

What: pre-made templates with stylized text, graphics, and backgrounds that you can customize

You can copy/paste the same transition to other places in your timeline.You can change the duration of a transition by dragging the transition’s endpoint in the timeline.Most of the time you want the “between” clip alignment.Use sparingly you don’t need something for every clip.Why: fade a video in/out, apply special effects (Probably won’t use this one) Video transitions What: makes it easier to trim video to line up with audio (make the trim “snap” to certain time value) What: trimming and splitting clips so you can move and place them to tell your story Beat marker Click the scissor icon in the time line (Ctrl-K shortcut).Why: turn a long clip into two clips based on a split point The trailing clips will shift down automatically. Drag to the left until you get to the CTI.

Enter the desired ending time marker in the CTI (current time indicator).Time to get into the weeds of video editing, working with audio, applying special effects, and sharing your work! Common video editing Ripple trim edit A picture (or video!) is worth more than words here. If you don’t have Pluralsight, you can find tutorials for the topics covered below on YouTube. This post is a reference of sorts to share some of the things I learned about video editing.Īgain, if you want to see Premiere in action, I highly recommend Kelsey Brannan’s course Premiere Elements Fundamentals. In the previous post we got started with Adobe Premiere Elements.
