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Transitions

Transitions can tie the shots and clips together into a cohesive, polished video. Filmora has more than 500+ transitions to help you edit your videos better.

In this guide, you will learn how to find, add, adjust, remove, and favorite Filmora Transitions.

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Find Transition

Double-click on the app's desktop icon, and once the welcome window pops up on the screen click on the New Project option.

In the upper left corner of the editor's main window, you'll be able to see a few tabs, like Audio, Titles and Effects. Click on the Transitions tab.

Filmora Transitions
Filmora Transitions
 

Add Transitions

Method 1: Choose and Download the Transitions

Click the download button to download the transitions, it will cost you a seconds.

Download Transitions
Download Transitions
Method 2: Drag the Transition to the Timeline

Drag it to the beginning or end of a video clip or image in the timeline. You can also place the transition between the two videos.

Drag Transition to Timeline
Drag Transition to Timeline
Note:
In versions of Filmora 8 there is only one video track which you can use transitions on. In Filmora and above you can apply transitions to any video track.
 

Adjust Transitions

After dragging the transition to the timeline, you can double-click the transition to adjust the duration and the position. Usually, the default duration is 2 seconds.

2 Ways to Adjust the duration of the transition:

Method 1: Double-click the transition in the timeline and then enter a new duration.

Adjust transition duration
Adjust transition duration

Method 2: You can also click and drag the starting or ending point of the transition forwards or backwards within the video clip or image.

Drag start or end point
Drag starting or ending point
Note:
Trimming frames will make the transition work by default when a media piece is not long enough to accommodate a transition. If you don't want this to happen, double-click the transition in the timeline and un-tick the "Include Trimmed Frames" option.
choose to include trimmed frames
Choose to "Include Trimmed Frames"
To apply the same transition through your entire project:
Right-click on the transition you want to use and select "APPLY TO ALL". But note that this transition can only be applied for the duration which is mentioned adjacent to it.
choose to include trimmed frames
Apply to All
 

Remove Transitions

Method 1: Select the transition you want to remove from the timeline and hit the "Delete" button.

choose to include trimmed frames
Remove Transitions

Method 2: Or right-click on the transition in the timeline and select the "Delete" option from the menu.

choose to include trimmed frames
Remove Transitions
 

Favorite Transitions

Right-click on the transition in the Transitions menu and choose to Add to Favorites. Or you can also choose the transition as your requirement. You will see a "Star" shape on the top right. Click the "Star" into the red.

Add to favorites
Select "Add to favorites"

You can check your favorite transitions from the left drop-down list Mine- Favorites.

Click into red heart
Click on the star
 

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.

apply transition settings in batch
Click on "Apply to All"
 

Apply Selected Transitions Randomly Across 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.

select clip and randomly apply transitions
Click on "Random to Selected Clips"

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