Boring is Better: Video Transitions - World’s Greatest Guide

[@popgirl8studios]

A 4 hour Taran video. It's a Christmas miracle

[@pedrogorilla483]

4h20m. And if that’s not enough you can get the Nebula version with 40+ additional minutes.

[@LanK111er]

I was about to say the same thing lol

[@puppy0cam]

oh Jesus I did *not* check the video length when I opened it.

[@TaranVH]

It was supposed to be done like 3 months ago

[@yannpoco]

Bro is comparing different dissolve transitions frame by frame, which I admire. This attention to details and perfectionnisme are the qualities of a real professional. Although most people won’t even notice, you set the bar really high in this industry.

[@SunbleachedAngel]

I beleive people can notice bad transitions subconsciously, they will feel something is wrong even if they can't tell why

[@amiri7392]

i was not ready for the tattoo

[@AudioSarcasm]

Reminds me of the ruler that Adam Savage has on his arm - very neat!

[@Mixa_Lv]

That's the most Taran thing I've seen Taran Taran'd, wtf

[@stevespike8208]

Please never change. “Pay it forward” is not a part of the industry ethos, unless people like you encourage that perspective shift. We don’t have the means to start that like you do, but we’re grateful to see you go above and beyond to actively encourage better industry practices. Seriously. Never change. Edit: had to think of different words for change, said it 4 times and it made me think too hard about how the word sounded

[@arisandra]

I am going to send this to every beginner video editor from now on. Thanks Taran

[@linkVIII]

after a week I've finished watching. Godspeed to anyone actually trying to follow along and play with things as they watch. Wonder how long that'd take

[@EnglishWithEnes]

This video is actually priceless. No one beats Taran's quality.

[@SeaWaves8]

all the comments in the next four hours haven't watched the whole video

[@SeaWaves8]

because comments don't watch videos

[@NirmalveerSingh]

I watch at 4x speed

[@Thisandthat8908]

you can jump to timeline markers that your interested in.

[@Omlet221]

Not if you change the speed

[@Carbine64VN]

Taran, I am very appreciative of this video. I know you've spent months on it and it's really underperforming, but I want you to know that your work here is appreciated and respected, and I've learned many things about video editing that I hadn't initially thought of, such as editing to make the viewer's eye move as naturally as possible. I hope the low view count doesn't discourage you, and keep up the good work to help us amateur editors out there. Thank you.

[@Haihatu]

your segment at 0:19:59 about cross dissolving multiple layers had me shouting at my screen "thank you!" ive noticed this exact problem years ago when making my own videos and once i had fixed it, i couldn't stop but notice when anybody else had the same problem and hit publish.... i wish i had a megaphone to tell everybody in the world to avoid this problem, but here you are to tell the masses. thank you lol

[@TaranVH]

Hahaha, the funny thing is, I was worried about that segment feeling too long and boring for anyone who already knew about the problem and solution. I didn't even consider that it could be cathartic.

[@Cubebass]

Thanks Taran, now I won't be able to watch a youtube video without thinking about transitions again. Also I love you.

[@SRG-Learn]

Pure gold. Hyper focused topic that I'll remember forever. *stars transition* Look! A squirrel!

[@fcantil]

42:23 no way that's the seamless loop tutorial i've been looking for for ages. I always knew it but never remembered where I learnt it

[@patchstep]

2:38:30 I imagine the spinny newspaper trope comes from paper rounds where they throw the news paper at your front door with spin

[@AndrewWorkshop]

I didn't know i needed a 4 hour video about video transitions. I seldom use any but here i watched the whole thing.

[@oboeshoesgames]

22:02 this is such a simple solution to a problem I've had for years

[@SuperDerek]

Taran, I super appreciate these kinds of videos. I've somewhat recently _transitioned_ to using DaVinci resolve. Let me tell you, the grass really is greener over here. The ONLY thing missing on this side is you. If you ever joined us the dark side, or have thoughts on it, I could listen to those thoughts for about 4 hours and 20 minutes, too. :)

[@RaymondSweeneyIV]

ANOTHER FOUR HOUR TUTORIAL FROM TARAN! Merry Christmas!

[@eljestLiv]

Thanks for not having music in your videos. It lets me keep them on in the background while editing, learning things along the way! I don’t even use Premiere, I use Resolve, but it’s still very informative from a theoretical POV.

[@LWMphoto]

This video is such a fantastic resource for "when to use what transition"/"how to vary your transitions"! As a resolve user, though, it hurts to watch you having to suffer through so many workarounds and third party packs to bypass the built-in limitations. I haven't examined Resolve's transitions anywhere near as in depth as you have Premiere's, but from my experience with Resolve the built in transitions are MUCH more flexible, adjustable and useful (and effect based transitions function just like transitions and can be adjusted in detail in the program too... or just built from scratch) It really feels like resolve makes so many premiere plugins totally obsolete

[@Motiv8Labs]

I put the old 4 hour video on just about every time I’m editing one of our videos, for background noise and to feel like someone else is around who knows what the grind is like. So thanks for doing another one that I can add to the rotation!

