In the Effects Panel, hit the Stopwatch next to Blurriness to start keyframing the effect. Drag and drop the Blur effect onto the second footage clip of the swans.ĥ. In the Effects panel, type in Gaussian Blur.Ģ. The transition is basically done but let’s add one last effect to smooth it out. That will fade out the strong colors and leave you with a touch of hue to make the transition more interesting. In Effect Controls, scroll down to the 4-Color Gradient effect.Ģ1. Click and drag that onto the sequence.Ģ0. We’ll add a bit of color to the effect to make it a bit more visually interesting.ġ8. Shift-Click to select all three keyframes.ġ6. Finally we’ll move the Playhead to the middle of the sequence, 00 00 02 11. Hit the Stopwatch to add another keyframe at that point.ġ0. Hit the Stopwatch next to Radius to start keyframes.ĩ. In the Effect Controls panel, scroll down to the new Circle effect you’ve applied.Ĥ. Click and drag the Circle effect onto the Circle Transition sequence.ģ. Now we’ll be adding effects to the new sequence. Click the left side of the Swans footage.

Click and drag the footage back to 00 00 02 11.ġ4. Now, click on the farthest right side of the River footage.ġ3. Click on the new sequence and drag it up to the V3 line on the Timeline.ġ2. Name the new sequence Circle Transition.ġ1. Click on Nest to make a new nested sequence.ġ0. Select both new footage clips with Shift+Click.ĩ. With the Razor tool still active, click where the Playhead line meets the footage again to divide up the second clip.ħ. Click right where the Playhead line meets the footage clip to divide it up.ĥ. Ok, so the first thing we’re doing is moving the Playhead to 00 00 01 00 on the Timeline.ģ. We’ll finish off with a Gaussian Blur effect on the last footage clip to make the whole transition smooth and seamless.ġ. After that, we’re adding a 4-Color Gradient to add some fun colors and altering the settings to get the look just right. We’ll replace the cut-out footage parts, of course, and use the new nested sequence to apply the Circle effect. The first thing we’ll be doing is cutting out bits of footage to make a nested sequence. You should end up with a Premiere Pro Circle Transition folder. After the download has finished, be sure to unzip the file if it hasn’t been done for you.

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