What are Video Transitions?

Video transitions are the effects added to the video during the editing process. The way in which any two video shots are joined together is called the transition. Transitions are very important, everyone from the camera operator to the editor must have a good understanding of how to make effective transitions.

The most common transition is the cut, in which one shot changes instantly to the next. The next most common transition is the cross-fade (or mix or dissolve), where one shot gradually fades into the next. 

Fade out is a term used to describe a transition effect where the image slowly disappears into a black. This usually indicated the end of a scene or the video. Fade out is a type of dissolve effect. It is the opposite of fade out. In this transition effect the image appear from a black background. This is used in the beginning of a scene or video. A cutaway shot is the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting an image of something else. It could be a different subject, a close up of a different part of the subject, or just about anything else.