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Creative tools

Transitions

Apply a transition to a cut and adjust its style, duration, placement, easing, and direction.

Apply a transition

  1. Open Library and choose Transitions.
  2. Drag a transition card onto a cut between two adjacent clips — or select a valid cut and click a card.
  3. Select the transition on the timeline to open the Transition section in Properties.

Choose a look

Cards are grouped by category: Basic, Dissolve, Motion, Wipe, Slide, Flip, Mask, Iris, Shape, Light, and Chromatic.

  • Dissolve styles range from a plain Cross Dissolve to Additive, Blur, and Dip To Color variants.
  • Motion and custom styles include Flip, Light Leak, Pixelate, Chromatic, Radial Blur, Glitch, and Sparkles.
  • Directional styles such as Wipe, Slide, and Flip appear as several cards, one per direction.

Adjust a transition

ControlWhat it does
PresetSwap the transition style without redoing the cut.
DurationSet how long the transition runs; reset returns it to 1 second.
PlacementCenter on the cut, or shift the transition before or after it.
EaseLinear, In, Out, or In and Out.
DirectionLeft, Right, Top, or Bottom, for directional styles.

When a transition will not apply