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Specify and apply default transitions



You can specify a video transition and an audio transition as default transitions and quickly apply them between clips in a sequence. A red outline marks default transition icons in the Effects panel. Cross Dissolve and Constant Power Crossfade are preset as the video and audio default transitions.

If you use another transition more frequently, you can set it as the default. When you change the default transition setting, you change the default for all projects. Changing the default transition doesn’t affect transitions already applied to sequences.

If you want to apply the default transition to most or all of the clips in a sequence, consider using the Automate To Sequence command. Automate To Sequence places the default video and audio transition between all the clips it adds. See Add clips to a sequence automatically.

Specify a default transition

  1. Choose Window > Effects and expand the Video Transitions or Audio Transitions bin.
  2. Select the transition that you want to make the default.
  3. Click the Menu button for the Effects panel.
  4. From the Effects panel menu, choose Set Selected As Default Transition.

Set the duration of the default transition

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Edit > Preferences > General.

    • Click the Effects panel menu button. Choose Default Transition Duration.

  2. Change the value for the Video Transition Default Duration or Audio Transition Default Duration, and then click OK.

Add the default transition between two clips

You can apply the default transition to adjoining pairs of clips on one or more tracks

  1. Click one or more track headers to target the tracks where you want to add the transition.
  2. Position the current‑time indicator at the edit point where the pair or pairs of clips meet. To navigate to an edit point, you can click the Go To Next Edit Point and Go To Previous Edit Point buttons in the Program Monitor.
  3. Choose Sequence > Apply Video Transition or Sequence > Apply Audio Transition, depending on the target tracks.
    Note: You can add the default video transition between clips in a video track by pressing Ctrl+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS). You can add the default audio transition between two clips in an audio track by pressing Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows) or Command+Shift+D (Mac OS).

Apply default transitions between selected clips

You can apply the default video and audio transitions to any selection of two or more clips. The default transitions are applied to every edit point where two selected clips touch. The placement does not depend upon the position of the current-time indicator or on whether the clips lie on targeted tracks. The default transitions are not applied where a selected clip touches a non-selected clip or no clip at all.

  1. In the Timeline, select two or more clips. Shift-click clips, or draw a marquee over them, to select them.
  2. Select Sequence > Apply Default Transitions To Selection.