General Questions

To work with AinTransitions, you need minimal knowledge of Adobe After Effects and fully view all the training video tutorials, faq, documentation and knowledge base. We have prepared a maximum of materials and details so that even with minimal knowledge in After Effects you can make a cool photo slideshow or other video project that requires transitions.

To work with AinTransitions for Premiere Pro, you need minimal knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and and full familiarization with all materials for our product such as training video tutorials, faq, documentation and knowledge base. We have prepared a maximum of materials and details so that even with minimal knowledge in Premiere Pro you can make a cool photo slideshow or other video project that requires transitions.

The AinTransitions extension for Premiere Pro is available for free for download and has a built-in pack of free transitions for Premiere Pro. Therefore, you can do a full test drive of the extension and all the features.

Yes, you can use presets (transitions, motion effects, photo covers, minimal titles) without using an extension, but we do not recommend you to do this, because in this case most of the features may not be available. We have added many useful features to our AinTransitions extension for After Effects that really improve the process and save time.

Below is a list of options that will not be available:

• You need to manually place the transition between footages so that the transition point is exactly at the junction of footages.
• You need to manually enable the option “Collapse Transformations” for the transition layer.
• Transitions will not automatically adjust to the resolution of your composition. You will need to do this manually for each transition, if the resolution of your composition is different from Full HD (1920×1080).
• You will not be able to change the duration-speed of the transition by changing the In/Out points of the transition’s layer.
• You will not be able to use the target control for zoom transitions.
• You will not be able to use additional options designed for transitions.
• You need to manually create a precomposition for transitions with an alpha channel.
• You will not be able to use to change the speed and duration of In and Out animations for typography (minimal titles)
• You will need to manually add footages to each placeholder in the photo cover template.
• You will need to manually change the duration of each composition inside the photo cover template, if you want to change the duration of the photo cover template
• Also, you will not be able to use convenient viewing previews and choosing a direction

No, presets don’t work without the AinTransitions extension for Premiere Pro installed. Why is an AinTransitions extension required? Primarily it allows you to avoid the need for manual actions. But the main thing is the ability to use features that are unique for the entire market.

AinTransitions extension for Premiere Pro automatically performs actions:

• Specifies the paths to media footages depending on the location of the pack
• Adapts the preset to the resolution of your sequence
• Adapts the preset to the pixel aspect ration of your sequence
• Adapts the preset to the fields property of your sequence
• Adapts the preset to the frame rate of your sequence
• Allows you to set any transition speed
• Add presets directly to the timeline automatically
• Use without conflicts transitions with different settings of resolution, speed, frame rate, pixel aspect ratio in one project

Transitions in After Effects work only for certain types of layers, since the main purpose of transitions is a transition from one full-fledged scene to another. Therefore, due to this specificity, this works for the following types of layers:

• Video
• Image (any type including Adobe Photoshop file (.psd) and Adobe Illustrator file (.ai))
• Composition (that contains any graphic materials inside)

Please keep in mind that transitions do not work for the following layer types: Solid, Light, Camera, Null Object, Adjustment Layer, Shape Layer, Text.

The requirements for AinTransitions extension and transitions packs for work do not differ from the requirements directly Adobe After Effects. You can read more about After Effects system requirements on the Adobe website.

The requirements for AinTransitions extension for Premiere Pro and transition presets for Premiere Pro for work do not differ from the requirements directly Adobe Premiere Pro. You can read more about Premiere Pro system requirements on the Adobe website.

Please keep in mind that many of our transitions use effects that require GPU acceleration. Therefore, when rendering, you should use renderer engine “CUDA” or “OpenCL” or “Metal” to get a visual appearance of the transitions as in the preview in the pack.

– Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA)
– Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (OpenCL)
– Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (Metal)