In the past, subclips had “hard” in- and out-points, limiting their flexibility when editors needed more head or tail frames for video cross-dissolves or audio crossfades. Infinite Skills author Jeff Sengstack shows you how to create subclips with “soft” edits in Premiere Pro, meaning editors are no longer limited to the original in- and out-points in the subclips.

Whether you are looking to publish a web DVD or simply enjoy your home movies in Blu-ray quality, this lesson will show you how to accent your creation with a main menu, including scene selection and various other elements.

In this Premiere Pro Basics series we'll cover these two useful and powerful features. Automate to sequence can help you get a jump start on framing out the story or timeline while applying an effect across multiple clips (like a cross dissolve) will speed the editing process along.

In Part 2 of this multi-part series, Jason Levine will cover the most common editing functions of Premiere Pro CS5, including the ability to set defaults for image and transition durations, adding transitions between clips & images (like cross-dissolves, dip-to-black and more), basic scaling/resizing, rippling, and cutting.

Learn to apply video and audio transitions to clips in a sequence.

Define transitions and add them to a movie. Learn how to use cuts, cross-fades, cross-dissolves, and zooms. Adjust the length of a transition.