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Video transitions

Each one, played between real shots

Studio's ten transition options play here in turn, cut between three real clips.

Add transitions in Studio

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  • 10 transition options
  • 10 to 120 frames on the slider
  • An entry and an exit per clip

None

A plain cut. The next shot starts on the next frame.

Wok fire to Rally car

Transition

Pick one to replay it

Types of video transitions13 types, and how to get each

Studio's ten options make six of them, since a slide, a zoom and a swirl each come in several directions. Three more come from how you cut, three are generated, and one isn't in Studio. The moving tiles play Studio's transitions on frames from the clips above.

Built into Studio

Pick it in the Transitions panel. It works on clips, photos, GIFs, text and shapes.

  • Cut

    One shot ends and the next starts on the very next frame.

    Most of any edit. Keep the cut when the two shots already flow.

    Place the clips end to end. The None option is a cut.

  • Dissolve

    The next shot fades in over the last one, so both show for a moment.

    Good for time passing, a change of place or a softer mood.

    Overlap the next clip on the track above and give it a Fade entry.

  • Fade to black

    The picture fades out to black, or fades up from it.

    Good for the opening, the ending and long jumps in time.

    A Fade exit with nothing underneath. A Fade entry fades up.

  • Slide

    The next shot pushes in from one edge.

    Good for the next item in a list, a before and after, or a fast social edit.

    Slide left, right, top or bottom.

  • Zoom

    The next shot grows into the frame, or settles from too large.

    Good for a reveal or a beat drop.

    Zoom in or Zoom out.

  • Spin

    The next shot turns as it arrives.

    Good for playful montages. Use it once, not on every cut.

    Swirl clockwise or counterclockwise.

Made by how you cut

No effect needed. Split, trim and stack clips on the timeline.

  • Jump cut

    A piece of one shot is cut out, so time skips forward.

    Good for talking to camera, or a long task shown fast.

    Press S to split the clip at the playhead and delete the piece between.

  • Match cut

    Two shots joined on a shape or a motion they share.

    Good for linking two ideas: a spinning dancer into a tossed wok.

    Cut at the moment the shapes line up.

  • Speed ramp

    The shot speeds up through the move, then cuts on it.

    Good for action and sport. The speed hides the cut.

    Split around the move and raise that piece's speed, up to 5×.

Generated between two frames

Camera tricks you didn't shoot. A video model makes the move from one shot's last frame to the next shot's first.

  • Whip pan: The frame is smeared sideways in motion blur, streaks of green garage light and the steel of a kitchen.

    Whip pan

    The camera snaps sideways and lands on the next shot in a blur.

    Good for travel and action, or any change of place with pace.

    Shoot it, or generate it between the two shots.

  • Lens cover: Brown water runs down the lens, and behind it a young man in a red tracksuit stands under a light in a dark parking garage.

    Lens cover

    A hand, a jacket or a splash covers the lens, and the next shot is behind it.

    Good for outfit changes and new places in short-form edits.

    Shoot it, or generate it between the two shots.

  • Push through: Orange fire fills the frame, and through it a gravel road in a birch forest comes into view.

    Push through

    The camera flies into something in one shot and out into the next.

    Good for a bold link between two scenes.

    Generate it between the two shots.

Not in Studio

Studio has no shape wipes yet.

  • Wipe

    A line or a shape sweeps across and replaces the shot.

    Good for retro and news looks.

    Not built in. A slide is the closest Studio option.

How to add a transitionOverlap two clips, then pick an entry

In Studio a transition belongs to a clip: how it comes in and how it goes out. Put the next clip over the last one and its entry becomes the transition between them.

  1. 1

    Overlap the two clips

    Put both clips on the timeline. Drag the second one to the track above and slide it back so its start overlaps the end of the first.

  2. 2

    Pick an entry

    Select the top clip and open Transitions. Fade makes a dissolve; Slide, Zoom and Swirl move it in. Exit sets how a clip leaves, and Both sets the two at once.

  3. 3

    Set the length

    Use the slider, from 10 to 120 frames, or drag the handle on the clip's edge in the timeline. Studio's timeline runs at 60 frames a second.

  4. 4

    Play across the cut and export

    Scrub over the join, then export an MP4 or WebM at 720p, 1080p or 4K.

Fade entry, 45 frames (0.75 s)2.4 s

How long should a transition be?Usually under a second

Studio's slider sets each transition from 10 to 120 frames, at 60 frames a second. Here is Slide left at the shortest, the default and the longest.