[@yungmaple]

i been a fan of glitch art for years and when i saw the glitch section i was super scared it was gonna be some super stereotypical glitch premiere pro whatever, but the fact that u opened with and explained how most have no reference for real glitch effects, in such a short and simple way left me speechless

[@StrategicOwl]

You objectively make great videos, I enjoy them even though I am not a video editor. This one is already a favorite to just have on in the background while I do other things, thank you!

[@TheDJVoyager]

24:00 absolutely blew my mind! I knew there was a difference in how this transition looked sometimes but I couldn't figure out what it was exactly. FINALLY!

[@TaranVH]

It took me talking to the Film Impact devs to figure it out. I suspect almost nobody knew about this problem.

[@CaviteTechnology]

i've made my channel run because of your 4 hour and 3 hour videos on Premiere, and now you're here teaching me transitions? Seriously, thanks Taran for all this heaps of information for free! Your the reason why I love (well, tolerate) editing videos :D

[@BlubafYT]

I didn't know "Pin to clip" existed for 2 years of using this software holy f%#* the amount of times i dragged cursor to the end of a clip to change last keyframe values, just to be send foward on timeline to random future moment, just for that you are my hero 🙏🙏 Great video man! ❤

[@Bailytusu]

Same here, just extend the clip and move keyframe xd.

[@TaranVH]

Turn off "Selection follows playhead!"

[@Gornius]

I'm not an editor nor looking to become one, but it's still pleasure to watch because I started to notice different transitions in videos, movies and series. I love learning about small things you don't notice until they're done bad.

[@ggdionne]

Not interested in editing in the slightest, but I really respect your passion and experience. I consider you to be an artist of the highest caliber.

[@adrianoperillo]

The editing abilities are obviously good as expected, but this script is surprisingly well done. Nice job

[@TaranVH]

Script was the hardest part

[@SpaceGhostNZ]

It's a Christmas miracle. Thank you Taran!

[@SuperDerek]

Thanks for posting "The Cut" just now, somehow this long-form video slipped by me!

[@matiaschaparro823]

I love how every video you upload can be a big paradigm shift for every editor

[@SoHawful]

4 hours on transitions, incredible, this feels like a college course functionally, what a gift

[@Helrun88]

16 minutes in and this video is absolutely incredible. Thank you, crazy how much knowledge is there.

[@KontrolStyle]

48:10 ty as a DR user.. this helped little bit. thanks for the lessons. less is more, ty.

[@rebane2001]

Thank you so much for helping us transition!

[@CEmanified]

Wow! THANKS, Taran. I'm only five minutes in, and I can already tell this is the best video that I'm never going to watch. Although, I will probably consider watching it every month for the rest of my life.

[@moldymoss3991]

12:58 I like that you showed an example of what not to do

[@SixtyforceYTP]

I used to be heaps active in the KZbin Poop community from 2015-2018, and from 2016 and onwards, there was an explosion of people using cracks of BCC, Sapphire, Red Giant Universe and HitFIlm plugins on Vegas Pro, with all their effects and plugins, including myself. So seeing some of these transitions and effects from some of those plugin packs was really nostalgic haha

[@HungryHungryB]

My brainrot wont let me sit down for 4 hours straight, but thankfully there are chapters 🙏🙏 thank you, good sir

[@rekire___]

Perhaps the best transitions is the one we made along the way

[@reversebjork8735]

These videos are amazing. So glad i found this channel.

[@Reflected_motive]

Hey Taran I 've used paint splatter on few of my edits for my clients that are tattoo artists! It works since it sometimes gets messy or its ad for tattoo ink. I've used some of my own footage and some of stock watery drippy splatters for 8-12 frames (30 fps) with track matte key. Also thank you for this great 4 hours that made my holidays less boring! Been here since day 1 LTT macro king and you never cease to amaze me with amount of details you do on your videos. Have a happy new year, Ily Taran

[@MickySarge]

Love the star wipe in the thumbnail.

[@moovi_by.anshuman]

Videos like this are a blessing from algorithm

[@jippalippa]

26:32 As an After Effects professional, I have the same gripe. A billion hugely important things to still fix, and the team spends time on extra stuff nobody asks for... Instead of making AE a bad and limited 3D application, fix and improve the animation bits, which is what made the software hugely popular.

