premiere Pro to polish interviews by smoothing out jump cuts between sound bites.

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Before you begin

Import media and create a sequence. The sequence should ideally have a single talking head and a static background.

Set In and Out points on the Timeline to select the part of the clip that you want to remove.

You can remove clips from your sequence in different ways, like lift and extract, delete, and ripple-delete. Repeat this step for all portions of the clip that you want to remove.

In the Effects panel, select Video Transitions > Dissolve > Morph Cut and drag the effect to the edit point between clips in the Timeline.

Note:

To avoid lip sync problems, apply Morph Cut between places where the last or first words of the speech peak. You can also use audio waveforms to help identify areas with a natural pause and make your cuts there.

After you apply the Morph Cut effect, the clip’s analysis begins immediately in the background. As analysis begins, an Analyzing in background banner in the Program Monitor shows it's in progress.

The Program Monitor displays an Analyzing in background banner over the video. The Timeline panel shows the Morph Cut effect applied between multiple clips. — Apply the Morph Cut transition and double-click the effect in the Timeline panel to set the transition duration.

You can continue to work with the footage or elsewhere in the project while the analysis occurs.

After analysis is complete, a symmetrical transition is created, centered at the edit point. The transition duration matches the default of 30 frames specified for Video Transition Default Duration. You can change the default duration using the Preferences dialog.

If the lip movements and voice are not exactly in sync or the results are not satisfactory, change the In and Out points or adjust the duration of the transition.

Note:

A typical transition duration that works well is about 10-20 frames.
Every time you make changes to a selected Morph Cut or even undo a change, Premiere Pro retriggers a new analysis. However, you don’t need to delete any previously analyzed data.

Morph Cut overview

Morph Cut transition options

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