How Do You Duplicate Transitions in Premiere Pro?

Duplicating transitions in Adobe Premiere Pro is essentially a process of copying and pasting them from one clip boundary to another. This method allows you to quickly apply the same visual effect across different edits in your timeline, saving significant time and ensuring consistency.

The fundamental technique involves selecting the transition you want to duplicate and using standard copy and paste keyboard shortcuts.

Steps to Duplicate a Transition

Here's a breakdown of how to copy and paste transitions, including applying one to multiple clips:

Step 1: Select the Transition

Navigate to your timeline and click directly on the transition effect you wish to duplicate. Once selected, the transition will typically be highlighted.

Step 2: Copy the Transition

With the transition selected, use the standard keyboard shortcut to copy it.

• On Mac, press Command + C.
• On Windows, press Control + C.

As mentioned in the provided reference, pressing Command + C on a Mac or Control + C on a Windows computer will copy the selected transition.

Step 3: Paste the Transition

Now that the transition is copied, you can paste it onto other edit points (the boundaries between clips) in your timeline.

Pasting to a Single Clip Boundary

To paste the transition onto a single specific edit point:

1. Click on the desired edit point where you want the transition to appear.
2. Use the standard keyboard shortcut to paste:
   • On Mac, press Command + V.
   • On Windows, press Control + V.

Premiere Pro will place the copied transition at the selected edit point, typically centered on the cut.

Pasting to Multiple Clip Boundaries

A very efficient method, as shown in the reference, is to paste the copied transition to multiple selected edit points simultaneously.

1. After copying the transition (Step 2), select multiple edit points in your timeline. You can do this by dragging a selection box over the edit points or by holding down a modifier key while clicking on each one.
2. Hold down the appropriate modifier key as indicated in the reference:
   • On Mac, hold Command.
   • On Windows, hold Control.
3. While holding the modifier key, use the paste shortcut:
   • On Mac, hold Command and press V.
   • On Windows, hold Control and press V.

By holding Command on the Mac or Control on the Windows computer, you can paste the transition onto all the selected edit points at once.

Keyboard Shortcuts Summary

Here's a quick reference for the shortcuts involved:

Action	macOS	Windows
Copy Selected Transition	Command + C	Control + C
Paste Transition to Single Edit Point	Command + V	Control + V
Paste Transition to Multiple Edit Points	Command + V while selecting multiple edit points	Control + V while selecting multiple edit points

Using these copy and paste methods is the quickest way to duplicate and apply transitions throughout your video editing project in Premiere Pro.