[@KenSTACKS]

The cut and cross dissolve is so OP it's just meta

[@jan-k7x1c]

Advertising an extended cut on nebula on a 4h 20 min video is another level of dedication to the craft lmao

[@Welshmanshots]

Another classic 4 hour Taran video i love these videos as they do help me, i will watch for an hour, and sometimes i watch the entire thing and i do learn new things even though i don't use Premiere i use Davinci Resolve and despite their differences, you can interchange workflow between them 😁😁.

[@dfgaJK]

Lol I started watching this as a quick watch before getting on with my day, I'm glad I checked how long it is 10min in😂, I'm going to have to add this to my watch later. Please do a community post in the new year to remind me😅

[@gravshark8558]

oh hell yeah 4 hour video about video transitions

[@totymedli]

1:39:00 You totally should have done that. I have a collection of links of YT videos that I currate for people who want to get into video stuff and it is way easier to link to lots of smaller videos than a long one. Also, it is so much better for discovery. People will search for transitions, you will have a bigger area of exposure. There is also a lower barrier of entry. People will watch 1-2 short videos and might go trough all of them, but seing a 4 hour video, not many will want to sit down and watch it through. So yes, please slice them up.

[@0xTJ]

Huh, I had no idea that you edited for Tom Scott! I'll have to pay more attention to the editor credits whenever I rewatch them!

[@Imperial_Squid]

13:59 I would argue transition fatigue still applies to cuts, we've all seen those vlogs from people who do a small cut every 2 seconds during talking to remove even tiny gaps, and how incredibly irritating that can get after too long... (Though tbf I don't think this would be solved using a different transition, just less of them lol)

[@TaranVH]

Yeah, I actually NEVER do a jump cut in the middle of a sentence. I'll only cut out silences mid-sentence if there is b-roll on top.

[@BrandonDoran00]

I don't edit video, but Taran videos are always a hoot!

[@Miyauti]

The man just dropped a bomb! Loved your other video!

[@sumitsagar6785]

i am going to binge watch this thing. this is prieless

[@dantas6519]

OH MY GOD MY CHRISTMAS IS SAVED!

[@MUSiCK9]

A lot of people need this! Theres so many videos I couldn't stand to watch due to messy transitions..

[@glosn]

OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, IS LIVE!!!!! I LOVE YOU TARAN U ARE MY GOAT 🐐🐐🐐

[@TaranVH]

Baaah

[@cavemann_]

Commenting for algorithm. I am generating engagement. Wooo. Yaaay.

[@keksimus__maximus]

My favourite is the ray william johnson cool transition. Never goes out of style 😎😎

[@x3sucks]

NEW TARAN VIDEO???? HEL YEAH BABYYYYYYYYY

[@bbascobivouac]

taran still the goat

[@Tomshiii]

thank you for including the mini rounded corners rant, I audibly laughed when I got the notification for your comment in that forum thread😅

[@KILOPOWER]

2:08:06 a lot of transition plugins double as vfx packs (usually vise versa, cuz transition is like an animated effect), so they probably just left all the controls untouched, cuz you will definitely need finer control when creating effects.

[@Tomshiii]

Also, in response to the Mr horse section, it taking forever to import them on longer timelines is genuinely an Adobe issue; as I'm sure you're aware the longer a timeline gets (and subsequently the more edit points a timeline has) the more and more premiere starts to crumble apart (ever tried to paste anything in a 3h timeline that has 4+ lav tracks the entire time....) - Newer versions of prem aren't /as/ bad but are generally still incredibly unstable. My best understanding of what's going on (and this is mostly just a guess based off some super rudimentary tinkering with cep) is just that the longer a timeline gets the longer premiere takes to do certain tasks in the background because it has to iterate through everything else in the timeline which results in tonnes of slowdown and the reason this makes Mr horse slow down is bc the way they work is by importing a premiere sequence in the background, then copying it, refocusing your original timeline, then pasting - all of which takes FOREVER when premiere has hit the point that it's falling apart. If you're using a v24 version of prem this issue is likely even worse as the further along 24 got the worse its timeline performance became with stuff like this. On 1h+ timelines (again with multiple lav tracks which makes a huge difference) I saw a massive improvement importing mister horse stuff between the final (at the time) version of 24 and the initial 25.0 release. premiere crumbling the more edit points are in a sequence is my biggest gripe with the software and I've tried incredibly hard over the last few years to get anyone up the chain to care about it because it's gotten HORRIBLE over the last 3-4 years but any attempts I've made eventually just lead to getting ghosted. Again, 25.0+ has been.. better.. but it's not perfect and has also had some other really obtuse workflow breaking bugs that adobe doesn't care enough to do a 25.0.x bug fix release for which baffles me to no end, how is not being able to import sequences for almost 2 months acceptable adobe?? or how are edit points being practically invisible on minimised track Heights in 25.1 not a big enough issue to drop a hotfix for??? drives me crazy.

