Transitions control how your movie sequences between clips. To start adding transitions please click the Add Transitions button in Create Movie menu pane. AVS Video Editor will offer you a number of various transitions to help you achieve your creative best. For the usage convenience all of the transitions are divided into groups: Enhanced, Transform, Rotate, Swing, Shatter, Diffuse, Page, Fade, Mosaic, Clock, Wipe, Slide, Push, Stretch,  and Graduate.

To add any transition select the desired transition icon reflected in the Media Library and drag it to the workspace, which is represented in Storyboard View.

Note: you can select the transitions view type between Thumbnails or List.

To add the transition:

1. Select the Transitions button in Create Movie menu pane.
2. Navigating among transitions reflected in the Media Library select the desired transition icon.
3. Drag and drop it to the workspace or click the Add Transition button.
4. Preview the result using Main Preview window

You can also set the transition duration. The transition length is determined by the amount of overlap between two clips.

Note: maximum transition length is limited to 5 seconds.

To change the transition length:

1. Right-click at the transition displayed at the Workspace in storyboard view and select the Properties item.
2. At the Transition Properties window you can see the start position of the selected transition, in the right window - the end one.

   

3. Drag the slider to the necessary position and click the Apply button. The Apply All button will set the same duration to all of the transitions in your project.
4. Clicking the Randomize All button will add random transitions to all the empty transition windows between clips in your project with the duration set for current transition.
5. Preview the result using Main Preview window.