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Add Transitions

Adding transitions to your video helps to improve its flow. You can apply transitions to single clips or in between all of the clips on the timeline in Filmora for Mac. You can add a transition to the start (prefix transition) or the end (postfix transition) of any video or image on the timeline, or add transitions between clips.

Step 1: Preview Transitions

Click into the Transitions tab to see the available transitions. Double-click on transitions you'd like to preview.

Step 2: Apply Transitions

Method 1: Once you find a transition you want to use in your project, drag and drop it to the desired location on the timeline.

Method 2: Instead of dragging and dropping a transition you can also place the playhead at the exact spot on the timeline where you want to add a transition, right-click on a transition you want to add, and select Apply.

Step 3: Apply to All

You can also use the Apply to all option if you would like to add the same transition to all video clips in your project. To add a random transition to all video clips, choose Random to All.

Step 4: Delete Transitions

To delete a transition, highlight it and click the Delete button in the toolbar above Timeline, or press Delete key on the keyboard.

Step 5: Favorite Transitions

If you especially love a transition, you can add it to Favorite by right clicking transition in the list and selecting "Add to Favorites" from the menu.

Modify Transitions

Filmora offers many types of transitions and the ability to customise the properties of the transitions.

Step 1: Open the edit menu

To do that, you can right-click on the transition on the timeline, and a small menu will pop up.

Step 2: Change the Duration

You can right-click on the transition you've added and select Duration from the menu. Change the duration in the pop-up Duration Settings window and Click OK to apply the change.

Alternatively, once you've added a transition to the timeline, you can alter its duration by dragging one of its edges in the timeline.

The default duration of all Transitions is 2 seconds. Select Preferences under the Wondershare Filmora menu to change the default duration and switch to the Editing Tab. Find the “Transition Duration” and enter the new duration. This will become the new default duration for all transitions in your project.

Step 3: Transition Mode

You can also change more options of the transition by selecting Show properties. You can also select a Transition Mode in this menu to determine how your transition will sit between the clips. You can choose from Overlap, Prefix, and Postfix.

Step 4: Batch Apply Transitions

Once you've added a transition to your video clip within the timeline, you can now batch apply a single transition to the video with a define duration. After adding one transition across the timeline, set the "Transition Mode" and "Duration" before selecting "Apply to All" button.

Click on “Apply to All”

Step 5: Randomly Apply Transitions to Selected Clips

Wondershare Filmora now allows you to randomly apply a selected set of transitions to your video clips. For that, select the video clips across which you wish to apply the transitions and navigate to the "Downloads" sub-section in the "Mine" category of the "Transitions" tab.

With the selected clips, press the "CTRL" button on your keyboard and select the transitions you want to apply. Right-click after the selection and press the "Random to Selected Clips" button to apply the transitions.

Click on "Random to Selected Clips"