Premiere Pro · Audio
How to fade audio in Premiere Pro
Short answer
Select the clip edge, or the clip, and press Cmd+Shift+D on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+D on Windows. Premiere adds a Constant Power crossfade. Drag its edge to make it longer.
In Premiere Pro
01
Apply a fade
Select an audio clip and press Cmd+Shift+D (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows) to add the default audio transition at both ends.
02
Or drag one in
In the Effects panel, open Audio Transitions > Crossfade and drag Constant Power onto the start or end of the clip.
03
Change the length
Drag the transition's edge in the Timeline, or double-click it and type a duration.
04
Crossfade two clips
Drop the transition on the cut between two clips. Each clip needs a few frames of extra media past the cut.
05
Set the default length
Change it in Settings (Preferences) > Timeline > Audio Transition Default Duration.
- Constant Power sounds smoother for most crossfades. Constant Gain can dip less on music.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Eddie adds fades and dissolves, and they carry into Premiere.
Ask for a fade, such as "Fade the music out over the last 3 seconds" or "Dissolve between the second and third clips." Dissolves run 0.2 to 3 seconds and arrive in Premiere as a real cross-dissolve.
Back to Premiere
Open the edit, click Export and choose Premiere. You get a Premiere project (.prproj) or the older Premiere XML. In the desktop app, Send to Premiere Pro builds the edit inside Premiere through Eddie's panel, which the app installs for you.
If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files, so Premiere relinks to them. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media; relink to those, not to the camera originals.
From the help center
Questions
- What is the audio fade shortcut in Premiere?
- Cmd+Shift+D on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+D on Windows.
- Why can't I add a crossfade?
- The clip has no media past its end. Trim it back a few frames to make handles.