Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

scene into another.

Adding a J-cut

The J-cut gets its name from the shape of the edit. Picture the letter J over an edit. The lower
part (the audio cut) is to the left of the upper part (the video cut).

1. Open the Theft Unexpected sequence.

2. Play the last cut in the sequence. The join in the audio between the last two clips is rather

abrupt. You may need to turn up your speaker volume to hear the join. You’ll improve

things by adjusting the timing of the audio cut.

3. Select the Rolling Edit tool , accessible by pressing and holding the Ripple Edit tool icon

4. Press and hold Option (macOS) or Alt (Windows)—this temporarily overrides linked

selections—and drag the audio segment edit (not the video) a little to the left.

Congratulations! You’ve created a J-cut!

Tip

With the default Premiere Pro preferences, you can use the Selection tool to apply a

rolling edit if you hold Command (macOS) or Ctrl (Windows).

Tip

For more information on keyboard shortcuts, see “Using and setting keyboard

shortcuts” in Lesson 1, “Touring Adobe Premiere Pro CC.”

5. Play through the edit.

You might want to experiment with the timing to make the cut seem more natural, but for

practical purposes the J-cut works. You can smooth it over and improve it further with an

audio crossfade later.