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Other creative transitions

Other creative transitions - Premiere Pro Tutorial

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Other creative transitions

- As you can see by just perusing through Adobe Premiere Pro's transition effects there are dozens of options for how to transition from one shot to another. However, beyond the basic dissolve and maybe the wipe, both of which aren't even used very often today, any one particular type of transition is actually pretty rare. That's because transition effects are often seen as hokey or amateur. They're usually not good storytelling devices and they're nearly always unnecessary. It's usually far better to use a straight cut then to add a transition effect. That's not to say that there aren't loads of creative transition options at your disposal. You just need to properly plan for them in the scriptwriting and production phases. I want to start by calling out perhaps my favorite creative edit of all time from "Lawrence of Arabia". And this is actually just a simple hard cut from one shot to the other but it's how it's…

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