Effects
Tools
Timeline
Edit Potpourri
100

A soft blur effect that reduces detail and sharpness.

What is Gaussian Blur

100

Allows you to directly create and format text on your screen

What is the Text Tool

100

A color indicator above the timeline: green (rendered), yellow (preview), red (needs rendering).

What is Render Bar

100

Supplemental footage that enhances or supports the primary video content, such as cutaway shots or background visuals.

What is B-Roll
200

An effect used to key out (remove) a specific color, usually green or blue screen backgrounds.

What is Ultra Key

200

Used to slice or split video, audio, and graphics clips directly on your timeline.

What is the Razor Tool

200

A timeline in Premiere Pro where you assemble and edit video and audio clips to create a finished program.

What is a Sequence

200

A graphic overlay, usually positioned in the lower portion of the screen, used to display information such as names, titles, or hashtags.

What is a Lower Third

300

A video effect that creates ghosted motion trails to suggest disorientation or dreams.

What is Echo Effect

300

An edit that changes the in and out points of a clip without changing its duration or position in the timeline.

What is Slip Edit

300

Placing a sequence within another timeline, treating it as a single clip.

What is Nesting

300

Gradually increasing or decreasing the playback speed of a clip to create a dynamic visual effect.

What is Speed Ramping

400

An effect that analyzes footage and reduces camera shake.

What is Warp Stabilizer

400

A trim tool that removes or adds time by shifting surrounding clips automatically.

What is Ripple Edit Tool

400

A timeline track dedicated to displaying subtitles or closed captions.

What is a Caption Track

400

A low-resolution duplicate of a video file used for easier editing performance.

What is a Proxy
500

An effect that uses a separate layer (matte) to control transparency of another layer.

What is Track Matte Key

500

An edit that moves a clip along the timeline while adjusting adjacent clips to maintain sequence length.

What is Slide Edit

500

A layer that applies effects to all clips below it in the timeline.

What is an Adjustment Layer

500

A separate application used to queue and export Premiere Pro sequences with customized settings.

What is Media Encoder

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