  • 10 frames

    0.17 s

    The shortest. Reads as a jolt.

  • 30 frames

    0.5 s

    Studio's default. Quick and clean.

  • 120 frames

    2 s

    The longest. A slow, deliberate move.

AI video transitionsGenerate the move you didn't shoot

Give a video model the last frame of one shot and the first frame of the next, and describe the move. It makes the clip in between. Seedance 2.5, Kling 4.0, Veo 3.1, Wan 3.0 and MiniMax H3 Max take a first and a last frame.

  • The cook tosses rice as the wok flares, the camera flies into the fire until it fills the frame, and comes out over a misty birch-forest gravel road with a rally car far down it.
    First frame: the last frame of the wok fire shot
    First frame
    Last frame: the first frame of the rally car shot
    Last frame

    Through the flame

    Wok fire to Rally car

    “Push through. The cook lifts the rice high over the wok as the flame flares up, and the camera pushes fast straight into the fire until orange flame fills the whole frame. The camera keeps flying forward through the fire and comes out over a wet gravel road in a misty birch forest, where a rally car is coming toward the lens in the distance. One continuous forward move, no cut. Ends on the forest road and the car.”

    Seedance 2.5 · first and last frame · 5 s · 9:16

  • The rally car sprays muddy water over the lens, and as it runs down the glass a young man in a red tracksuit appears under one light in a dark parking garage.
    First frame: the last frame of the rally car shot
    First frame
    Last frame: the first frame of the breakdancer shot
    Last frame

    Spray on the lens

    Rally car to Breakdancer

    “Lens cover. The rally car roars past the lens and a sheet of muddy water slams onto the glass, covering the whole frame in brown. The water runs down the glass, and behind it an empty parking garage at night appears, a young man in a red tracksuit standing still in a pool of light under one ceiling lamp. One continuous shot, no cut. Ends on him standing under the light.”

    Seedance 2.5 · first and last frame · 5 s · 9:16

  • The breakdancer spins on his hands in the parking garage, the camera whips right into a streak of green light, and lands on the cook stirring rice over a flaming wok.
    First frame: the last frame of the breakdancer shot
    First frame
    Last frame: the first frame of the wok fire shot
    Last frame

    Whip pan

    Breakdancer to Wok fire

    “Whip pan. The breakdancer in the red tracksuit spins on the garage floor, then the camera whips hard to the right and the frame smears into a horizontal blur of red and green light. The blur settles on a steel restaurant kitchen, where a cook in a white shirt and black apron stirs rice in a wok over a tall flame. One fast whip pan, no cut. Ends on the cook at the wok. Sound: <a sharp whoosh>, then <oil sizzling in the wok>. No music. Mouths stay closed and no narration is added.”

    Seedance 2.5 · first and last frame · 5 s · 9:16

Transitions you can hearPut a sound under the cut

A whoosh, a hit or a riser sells the move. Make one in Studio's Audio panel from a sentence and drop it on the join. Press play to hear each with its transition.

  • Whoosh

    with Slide left

    “A single fast air whoosh for a video transition, close and clean, swells and passes left to right, no music, no voice”

    Eleven Sound Effects · 1 s

  • Impact hit

    with Zoom in

    “A deep cinematic impact hit for a video cut, one punchy low boom with a short tail, no music, no voice”

    Eleven Sound Effects · 2 s

  • Riser

    with Swirl clockwise

    “A short rising whoosh that builds for two seconds and ends abruptly on its peak, for a video transition, no music, no voice”

    Eleven Sound Effects · 2 s

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Creator

$19/month

Billed monthly

For solo creators posting every week

500 credits every month

  • Up to 50 paid Studio exports, or
  • Up to 25 AI transition clips
  • Up to 1.5 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 1,000 credits

Pro

Most popular
$49/month

Billed monthly

For creators posting daily across channels

1,300 credits every month

  • Up to 130 paid Studio exports, or
  • Up to 65 AI transition clips
  • Up to 4 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 2,600 credits

Studio

$99/month

Billed monthly

For brands and production teams

2,700 credits every month

  • Up to 270 paid Studio exports, or
  • Up to 135 AI transition clips
  • Up to 9 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 5,400 credits

Scale

$199/month

Billed monthly

For agencies running always-on content

5,500 credits every month

  • Up to 550 paid Studio exports, or
  • Up to 275 AI transition clips
  • Up to 18 hours of AI voiceover
  • Roll over up to 11,000 credits
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Before you cutCommon questions

Six types built into Studio, three made by how you cut, three generated. Only the wipe is missing.

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