Applying a video effect: Lesson 2-4
Now you'll apply a video effect to the freeze frame. You'll use a Blur effect that I customized for this lesson. Either continue with your current project or open Lesson 2-4.
1. | Open the Effects panel by clicking its tab. |
2. | Open the fly-out menu by clicking the little triangle in the upper right corner of the Effects panel.![]() |
3. | Select Import Preset, navigate to the Lesson 2 folder and double-click Lesson 2 Gradual Blur.prfpset. |
4. | Twirl down the Presets folder to reveal the newly-added Lesson 2 Gradual Blur. |
5. | Drag Lesson 2 Gradual Blur onto the final video clip of your sequence, the freeze frame.[View full size image]![]() |
6. | Place the CTI ahead of the freeze frame and play the sequence. |
NoteThe freeze frame plays for a moment then gradually gets blurry. Look at the Effect Controls panel. The Fast Blur effect has been added below the Motion and Opacity effects (it's called Fast Blur but by using keyframes I applied it gradually).
7. | Click the Show/Hide Timeline View chevron (![]() |
To open the timeline portion of the Effect Controls panel (the chevron will switch directions when you open the timeline).That shows how I customized this effect using keyframes (the little diamond-shaped icons highlighted in the following figure). This ability to change an effect's parameters over time is an incredibly powerful feature of Premiere Pro. I will cover it in depth in several upcoming lessons.
