Roundup

The best Premiere Pro transitions and transition plugins

Updated 2026-11-03 · by the mouzeclick team

The best Premiere Pro transitions come from Boris FX Sapphire, Boris FX Continuum and Red Giant Universe if you want a plugin suite, and from Animation Composer and Mixkit's 140 templates if you want them free. Envato Elements, Motion Array and Adobe Stock sell templates by subscription, and Film Impact makes transition packs for Premiere. We make mouzeclick; its mouzetrans extension is listed last. Checked on 3 November 2026.

Checked on 3 November 2026 against each maker's own page. Anything a maker doesn't show reads Not published.
Sapphire lists 270+ effects and transitions and 3,000+ presets. Continuum lists 300+ effects, 40 transitions and 5000+ presets.
Free picks: Animation Composer (Premiere 2025 and newer) and Mixkit's 140 Premiere Pro transition templates.
Envato Elements shows From $16.50 / month. The plugin suites and Motion Array publish no price.
We make mouzeclick. mouzetrans adds 11 transitions on cuts and runs on Windows and Mac.

How did we pick the best Premiere Pro transitions?

We read each maker's own pages on 3 November 2026 and wrote down only what they publish. We make mouzeclick, and one entry here, mouzetrans, is ours. It is labelled as ours and sits last, not first.

Where a maker shows no price, platform or version, the table says Not published. We left out Premiere Pro's built-in transitions, because Adobe's help pages didn't load their body text when we checked. For those, see our steps for adding transitions in Premiere Pro and for making transitions with no plugins.

The list mixes four kinds of source:

plugin suites: Sapphire, Universe, Continuum and Film Impact
a free plug-in: Animation Composer
template libraries: Mixkit, Envato Elements, Motion Array and Adobe Stock
one extension: mouzetrans

For plugins that do other jobs, see the best Premiere Pro plugins by job.

Which Premiere Pro transition plugins and packs compare best?

Prices below are as each maker's page showed them on 3 November 2026. The Adobe Stock figure comes from its India plans page. We didn't see a US price.

Product	Price as shown	Platforms	Host apps	Best for
Boris FX Sapphire	Not published; 30-day trial	Not published	Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve (OFX), Nuke, Flame, VEGAS Pro, Fusion Studio	270+ effects and transitions across many hosts
Red Giant Universe (Maxon)	Not published; 14-day trial	Windows, macOS	Red Giant tools: Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Media Composer, Autograph, Cinema 4D (varies by tool)	Stylised transitions in a wider subscription
Boris FX Continuum	Not published; 30-day trial	Windows 10/11, macOS 12.7+	Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve (OFX), Nuke, VEGAS Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion	40 transitions and 5000+ presets
Film Impact	Not published	Not published	Premiere Pro (page lists CC 2015 back to CS5.5)	Dedicated Premiere transition packs
Animation Composer (Mister Horse)	Free plug-in; free for up to 500 library items	Windows, Mac	Premiere 2025+, After Effects 2025+	Free one-click transitions
Mixkit	Free, no sign-up	Not published	Templates for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve	140 free Premiere transition templates
Envato Elements	From $16.50 / month	Not published	Templates for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Motion, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve	Unlimited template downloads
Motion Array	Not published	Not published	Not published	Templates, presets and plugins in one plan
Adobe Stock	₹2,394.22/mo for 10 credits (India page)	Not published	Premiere Pro and After Effects templates, Motion Graphics templates	A few licensed templates a month
mouzetrans in mouzeclick (ours)	$25 a month, $249 a year, or $499 once for one of the first 100 lifetime keys	Windows 10/11, macOS 12+	Premiere Pro	11 cut transitions plus mouse shortcuts

Is Boris FX Sapphire the best transition plugin for Premiere Pro?

It is one of the two deepest suites here, with Continuum. Boris FX lists more than 270 effects and transitions and more than 3,000 presets in Sapphire, and Premiere Pro is one of its hosts. Continuum publishes higher effect and preset counts but only 40 transitions. Sapphire doesn't say how many of its 270+ are transitions.

The transitions sit in the Transition & Time category. Boris FX describes them as auto-animating transitions, from classic to modern:

custom dissolves and wipes
film rolls, hyper pulls and swish pans
feedback effects, time averaging and trails

Sapphire Builder stacks several effects into a single effect, or builds new effects and transitions. The suite also has lens flares, glows, blurs, film looks and distortions, with Mocha planar tracking built in. The current version shown is Sapphire 2026.5, which brings a redesigned S_Glare.

The trial runs for 30 days and puts a red-X watermark on the output. The pages we read published no price and no list of operating systems.

Best for: editors and finishing artists who want one deep suite across several hosts.

What does Red Giant Universe add to Premiere Pro transitions?

