It's uber easy to do in WMM, but I'm having a hard time figuring it out with Premiere.
All the tutorials I can find deal with more complex stuff. Apparently what I'm trying to do is common knowledge.
I'm just trying to blend two clips together.
How would I go about doing this? I'm assuming it's got something to do with the blend effect, but it doesn't do anything in the preview.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A Simple Blend in Adobe Premiere 6.5
- Majin Brett
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- Brad
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When you say "blend together", do you mean fade from one to another (or, cross dissolve)? If so, there are a couple ways to do it.
If you're doing AB editing (you have 3 tracks on your timeline labeled Video 1A, Transition, and Video 1B), you set one clip into Video 1A, and the next clip in Video 1B. You want the two to overlap eachother for the duration of the fade. Then, from the Transitions panel, you drag a Cross Dissolve to the transitions layer, and it will snap into place between where the 2 clips overlap.
Personally, I don't like AB editing and rarely ever use transitions. I prefer the other method, which is using the rubber bands.
If you don't have one already, create a new video track in your timeline (right click on the left section of your timeline and select Add Video Track). You should have a Video 2 and a Video 3 track in your timeline. Place one clip on Video 2, and then the other on Video 3 overlapping Video 2 where you want the fade to be. Then, click the little arrow next to the Video 3 text on the left of the timeline window. This should expand the height of the Video 3 track, and there will be a red line running along the block of video. Click the red line at the point where you want the fade to end (the end of the clip in Video 2). Then, click the point at the beginning of the red line, and drag it down as far as it will go. Basically, the red line represents the level of opacity (or, how transparent it is). So, you're basically creating an angle in that red line, so the opacity goes from 0% to 100% over the course of the line. Do a preview of your movie and you'll see it in action.
If you're doing AB editing (you have 3 tracks on your timeline labeled Video 1A, Transition, and Video 1B), you set one clip into Video 1A, and the next clip in Video 1B. You want the two to overlap eachother for the duration of the fade. Then, from the Transitions panel, you drag a Cross Dissolve to the transitions layer, and it will snap into place between where the 2 clips overlap.
Personally, I don't like AB editing and rarely ever use transitions. I prefer the other method, which is using the rubber bands.
If you don't have one already, create a new video track in your timeline (right click on the left section of your timeline and select Add Video Track). You should have a Video 2 and a Video 3 track in your timeline. Place one clip on Video 2, and then the other on Video 3 overlapping Video 2 where you want the fade to be. Then, click the little arrow next to the Video 3 text on the left of the timeline window. This should expand the height of the Video 3 track, and there will be a red line running along the block of video. Click the red line at the point where you want the fade to end (the end of the clip in Video 2). Then, click the point at the beginning of the red line, and drag it down as far as it will go. Basically, the red line represents the level of opacity (or, how transparent it is). So, you're basically creating an angle in that red line, so the opacity goes from 0% to 100% over the course of the line. Do a preview of your movie and you'll see it in action.
- godix
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Actually instead of cross disolve I think he's just talking a bout having a semi-transparent overlay. In which case put the clip you want to be solid on track 2 and the clip you want to be semi tranparent on track 3 then change the transparency of the track 3 clip to whatever you need (using the red line that AtomX talked about).
- Majin Brett
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That worked perfect. Thanks a bunch.AtomX wrote: Personally, I don't like AB editing and rarely ever use transitions. I prefer the other method, which is using the rubber bands.
If you don't have one already, create a new video track in your timeline (right click on the left section of your timeline and select Add Video Track). You should have a Video 2 and a Video 3 track in your timeline. Place one clip on Video 2, and then the other on Video 3 overlapping Video 2 where you want the fade to be. Then, click the little arrow next to the Video 3 text on the left of the timeline window. This should expand the height of the Video 3 track, and there will be a red line running along the block of video. Click the red line at the point where you want the fade to end (the end of the clip in Video 2). Then, click the point at the beginning of the red line, and drag it down as far as it will go. Basically, the red line represents the level of opacity (or, how transparent it is). So, you're basically creating an angle in that red line, so the opacity goes from 0% to 100% over the course of the line. Do a preview of your movie and you'll see it in action.