As an editor, the ability to work quickly and efficiently is golden. The ability to store and reuse the custom effects that you have built can save you a lot of time and effort, when it’s close to deadline. If you know that you’re going to use an effect more than once in a project, like a custom transition, you should store that effect. Follow these steps to store a custom transition effect.

1. Create the effect that you need. In this example, I have used the Fade to Color effect to create a customized white flash transition or flicker.

2. Create a new Bin. You’ll need a place to store your effects, so go to File > New Bin, or press the Command Key and N on the keyboard to create a new bin. Name the new bin Effects.

3. Store the effect. The little Effect Icon, in the upper right corner of the Effect Editor, represents the new effect that you have just created. Drag the Effect Icon to the new Effects Bin.

There you have it. Now you don’t have to recreate the effect each time you want to use it in the show. Simply drag the icon from the Effects bin and place it into the sequence. Saving and reusing custom effects allows you to maintain consistency, but also saves you precious time.

Even better,

Create a Bin named exactly "Quick Transitions" (without the quotes)

Drop your Custom Transition fx into it.

Now when you hit the Quick Transition button, your transitions are there in the pulldown menu.

For use in other projects, just copy the QuickT bin into your other project folders.