Universe adds transitions, stylisation and text effects you can customise, and Maxon says they run natively in a Premiere Pro timeline. It is included in the Red Giant subscription. The pages we read publish no standalone price.

Maxon's Transitions page lists 3D transitions, bokeh, camera shake, radial wipes, colour mosaics and glitches. The same subscription includes:

Magic Bullet Looks for colour
Real Lens Flares
motion graphics and text tools
the Maxon Studio template library
Trapcode Particular and Form, which build particles in After Effects

The latest release shown is Red Giant 2027.0, which adds Maxon Noise in Universe.

Red Giant tools run on Windows and macOS, in hosts from Premiere Pro and After Effects to DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Cinema 4D. Support varies by tool and host version. The Maxon App installs the tools, and the 14-day trial includes all of Maxon One. No price is published on the pages we read.

Best for: editors who also want Magic Bullet and Trapcode in the same subscription.

Is Boris FX Continuum better for Premiere Pro presets?

Pick Continuum if presets matter as much as transitions. Boris FX lists 300+ effects, 40 transitions and 5000+ presets. It is also the only suite here that publishes minimum operating-system versions.

Windows: 10 or 11 with the most recent updates.
Mac: Monterey 12.7 or above. Final Cut Pro and Motion need macOS 13.4 or above.
Linux: not supported. Boris FX says Continuum is for Windows and macOS only.

Hosts include Premiere Pro, After Effects, Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro, plus DaVinci Resolve, Nuke and VEGAS Pro through OFX. That suits an editor who moves between Premiere and Resolve, though per-host pricing is not published.

The trial runs for 30 days, needs no card and puts a red-X watermark on the output. The pages we read published no price.

Best for: editors who want a large preset library and a clear list of supported systems.

Are Film Impact transition packs worth it for Premiere Pro?

Film Impact is the only maker here whose line-up is all Premiere transitions, so it's worth a look if you only use Premiere. Check the version first, though. The line-up is Transition Pack 1, 2 and 3 and Bounce Pack.

Transition Pack 1: 10 transitions on a 64-bit multicore engine, Impact Dissolve among them.
Transition Pack 3: 10 more, GPU accelerated, with a "Try for free!" link.
Bounce Pack: seven energetic transitions for logo reveals, title animations and lower thirds.

The V3.5 update (6 September 2016) added CUDA and OpenCL support. Film Impact says this speeds up rendering in its GPU-accelerated packs: Pack 2, Pack 3 and Bounce Pack. It also lets the transitions use blend modes.

A caution: the page text we read dates from 2016. It lists Premiere CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6 and CS5.5. It gives no current version list, no price and no operating systems. Test the free try-out in your own Premiere version before you pay.

Best for: Premiere-only editors who want a small set of dedicated transition effects.

Is Animation Composer the best free Premiere Pro transitions plugin?

On this list, yes. Mister Horse calls Animation Composer a free plug-in for After Effects and Premiere, with text animations, transitions and effects you apply in one click.

It used to be called Premiere Composer. Mister Horse announced the rename on 10 June 2026 and says it is the same plug-in with new features. That update added:

VHS tape, film and light-leak transitions
a Film category
CRT, VHS, Betacam and Digital glitches

It needs Premiere 2025 or newer, and there are downloads for Windows and Mac. Adding your own content is free for up to 500 items in your library. Updates come through the Mister Horse Product Manager app.

Paid packs sit on top. Text Presets for Premiere, for example, holds more than 500 animated text presets. Pack prices were not published.

Our guide to installing Animation Composer and Premiere Composer has the steps. Our Animation Composer alternative comparison weighs it against a plan of tools.

Best for: anyone who wants free one-click transitions inside Premiere.

Where can I get free Premiere Pro transition templates?

Mixkit is the best free source of transition templates on this list. It has 140 free Premiere Pro templates for transitions, including glitch, splice and spin styles.

Each template is labelled either a project or a .mogrt. Liquid swipe left to right, for example, is a .mogrt.

Mixkit comes from Envato. It says downloads are free and unlimited, with no attribution and no sign-up. Assets under the Mixkit Free License can go into commercial and non-commercial projects. Licences are set per item type, so read the one on each item.

Mixkit also has templates for After Effects, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Its home page lists 851 video templates in all. Supported Premiere versions are not published. Our guide to using Premiere Pro templates (.mogrt) covers getting them into a sequence.

Best for: free transition templates you can use in client work, with no account.

Is Envato Elements good for Premiere Pro transitions?

Envato Elements suits editors who want a lot of templates under one subscription. On 3 November 2026 its home page showed From $16.50 / month for unlimited downloads of 30+ million assets, 160,000+ of them video templates.

Premiere Pro templates come in two forms:

.mogrt files, which install into the Essential Graphics panel
.prproj project files

Most run from 1080p to 4K and are made for recent Premiere versions. Templates you download under a valid subscription carry a lifetime commercial licence for personal and commercial work.

