Adding Transitions Between Clips

Overview

Transitions create smooth visual effects between adjacent clips on your timeline. Instead of a hard cut, you can crossfade, slide, blur, or use other effects to make your video flow naturally.

Adding a Transition

  1. Right-click on a clip in the timeline.
  2. Hover over Add Transition.
  3. Choose a transition type from the menu.
  4. A yellow diamond badge appears between the clips to show the transition is active.

Editing a Transition

Click the yellow diamond badge between two clips to open the transition editor. From there you can:

  • Change the type — pick from the visual grid of available transitions.
  • Adjust the duration — use the slider to set how long the transition lasts (0.1s to 10s). Default is 1 second.
  • Remove it — click the red Remove button at the bottom, or right-click the badge and select Remove Transition.

Available Transitions

  • Crossfade — The outgoing clip fades out while the incoming clip fades in. The most natural and commonly used transition.
  • Dip to Black — Fades to black at the midpoint, then fades in to the next clip.
  • Dip to White — Same as above but fades through white instead of black.
  • Blur Dissolve — Both clips blur slightly at the midpoint while crossfading, creating a dreamy transition.
  • Zoom Dissolve — The outgoing clip zooms in slightly while fading, giving a sense of forward motion.
  • Slide Left / Slide Right — One clip slides off-screen while the next slides in from the opposite side.
  • Push — The incoming clip pushes the outgoing clip off to the left, like swiping between pages.

Tips

  • Transitions work best at 0.5–2 seconds. Very short transitions look like glitches, very long ones can feel slow.
  • You can use different transition types between different clips in the same project.
  • The transition preview in the editor shows the effect in real time as you play through it.
  • Exported video uses GPU-accelerated Metal rendering for perfectly smooth transitions.