Adjusting the Motion effect
Every visual clip in a Premiere Pro sequence automatically has a number of effects applied.
These are referred to as fixed effects (also sometimes called intrinsic effects). Motion is the
name of one of these effects.
To adjust a clip’s Motion effect, select the clip in a sequence and look in the Effect Controls
panel. Expand the Motion effect to adjust the settings.
The Motion effect allows you to adjust the position, scale, or rotation of a clip. Let’s look at the
way this effect has been used to reposition a clip in a sequence.
Tip
Unlike other effect controls, if you expand or collapse the settings for the Motion effect,
the settings will remain expanded or collapsed for all clips.1. Open Lesson 09.prproj in the Lesson 09 folder.
2. Save the project as Lesson 09 Working.prproj.
Tip
As you have been saving projects with new names while working on them, you can
go back to earlier lessons and experiment again with a fresh copy of the original
project file.3. Choose Effects in the Workspaces panel, or choose Window > Workspaces > Effects. Reset
the workspace.
4. If necessary, open the sequence 01 Floating. This simple sequence has just one clip in it
(Gull.mp4).
5. Make sure Fit is chosen from the Select Zoom Level menu in the Program Monitor. It’s
important to see the whole composition when setting up visual effects. This menu does not
change the contents of the sequence, only the way the contents are viewed. It can be helpful
to zoom in or out to see fine details in an image or set up effects, but generally you will
want to keep this menu set to Fit.
6. Play the sequence.This clip’s Position, Scale, and Rotation properties have been changed. Keyframes have
been added, with different settings at different points in time, so the clip animates.