The art of transitioning

[Taite]

I pretty much agree with most views here, but that's only because there are so many ways to do transitions. Everyone has their own opinion, so I don't think they should be shot down because of it, but it is pretty simple-minded to say "this transition is better than this one"... I mean, really?

If you think of all the slow AMVs, pick out a few, and look at their transitions, do they all have exactly the same type of transitions? No. Which is why I agree Phantasmagoriat. I think most all transitions will differ depending on the music used and that person's style.

Of course, there are so many ways to do transitions, as I said earlier. Zoom, fade, crossfade, hard cut, masking, through the eyes, whatever. The number of transitions is infinite. But the best transition that can be used is entirely dependent on your sources (meaning you, your style, your anime and song, and even your program.) But one specific transition is not better than the other

All of this is still my opinion, of course.

[Bauzi]

In cut-theory class they say:
Show me a fade festival and I show you a bad editor.

Of course a music videos has different theory behind it, but in some videos this could be the case.

[xPiikanyaa]

I don't use transitions much, 'cause I don't really like the ones on Vegas or WMM. I usually just go for a crossfade, or do flashes to match the beat.

[Kitsuner]

I don't use transitions much, 'cause I don't really like the ones on Vegas or WMM. I usually just go for a crossfade, or do flashes to match the beat.

Crossfades and hard cuts are both transitions. As long as you connect two different pieces of footage, the bit between them will be a transition. The only way to not use any transitions is to make your entire video one long scene. The closest I've seen to this in (standard-length) AMVs is CrackTheSky's Hold On, but even that isn't quite what I'm talking about.

[BasharOfTheAges]

You can usually have really smooth transitions without much work if any... if you just follow the first scenes movement. If the first scene ends moving left (or something in the scene) then have the next scene begin at a point where its moving left (or again something in the scene) and the overall transition just comes out looking cleaner/softer even if its a hard cut.

There really isn't much more to say than this. It's a really powerful method of doing things that, if you can manage to pull it off, can do wonders in tying even multiple sources together in a clean way.

[Knowname]

I miss rubber bands~~.

[Bauzi]

I miss rubber bands~~.

Please... Vegas has them. Premiere Pro CS4 (as far as I remember also CS3) has them. Choose your weapon of choice.

[Knowname]

Premiere returned to rubber bands?? like music to my ears xDDD