This chapter details the transitions available in HitFilm. For information on applying transitions to your clips see Effects and Transitions.
Audio
- Cross Fade
Lowers the audio level of the clip preceding the cut, while simultaneously raising the level of the clip following the cut, for a smooth transition. - Fade
Adjusts the volume of your audio clip at the start or end, either fading it in from silence or fading it out to silence.
Video
Dissolve
- Additive Dissolve
A dissolve that brightens the clips during the transition. - Cross Dissolve
A smooth dissolve which is commonly used in video and film. - Dither Dissolve
A pixellated dissolve.
Motion
- Push
Animates your videos on or off the screen in a particular direction. - Slide
Animates one video over the other. - Split
Splits your video into two halves and moves them in opposite directions. - Page Turn
Transitions from one element to another by pulling down a corner of the target clip and rolling it in a target direction.
Wipe
- Clock Wipe
Traditional clock wipe, as if the moving hands of a clock were moving over the video. - Linear Wipe
A simple directional wipe. - Radial Wipe
A curved wipe like the movement of a vehicle’s windshield wiper.
Zoom
- Cross Zoom
Zooms in on the first clip and out of the next. - Zoom
Zooms the clip in or out of the screen.
Fade to color
Fades from the video to a color of your choice.
Iris
An iris shape expands or contracts to reveal your video. The iris shape can be customized:
- Shape – choose from a variety of iris shapes.
- Rotation – rotate the iris shape.
- Curvature – alter the curve shape of the iris.
- Pinch – adjust the points of the shape.
- Shift – warp the shape clockwise or counter-clockwise.
- Direction – change the direction of the transition.