Two multiple track video effects: Blend and Texturize: Lesson 13-2
Two video effects combine clips on two tracks:
- Blend Works something like opacity but gives you extra options that can have some surprisingly colorful results.
- Texturize Enables you to give a clip something akin to an embossed feel using a clip below it on the sequence.
1. | Marquee select the clips in the Lesson 13 Practice sequence and press Delete. |
2. | Drag Photo 13b back to the Video 1 track. |
3. | Drag Photo 13a to the Video 2 track, directly above Photo 13b. |
NoteTo see this effect you need to switch off the display of the clip on Video 2. You could turn off the entire Video 2 track by clicking its Toggle Track Output eyeball, but then nothing on that entire track would be visible. Premiere Pro lets you switch off an individual clip.
4. | Right-click on the clip on the Video 2 track and select Enable to uncheck it.That switches off that clip's display and changes the clip color in the sequence to light blue.![]() |
5. | Apply the Blend video effect (Video Effects > Channel > Blend) to the clip on the Video 1 track. |
6. | Select Video 2 from the Blend With Layer drop-down list.That list includes every video track in your sequence.[View full size image]![]() |
7. | Work your way through the Blend modes and move the Blend With Original slider to see how this effect works.Crossfade duplicates the Opacity effect while Color Only is the most colorful. The Mode parameter is keyframeable, so you can switch from mode to mode within a single clip. |
8. | Delete Blend from the Effect Controls panel and replace it with Texturize (Video Effects > Stylize folder). |
9. | Select Video 2 in the Texture Layer drop-down list. |
NoteAs with Blend, you need to un-Enable the Texture Layer clip to see this effect. Since you've already done it, there's no need to duplicate that step here.
NoteBecause you deselected Enable for the texture layer clip, you cannot apply motion or any other effect to it. But all is not lost. You can use a nested sequence to accomplish that. I set up such a sequence for the next step.

15. | Lesson 13 Nested Sequence 1 (it's a logo with Motion applied to it) on top of Texture 13 in the Video 2 track. This is a spinning logo. |
16. | Right-click and deselect Enable. |
17. | Play the clip and the spinning logo moves through the image, even though the nested sequence's clip is un-Enabled.![]() |