This section of the Premiere Workspace is a key aspect of animation, effects, and compositing in the software. It is where you will do much of the interesting creative work.<\/p>\n
Make sure the Effects Controls Window is active. If it is not open or you can\u2019t locate it, you can call up the Effects Controls from Main Menu > Window. The Effects Controls usually sit in the same region as the Project Window and Monitor, near to the Timeline.<\/p>\n
With the Effects Controls Window, when you click on a particular clip in the Timeline, once you select the item, clicking it will activate an instance in the Effects Controls Window. The Effects Controls has its own mini-timeline for the clip, which corresponds to the instance in the main Timeline. The mini-timeline only represents a currently activated singular clip.<\/p>\n
The Effects Controls consist of the following properties. Click on the [ > ] Expand \/ Collapse buttons to open and close the categories.<\/p>\n
Motion<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Opacity<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n To change the opacity of the clip\/contents, similar to adjusting the opacity on the Layers Palette in Photoshop. It also contains the Transfer Modes, such as Multiply and Screen.<\/p>\n All of the categories can be key-framed, which means that they can be animated with keyframes and interpolation.<\/p>\n You can use these important \u201ctransform\u201d features to adapt and modify clips in the Timeline. To do so, adjust the dials\/numbers in the various subcategories. There are also simpler ways of doing things:<\/p>\n Click on a clip\/instance, which thus activates the Effects Controls. At the same time, refer to the Monitor Window. Click on the image of the clip, which will activate a Bounding Box. Once it\u2019s selected, you can use the Select Tool to move the object \u201cleft\/right\/up\/down\u201d (or \u201cwest\/east\/north\/south\u201d). Moving the Selection Tool outwards to a corner-point in the Bounding Box, click while holding the Shift Key and drag to scale up and down. If you hover around the corner region, the Selection Tool will change to a \u201cRotate Arrow,\u201d allowing you to spin the file, etc.<\/p>\n You can do the above steps from the Effects Controls Window as well.<\/p>\n\n
Links to information and processes with Adobe Premiere Pro<\/h4>\n
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