I’m the NLE Ninja with AudioMicro asking you to stay creative. It’s always better to work smarter, not harder. When you select the Matte video track, Premiere Pro automatically disables only the portion of the track used in the Track Matte Key, meaning other clips in. So the next time you are in Premiere Pro and want use one of them, utilize this technique to save you some time. There are many places where you can get overlay transitions that require the Track Matte Key for a great price. Using the Track Matte Key effect, Adobe Premiere Pro uses the luminance informa- tion or alpha channel information from one clip to define a transparency.

For more information, see the article, Track Matte Key effect. This is a useful tip for the next you deal with Track Matte transitions in Premiere Pro. You can blend clips with a matte (typically, a black and white image, or an image from the Titler.) using the Track Matte Key effect. It will still have the effect but act like nothing has changed. The reason for this is because we never designated a video track for the right portion of clip to take a matte from. Once it gets past the point where the matte ends, your clip won’t disappear. Now when you play through timeline, you will see the transition occur. Right click on your transition matte on Track 3. Set the matte dropdown to Video 3 and Compositing using Matte Alpha or Luma. Make an edit at that point on your clip on Track 2. Next, go to the out point of your transition matte. This is done just in case your matte is making it difficult to see you video clip. Right click on the matte and select Enable to disable it. The following steps are important to ensure that you get the desired result. Let’s apply the Track Matte Key to the clip on Track 2. In my timeline, I have 2 clips stacked on top of each other. Well, I’m going to show you a quick tip to avoid that on your next project by keeping the track matte on both portions. Most of the time when people have demonstrated Track Matte transitions, they tell you to delete the effect on the second of your clip. For the longest time, I’ve been trying to understand how to work around that so I don’t have to take as many steps when using these transitions. If the matte I use from transition ends, my clip disappears. In Premiere Pro, there is a way to utilize the Track Matte Key to use those transitions but there is a catch. One type of transition I enjoy using are the overlay transitions that require the Track Matte Key/Effect to use them. Editing is much more than the bells and whistles you put into it, but when I have a cool transition that can give it additional production value, I can’t pass it up (side note: picking the perfect sound effects can also really add some spice to your transitions). One of the things I love about editing is using transitions.

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