[@isaac10231]

How did I miss this video??

[@mauromerconchini]

Thank you for this Taran!

[@zkol3287]

Wow, 4 hours, bros cooking a beautiful dinner. I know I'm early so I will come back later to tell you how I think about it, but thanks again for the video!

[@Windows__2000]

I wish this was two videos, because while I am interested in how to apply transitions and don't mind the occasional premiere rant, I don't care about how to specifocally implement them in premiere.

[@8suminatu]

1:58:08 "look closelier" wow this is just like when you went and found that one painting

[@JChalant]

Thanks Taran! So comprehensive! ♥♪

[@TechOverwrite]

Woohoo, I've been looking forward to this. (1:36:46 LOL!) Amazing work 👏 2.5 hours today, 2 tomorrow and I'll be done by EOP Boxing Day 😅 Hope you have a good Christmas period Taran.

[@ImplodingHaze]

The only transition I need is the classic =3 (equals 3) one. Merry Christmas!

[@ermaolaoye]

Thank you Taran!

[@zaid.1271]

I love this guy

[@VLKV_loves_you]

LMAO!!! @41:12 - 41:47 you're speaking for every editor here.

[@TheMacCloud]

cross dissolve is also necessary to generate infinite loop backgrounds too

[@ZachryMedearis]

8:25 Taran are you at Silverwood Theme Park in Idaho in this shot? I live in the area and recognize the Log Flume ride line because of its weird layout

[@RubyRoks]

Wow, i've finally come across a video from a Nebula creator that genuinely feels incomplete in the KZbin cut. I feel like there's multiple instances about an hour in and onwards where you reference something for the first time as if you've referenced it in an earlier/alternate version of the edit. There's intentional instances of this (Being in the FilmImpact beta) but then there's other offhand comments that seem like walking into a room and catching a conversation mid sentence (Mentioning dislikeing "Bunch-O-Layers" transitions for the first time in about 45 minutes as if you've talked about it in every section prior) This is a nitpick of the highest order, but given this is an editing tutorial, seeing/hearing what seems like editing/scripting mistakes feels jarring. It certainly feels more jarring than FOMO enticing.

[@TaranVH]

Interesting! The things you mention are actually just as "jarring" in the nebula cut. The issue was revisions I made as I actually did the screen capture and realized some stuff was wrong and needed to be re written. Was hard to keep track of what I had and hadn't established yet, as so many things are interconnected. I could have fixed those issues too, but perfect is the enemy of done!

[@siddheshd9]

He's back

[@kraftypk7283]

I literally have no interest in editing, im just here for the Taran content

[@graphikeye]

Wow. I'm so glad I went with Resolve instead of Premiere for editing holy batman

[@DanieleGiorgino]

That tattoo thing is pretty cool. Also, you should really break this up into separate videos.

[@romayojr]

clicked on this thinking it would only be a 10 min video, boy was i wrong. happy holidays all!

[@Thisandthat8908]

i learned " just because you can, doesn't mean you should", when websites started having midi background music somewhere in the late 90's...

[@CoffeeShowcase]

You crack me up! Thanks for the laugh.

[@aze4308]

im hype for static video

[@ElVicioMan]

My goat 🙏💜

[@MILANDANGAR]

hello sir big fan of your tricks we want part two of advanced premier pro and your premier hot keys videos and workflow also features request type content more & more

[@verdorrterpunkt2846]

Not a video editor nor aspiring to be one, but this is some great background video stuff

[@br3nd4n]

Amazing!

[@fatinazmyan]

what could be a better Christmas present

[@AddlerMartin]

21:45 YES! Some guy on reddit told me to precomp stuff to do transitions and I had to argue why that is a waste of time...

[@polygonerror]

regarding your skateboard bit just after one hour in, you should have a loook at Connor Kammerer's Spirit Quest not really relevant as most of it is cuts as you mentioned, but its pretty cool

[@Sranker7]

we need more guides like this and premiere pro, can you make one for davinci resolve studio?

[@_WyngX]

I find it incredibly funny there's an extended cut of an 4 hour video.

[@chase8d]

i was like "what in the peter jackson?"

[@Jakub-t5u]

How much I'd pay for your courses if they were paid: -Transitions: $1000 -Framerates: $700 -Most Advanced...: $1300 -AHK: $250 Your content is literally what I've always imagined good tutorials would look like, I'm watching this and can't stop taking notes of all the things I've been doing wrong or didn't optimize nearly as possible... You're my god hehe

[@TaranVH]

I considered making this as a course, but couldn't come up with a good way of marketing it. Tho that's mostly a me problem. Anyway, because of your comment, I figured out what Super Thanks is and turned it on!

[@Dorumin]

Ok but how would I make the perfect transition into selling my soul to an ad read for Honey?