How to Create a Gradient Transition Wipe

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A “transition” in Adobe Premiere Pro is an effect that either “fades” or “wipes” your clips from one to the next. For most edits in a project, you will likely use simple cuts between clips otherwise your video would seem too chaotic. But in some special cases, depending on the type of video you are editing, you may want to do something more elegant, like creating a Gradient Wipe. Here is how to do it.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Adobe Premiere Pro
Digitized video footage
Black-and-white image

Step1

You will be using a grayscale image to create a Gradient Wipe transition. This sort of transition uses the black area of an image, with each level of gray progressively becoming lighter until the white area is transparent, showing the second clip underneath.

Step2

Go to the "Effects" panel and expand the arrow next to Video Transitions, and go to the Wipe bin.

Step3

Click on the "Gradient Wipe" transition and drag it to your edit point between the two clips in the Timeline panel.

Step4

In your Effects panel, click on “Custom” and then “Select Image.” Navigate to the image you want to use and double-click on it. The image you selected will appear in the Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box. Click OK.

Step5

You can now adjust the softness or hardness of the transition image’s edges by dragging the Softness slider to the left (for less transparency) or to the right (for more transparency.) Click OK when you have completed your adjustments.

Tips & Warnings

When you are ready to preview the transition, you can drag the current-time indicator through the Timeline panel over the area with your Image Transition.