The page doesn't say which plan the $16.50 belongs to, whether it is billed monthly or yearly, or how many of the templates are transitions. Envato also lists templates for After Effects, Apple Motion, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

Best for: heavy template users who download every week.

What do you get from Motion Array for Premiere Pro?

Motion Array bundles templates, presets and plugins into subscription plans. Its pricing page showed no amounts when we checked on 3 November 2026.

Video Templates: templates, presets and motion graphics for one user.
Everything: adds footage, music and sound effects, graphics and photos, video-editing plugins and LUTs.
Team: 2 to 7 seats, for companies with fewer than 50 employees.
Business: for companies with 50+ employees and agencies.

Projects you make during a paid subscription stay covered for life. Once you cancel, you can't use downloaded assets in new projects. A subscription covers one user and doesn't allow automatic downloading tools. You pay by PayPal or card.

Our Motion Array alternative comparison sets tools against assets.

Best for: editors who want plugins and templates from one subscription.

Should you buy Premiere Pro transitions on Adobe Stock?

Adobe Stock makes sense if you need a few licensed templates a month and want them from Adobe. Its asset types include Motion Graphics templates, Premiere templates and After Effects templates.

Prices on its India plans page, 3 November 2026:

10 Stock credits a month: ₹2,394.22/mo, for up to 10 images, vectors, music tracks or templates and 1 video a month.
25 credits with AI Studio: ₹4,789.62/mo, with a 7-day free trial and up to 25 templates a month.

You keep assets downloaded during the trial, even if you cancel. When the trial ends, the annual subscription starts and is charged automatically. Most assets come with a standard licence.

The pages we read showed no US price and no free .mogrt collection.

Best for: occasional templates, fully licensed and billed by Adobe.

Where mouzeclick fits (we make it)

mouzetrans is our Premiere Pro extension. It puts 11 transitions on cuts: Zoom in, Zoom out, Whip, Spin, Slide push, Blur dissolve, Light flash, Shake hit, Stretch, Glitch jump and Fade to black. The mouzetrans feature page lists all 26 of its items.

Be clear about the scale. Eleven transitions is nowhere near Sapphire's 270+ effects and transitions or Mixkit's 140 templates. If you want film rolls, bokeh or swish pans, the suites above are the better pick. mouzetrans makes sense if you also want the rest of mouzeclick:

a mouse app with per-app buttons, gestures and three wheels
the Premiere Pro and After Effects panels on the extensions page

Two parts work with any transition you already own:

Search effects finds every installed effect and transition, plug-ins included. Enter applies one. Shift+Enter applies it and pins it to the Tool wheel.
The Premiere Tool wheel opens with F10 or a held right button. It holds 112 tools, including punch in, slow zoom and a shake that dies away. See Premiere Pro shortcuts on any mouse.

What runs where. mouzetrans, Search effects and the Tool wheel run on Windows 10 and 11 and on macOS 12 or newer (Mac install steps). The Premiere Pro workspace, whose Library holds 10 light-leak transitions, is Windows only. The Mac app does not include the workspaces.

Setup. On the app's Tool wheel page, press Install Premiere bridge. Restart Premiere, then open mouzetrans from Window › Extensions. mouzeclick needs an internet connection while it runs. There is no published minimum Premiere version, so try it in yours.

Price: $25 a month, $249 a year, or $499 once for one of the first 100 lifetime keys. The trial is 3 days and needs no card (see pricing).

Best for: editors who want a short set of cut transitions plus mouse shortcuts, wheels and panels in one plan.

What are the best Premiere Pro presets for transitions?

If presets matter most, look at Continuum and Sapphire. Their 5000+ and 3,000+ presets are the largest published counts on this list. Both are suite-wide figures, and neither page says how many of the presets are for transitions.

Other preset sources:

Mister Horse's Text Presets for Premiere: more than 500 animated text presets that work with the free Animation Composer.
Motion Array's Video Templates plan, which includes presets.

Envato Elements and Adobe Stock publish template counts and plans, not preset counts. Envato's Premiere templates arrive as .mogrt or .prproj files, so check the file type before you buy. For .prfpset preset files, see importing Premiere Pro presets.

Where do you get camera-shake transitions for Premiere Pro?

Three products on this list publish a camera shake:

Red Giant: Maxon lists camera shake among its Transitions, next to bokeh, radial wipes and glitches.
Boris FX Sapphire: camera shakes and rack defocus sit in the Blur & Distort category. The page we read names no effect called S_Shake, so check the effect name during the trial.
mouzetrans (ours): Shake hit is one of its 11 transitions on cuts.

On the mouzeclick side, the Premiere Tool wheel also has a shake that dies away, on Windows and Mac. Red Giant says support varies by tool and host version, so confirm a shake runs in your Premiere version during the trial.

Which Premiere Pro transitions are free?

