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How to Add Video Transition Effects with YouTube Movie Maker?

     Updated: April 20, 2022     Movie Maker TutorialVideo-editing Tips

A few days ago, a user commented below the post shared on facebook, asking for a guide about how to add a fade-in effect to the background.

So we made this tutorial for you.

We broke the tutorial into three parts. You can skip any of them if you knew it.

How to add a video transition effect between two clips?

Step 1: Run your “YouTubeMovieMaker” > “Make YouTube Videos”.  And then, add clips.

Add clips
Add clips

Step 2: Drag the clips to the Video Line.

Drag clips down
Drag clips down

Step 3: Click “Transition Effect” and choose one to drag it to the clip you want to add a transition effect.

Add a transition
Add a transition

How to add a fade-in effect to the first video clip?

If you want to add a fade-in effect to the first clip, there are two ways can help you make it.

Step 1: One of the easiest ways is to right-click the first clip, and then click “Insert a Gap” in the right-click bar.

Step 2: Move the gap to the beginning.

Insert a gap in front of the first clip

Step 3: Right-click the gap to add “Transition Effect” > “Add Transition Effect”.

Add a transition
Add a transition

Or drag the fade-in effect from the source bin directly.

Drag the fade-in effect
Drag the fade-in effect

Of course, you can left/right move the arrow on the gap to adjust the duration of the fade-in effect.

Adjust the gap length
Adjust the gap length

The second way:

Step 1: Right-click the clip and then click “Motion Effect” > “Add a Motion Effect”.

Add a fade-in effect
Add a fade-in effect

You’ll see a pop-out window like this.

Step 2: Choose “Fade” as the appear effect and set its duration.

If you don’t need a disappear effect, you can set it as “Disable”.

set appear effect
Set appear effect

That’s all for adding a cool transition effect to clips now.

How to add a fade-in effect to the video background?

Step 1: Right-click the Background Line to find “Insert Color Block”, adding a color background.

Or you can directly add an image as a background.

Insert color block
Insert color block

Step 2: Right-click the background to “Insert a Gap”.

Insert a gap
Insert a gap
gap

Step 3: Move it to the front of the background.

Move the gap to the beginning
Move the gap to the beginning

Step 4: Repeat the steps of part 1. But remember to add the transition effect to the gap.

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