Transitions overview

Explore video, audio, and VR transitions to create professional videos.

A transition is an effect added between pieces of media to create an animated link between them. Transitions are used to move a scene from one shot to the next. Premiere Pro provides a list of transitions that you can apply to a sequence. A transition can be a subtle crossfade or a stylized effect.

A transition is a visual effect placed between media clips to smoothly animate the change from one to the next.

Different transitions available in Premiere Pro are as follows:

• Audio transitions
• Video transitions
• VR transitions

By default, placing one clip next to another in the Timeline panel results in a cut, where the last frame of one clip is followed by the first frame of the next. Transitions are usually placed on a cut line between shots. You can also apply a transition only to the beginning or end of a clip.

Before you apply a transition, trim the clips. Then, apply the transition. The more you trim, the more availability of frames you can use in the transition.