4 ways to add effects in Adobe Premiere Pro

Did you know that there are 4 different ways to add effects to your clip in Adobe Premiere Pro (and if you stick to the end I will give you a time-saving tip about the last one that you probably didn’t know about).

4 ways to add effects in Adobe Premiere Pro

Let’s dive in 🏊‍♂️ and start with the most obvious one:

1️⃣ Open the “Effects” window, click and drag the effect you want to the timeline, and drop it onto the clip.

2️⃣ The second way is to select the clip in the timeline and then drag the effect into the “Effect Controls” window.

3️⃣ The third way is to select the clip again, and then simply double-click on the effect you want to add.

4️⃣ The fourth way is to use something called an “adjustment layer”, and this is where I will show you a little bonus tip. 🎁

First, you go to the “Project” window and click “New item” at the bottom and select “Adjustment layer”.
Now, if you would add the “Adjustment layer” to the timeline and apply the effect there, it will affect all the clips underneath that layer, but…

…it will only add the effect to THAT “Adjustment layer” in the timeline, and not the one in the “Project” window, so instead…

…drag the effect onto the layer in the “Project” window and then maybe rename it so you know what effect you added. This way, you can create a list with effects that you can sort in folders and then drag-and-drop the ones you want into the timeline whenever you need them.

(You can also add multiple effects to the same Adjustment layer.)

🎞 Watch the video here!

And if you wanna learn how to copy an image from the internet and paste it directly into Premiere Pro without saving it first, check out this video.

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