1. Start Premiere, and import your footage (2 clips), and a Hotcakes wipe. We used BouquetWipe from Wedding Essentials Volume 1 CD 1 in the TGA Overlay folder.

2. When importing BouquetWipe, be sure to put a check mark in the Number Stills box.

3. Drag your first clip to Video Track 1a and your second to Video Track 1b allowing about a 2 seconds of overlap.

4. Drag BouquetWipe to Video Track 2 just above the overlap area.

4. Right click on the BouquetWipe to bring up Video Options>Transparency. Set Key Type to Black Alpha Matte.

5. Select the Wipe transition from your Transition window under Wipe.

6. Drag the transition to the transition track between Video 1a and Video 1b.

7. Double-click on the transition clip to bring up the Wipe Settings. Click on the upper left white arrow which sets it to red and makes the wipe a diagonal wipe from the upper left corner. Click the OK button.

8. Here’s a trick to preview without rendering. Press your ALT key while left mouse dragging the time line scrubber. This will allow you to see a preview while you are scrubbing.

9. You might need to move the BouquetWipe clip to get the desired timing of the diagonal wipe.

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