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desired result. Use Standard effects to add special characteristics or to edit your images,
such as adjusting tone or trimming pixels. Adobe Premiere Pro includes several video and
audio effects, which are located in the Effects window. Standard effects must be applied to
a clip in the Timeline window and then adjusted in the Effects Control window (see
“Applying and controlling Standard effects” on page 244). The Effects window also lists
Video transitions, which are discussed in “Adding Transitions” on page 162.
The effects listed in the Effects window depend on the actual effect files in Adobe
Premiere Pro’s Plug-Ins folder. You can expand the repertoire of effects by adding
compatible Adobe plug-in files or plug-in packages available through other developers.
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For a list of each audio and video effect and its options, see “Audio effects included with
Adobe Premiere Pro” on page 281 and “Video effects included with Adobe Premiere Pro”
on page 258.
About track-based effects
All video effects—both Fixed and Standard effects—are clip-based. That is, they alter
individual clips. Since all clips include Fixed effects, only Standard effects need to actually
be applied to a clip to create a result. You can apply a clip-based effect to more than one
clip at a time by creating a nested sequence (see “Nesting sequences” on page 136).
Audio effects can be applied to either clips or to tracks. To apply track-based effects, use
the Audio Mixer window. If you add keyframes to the effect, you can then adjust the effect
either in the Audio Mixer window or the Timeline window (see “Adjusting gain or volume
levels” on page 175, and see “Applying effects to audio clips” on page 185).
Working with Fixed effects
Because Fixed effects are already built in to a clip, you need only adjust their properties to
activate them. Clips that contain audio automatically include the Volume effect. You may
find that adjusting the Opacity and Volume effects is more easily accomplished in the
Timeline window (see “Using the Opacity and Volume effects” on page 242). To adjust
properties for the Motion, use the Program view of the Monitor window to manipulate the
clip.
Adobe Premiere Pro renders Fixed effects after any Standard effects that are applied to
the
clip. Standard effects are rendered in the order in which they appear, top down. You can
change the order of Standard effects anytime by dragging them to a new position in the
Effect Controls window, but you can’t move Fixed effects. If you want to effectively change
the render order of Fixed effects, you can use Standard effects instead: Use the Transform
effect in place of the Motion effect, the Alpha Adjust effect in place of the Opacity effect,
and the Volume effect in place of the fixed Volume effect. While these effects aren’t
identical to the Fixed effects, their parameters are equivalent to those found in the Fixed
effects.
About the Effect Controls window
To work with any clip-based effect, use the Effect Controls window. (To apply an effect,
see
“Applying and controlling Standard effects” on page 244.) Although you can view the
Effect Controls in a separate window, you can also dock the window in the Project window
or the Source view of the Monitor window by dragging the tab.
You can quickly optimize the interface for effects editing by choosing Windows >
Workspace > Effects.
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