Adobe

Premiere Pro 1.5
Adding Transitions

1. Open your project in premiere

2. In the project window, click the Effects tab                                                        

3. Five folders will appear;          presets,          audio effects,          audio transitions,          video effects, and          video transitions.
We will start with the video transitions, so click the video transitions folder. A series of subfolders will appear, each contain different types of transitions. To demonstrate how to add a simple transition to the timeline we are going to open the dissolve folder and click the Cross Dissolve transition. Click and drag the transition to the timeline, without releasing the mouse bring the pointer over the two clips; you should see a negative colored box appear where the effect will be placed. Release the mouse and the effect is applied to the timeline. Note that is the negative colored box does not appear, this may be because there may be a gap between the two clips. Zoom in on the timeline and make sure that there in no space between the two clips. Even a gap of 1 frame may cause premiere not to allow you to add the transition. All transitions are applied the same way; if a different transition is placed on top of another transition the new transition will overwrite the old transition. The best way to learn what the different transitions do is to experiment.