Premiere Pro Fade In And Fade Out Effects

Premiere Pro is the best video editor. And so many people are learning how to edit videos with advent of online content. In this tutorial we will learn how to apply fade in and fade out effects to you clips. You can also watch this video to speed up the process.

Watch this premiere pro fade in out effects video.

Another way of making fade effects is by animating opacity.

One of the simplest Premiere Pro effects is screen fade.

You won’t find Fade In and Fade Out effects on the dashboard.

That’s because in Premiere this effect is called Film Dissolve.

Let’s say we have this simple video of changing clouds:

A simple video of clouds fading in and out of background

It’s a short clip.

First split your clip into two parts.

Use the razor blade tool to divide it into two halves.

The splitting point is where you want to insert your fade out effect.

Using the razor tool to cut the clip into two halves.

Once you click anywhere on the clip with razor it will split at that point.

Here’s the clip split into two parts:

How to split a clip into two parts with razor tool.

Film Dissolve can be applied in two ways:

1. ) Drag it directly onto the split line between two clips.
2. ) Separate clips with enough space or move to different lanes. And then apply Film Dissolve to any of the loose ends of the clips.

Now the case 2. ) produces physically different results.

If you apply Film Dissolve to the starting edge of a clip it creates fade in.

If you apply Film Dissolve to the ending edge of a clip fade out is created.

We’re going to choose #2 because it gives us more control.

So here I separated the clip by moving them apart:

Notice that the clip was split

Select Film Dissolve.

Now go to your Effects Tab (Shift 7) and select:

1. Video Transitions >
2. Dissolve >
3. Film Dissolve

Now drag and drop Film Dissolve onto an end of a clip.

(This is also how you can apply many other effects in Effects tab.)

Adding Film Dissolve to end of clip will apply fade to black effect.

Adding Film Dissolve to start of a clip will create fade in.

This is pretty much all there is to applying fade to black effects.

Fade Out By Animating Opacity Keyframe

There is another way to do a slightly the same thing.

And it’s often discovered first by premiere newbies.

To animate opacity follow instructions below:

How to animate opacity in Premiere Pro

So this is the second way to do fade in effects in Premiere Pro.

Hope this helps someone out there.