Many of the 3D transitions support setting the background image to “Transparent.”
Although typically you would place a static image or color or even live video in the background, there’s no reason this couldn’t be used to overlay one transition on another.
Hmmm… What if we used this to combine two really explosive transitions from the 3D Explosions collection? Would it make a really, really explosive transition?
Let’s try it.
Start with two clips overlapping in the Vegas timeline. By default, overlapping clips simply cross dissolve.
Copy and Paste the two clips into the track directly below. Once the topmost track has some transparency, the second track will display through the transparent portions.
For this transition, let’s double up two explosive transitions: 3D Intensity Grid and 3D Grid Fall Away.
First, drop the 3D Intensity Grid “Hi Res” preset onto the top transition.
The Intensity Grid explodes the image upward while the simple dissolve transition on Track Two acts as a background.
Then, drop the “Materialize” preset from 3D Grid Fall Away on the second track. This particular preset runs in reverse, so hundreds of tiny pieces assemble into the final image in the background.
Play the transition!
If you are feeling maniacal, layer three, four, or five transitions on top of each other!
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Grid Explosion slices the first scene into a grid of particles that blast apart on trajectories determined by the shape of the image to reveal the second scene.
Intensity Grid turns the scene into a rectangular grid in which the lighter pieces fly towards the camera, then contract and fade into the second scene.
Spiral Rotation breaks your first scene into a rectangular grid of panels that spiral inward while flipping around an axis, and then spiral back out to reassemble as the second scene.
Adobe Premiere 6.0 or higher, Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 or higher, Adobe Premiere Pro - all versions.
Avid AVX 2.0 compatible NLEs for Windows, including: Avid Media Composer, Avid NewsCutter, Avid Symphony and Avid Xpress. (Note: AudioFX are not compatible with these Avid editing systems.)
Avid Liquid version 7.1 or higher
Pinnacle Studio versions 10, 11 or higher
Sony Vegas and Sony Vegas Movie Studio versions 4 and higher.
Thomson Grass Valley EDIUS version 4.6 or higher.
All software must work with Microsoft Windows XP or higher. Apple Mac OS compatibility not yet available.
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