Favourite transitions & Features

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phatramp

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Hi people hows it going - I've just started out on the editing side of things using Prem Pro & Prem 6.5. There are so many options on these programs for effects, transitions ect & I was kinda thinking what peoples favourite features are to make there footage/DVD's look cool.

Have a good day dvx users:thumbsup:
 
There's more to editing, as you will most certainly find than just adding a cool transition or effect, after all as many others have said, editing is an art form all by itself and is unique to cinema\television.


The quality of the footage (The content itself and the quality of the image) being edited is a first, then there's the editing options you make a.k.a what you cut and what you leave, the movie flow and lot more, effects and transions are just one of those but certainly not the primary ones.

One small suggestion I'd like to make is to forget that someone needs to be impressed by that effect or transition and try to look at your movie\clip as a whole. Remember your viewers need not be aware of specific effects being applied or certain transitions titles etc. But whether or not what they saw was good or not, had nice flow and kept them interested as a whole, this kind of recognition goes to a much higher, more substantial level than the occasional: "whoah nice title!" or: "Cool Effect"!

Happy edits.
 
Well, depending on what you are editing, I use dissolves almost exclusively. Both Cross Dissolve and Dip to black. I might get more crazy with effects when editing action sequences like when I did a stockcar race edit. Look at professional projects - like movies, commercials, programs on TV and see what they use - 99% of the time it is dissolves or nothing at all.
 
Yeah, I think the only time I would ever use a transition other than a straight cut or a cross dissolve (or dip to black) is if I was making an ironic joke of it. There's just no way to pass of a star wipe as serious.
 
If your effect makes someone say, "Wow, that was a cool effect!" you've failed. They quit paying attention to your story and started paying attention to your technique.
 
Wait. I LOVE Star Wipes, Cross Zooms, and TONS of Blind Wipes (the look like window blinds... friggin cool!) My favorite used to be the Curtain Wipe, but the whole Baby Einstein series started over using it and now people think I'm copying them. NOT

Star Wipe ROCKS!

Justin
 
I agree. Unless you're George Lucas, heavy use of fancy transitions looks amateurish and detracts from your story. Come to think of it, even if you ARE George Lucas, it looks amateurish and detracts from your story. :grin:

There's a time and place for the special transitions. As Overnight said, I tend to think of them in the context of comedy or a children's program. I have to confess that I always liked the imaginative transitions they used on the old TV series "Home Improvement" right before a commercial break.

-Dan
 
Watching Spike TV I noticed that they use a lot of transitions for the station logo. Lots of cube effects of rotation and movement - so it is still a creative choice.
 
soarprod said:
Look at professional projects - like movies, commercials, programs on TV and see what they use - 99% of the time it is dissolves or nothing at all.
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What TV are you watching? I can't recall a time where stations used so many effects transitions, not only for interstitial but in the program itself.

It mostly depends on what you're program is and who its for. You can have a lot of fun and be very creative with transitions just remember what a transition is for - to compress time. They have been used quite effectively in Home Improvment, all of the CSI's, sports shows etc..

There are no rules for this crap if it works, your having fun and people like it - do it. The best transitions are ones that the audience isn't even aware that you made it, alpha dissolves or additive mixes.

Try everything :laugh:
 
Hey people thanks for the replies - its interesting to get peoples views & also gives me help in editing being as I am new to it all. :thumbsup:
 
I just did this promotional video and I used some cool Transitions but that was mainly on part where It was suppose to be flashy. When people were doing interviews it was back to the dissolves and Dip to blacks
 
I say stick to the straight cuts, dissolves, and dips to black... or white, depending on the context... I haven't came across to many instances where anything else has been necessary or beneficial... Just my 2 cents.
 
Hi Ya'll,

I've been reading your thread & I do agree with the general consenus to keep those transitions to the minimum (esp. for long-form videos) so as not to draw attention to it by the audience. Most important is the story line.

I do however agree that really cool transitions that look more like special effects can be used if you're doing a short wedding video montage that can show off to your clients your creativity. These kinds of special effects transitons can also add a great deal of spice to normally boring shots.

Take a look at Walter's Outdoor Wedding Video Montage at :

http://www.4evergroup.org/artisticachievementawards.html

Look to the heading that says "WEDDING POST-CEREMONY PRODUCTION" & look for

"Diamond Winner
DMB Video Productions
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Walter Chelliah
Lam Wedding
<View Sample>"

Click on <View Sample> & the demo should start downloading. By far, it is the best wedding montage & the most creative wedding montage I've seen. Give me your views on it. Thanks. Oh, btw, the wedding montage was editted using Adobe Premiere 6.5, Pro & After Effects.

Andrew
 
Walter is a true enigma of a man......as is dMb. I've spent countless hours studying their work and I have often been brought to a tear in awe of what I am witnessing.
 
yah most effects should come out in short clips or trailers...not in your feature.
right now i'm editing a extreme sportbike film, the effects that i'm using are
dip to black, slide and fade. Lots of different color correction tho!
But for short 15second segments or whatever, to make it snappy and hip and fun, just go nuts, if thats what will make it work obvouisly. :D
THe way i see it its, serious **** doesnt need effects cuz that will no doubt distract you from the story, but for funny stuff, go wild!
 
wipes can be used if they are used correctly... for example

if you're image directs the eye to the left side of the frame... you can wipe from left to right and since the viewer was watching the right side of the screen the wipe becomes invisible like a normal cut almost... so when using transitions like that be conscious of how it directs the eye
 
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