This tutorial is based on Adobe Premiere 5.1 for Apple Mac. The Windows version is very similar but newer versions of Premiere (version 6+) are slightly different.

On the right you can see the Adobe Premiere transition window. It contains a list of the different 2D and 3D wipe effects available to the Premiere editor.

These transitions can only be used between two video clips placed on video channel 1 on the timeline - one on video 1A, and the other on video 1B, with an overlap between the two video clips. The transition is dragged from the transition window to the timeline and placed on the transition track between these two video channels, in the area where the clips overlap. Premiere will automatically set the size of the transition box to fit this overlap.

By double clicking on the box representing the transition on the timeline, you can access the transition settings window. The settings for each transition are different, but work in the same way - a variety of arrows allow you to set the direction of movement across the screen, sometimes it will also be possible to adjust the centre point of a spinning motion or 3D effect. There is always an arrow which allows you to change start and finishing video tracks for the wipe, in case it is not obvious to Premiere which direction you intended.

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