Two sources on this list are free: Animation Composer and Mixkit. The rest are paid, most with a trial.

Animation Composer: a free plug-in for Premiere 2025 and newer, with up to 500 items in your own library.
Mixkit: 140 free Premiere transition templates, with no attribution or sign-up.
Boris FX Sapphire and Continuum: 30-day trials, with a red-X watermark on the output.
Red Giant: a 14-day trial through the Maxon App.
Adobe Stock: a 7-day free trial on some plans.
Film Impact: a "Try for free!" link on Transition Pack 3, with terms not published.
mouzeclick: 3 days and no card. Every Premiere Pro and After Effects tool works fully.

For a zoom with no plugin at all, see our Premiere Pro zoom transition guide.

How do I choose a Premiere Pro transition plugin?

Decide on the file type first. Then check host version, platform and licence, in this order:

Plugin or template. The suites (Sapphire, Universe, Continuum, Film Impact) add effects to Premiere. The template libraries (Mixkit, Envato Elements, Motion Array, Adobe Stock) give you .mogrt or project files.
Host version. Animation Composer needs Premiere 2025 or newer. Film Impact's page lists only older versions. Boris FX and Maxon point to separate compatibility lists.
Platform. Continuum publishes Windows 10/11 and macOS 12.7+. Red Giant and Animation Composer say Windows and Mac. Several others say nothing.
Licence after you cancel. Envato keeps a lifetime commercial licence on what you downloaded. Motion Array bars downloaded assets from new projects once you cancel.
Other editors you use. If you also cut in Resolve, Sapphire and Continuum list it as an OFX host, and Red Giant lists it too.
How fast you can apply them. A big library only helps if you can reach it. Effect search, a wheel or a mouse button saves digging through panels.

Try mouzetrans and the Premiere Tool wheel free for 3 days, no card needed. One plan with everything included, $25 a month, or $249 for a year.

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Questions people ask

What is the best free transition plugin for Premiere Pro?

On the maker pages we checked, the best free option is Animation Composer from Mister Horse, which has transitions built in. It installs into Premiere 2025 and newer on Windows and Mac, and it applies transitions, text animations and effects in one click. It is free for up to 500 items in your library. Its recent update added VHS tape, film and light-leak transitions, plus CRT, VHS, Betacam and Digital glitches.

Can I use Mixkit transitions in client work?

Yes, going by Mixkit's own wording. Assets under the Mixkit Free License can be used in commercial and non-commercial projects, with no attribution and no sign-up. Licences are set per item type, so read the licence on each item before you deliver. The 140 Premiere Pro transition templates come either as a project file or as a .mogrt.

Do the Boris FX Sapphire and Continuum trials leave a watermark?

Yes. Boris FX says the Sapphire and Continuum trials run for 30 days and put a red-X watermark on the output. The Continuum trial needs no payment details. Use the trial to test render speed and host support on your own machine. Buy before you deliver anything, because a watermarked render can't go to a client.

Does Red Giant Universe run inside Premiere Pro?

Yes. Maxon says Universe, Magic Bullet and Primatte Keyer run natively in a Premiere Pro timeline. Universe covers transitions, stylisation and text effects, and it is included in the Red Giant subscription. The Maxon App installs it, and the 14-day trial includes Red Giant along with Cinema 4D, Redshift and the rest of Maxon One.

What is the difference between a transition plugin and a .mogrt transition?

A plugin such as Sapphire or Universe adds effects and transitions to Premiere itself, and you apply them in the timeline. A .mogrt is a Motion Graphics template file. Envato says its Premiere .mogrt files install directly into the Essential Graphics panel, and some templates come as a .prproj project instead. Plugin suites publish preset counts, while template sites publish template counts.

Can I keep using Envato or Motion Array transitions after I cancel?

It depends on the service. Envato says templates downloaded under a valid subscription carry a lifetime commercial licence for personal and commercial projects. Motion Array says projects made during your paid subscription stay covered for life, but after you cancel you can't use downloaded assets in new projects. Adobe Stock lets you keep assets downloaded during its free trial, even if you cancel.

Does mouzetrans work on a Mac?

Yes. mouzetrans is one of mouzeclick's eight Premiere Pro extensions. The extensions run on Windows 10 and 11 and on macOS 12 or newer. The Premiere Pro workspace, with its 10 light-leak transitions, is Windows only, because the Mac app does not include the workspaces. The Tool wheel's punch in, slow zoom and shake that dies away work on both systems.

Are Film Impact transitions up to date for current Premiere Pro?

We couldn't confirm it. The Film Impact page text we read on 3 November 2026 dates from 2016. It lists Premiere CC 2015 back to CS5.5 for Transition Pack 1 and Transition Pack 3. It publishes no price and no list of current versions. Use the free try-out on Transition Pack 3 in your own Premiere version before you pay.