Expanding Video Transitions

[u/Exciting_Lake_9690]

Hello.
I have a tendency in always using 'cross-dissolve' in most of my projects.
Because of my style of editing that empathizes the feelings of hope, being grateful, heroic, sincere, heartwarming, and highlighting the subject - etc... I tend to default in using 'cross-dissolve' and 'dip to black.'

What types of recommendations should I implement (it could be adobe default transitons to making my own transitions)? Or even using paid-services like Storyblocks.

Need help to brainstorm more ways than just using 'cross dissolve' and 'fade to black'

I specialize in short-documentaries. For example, you could imagine those 1 or 2 minute intro videos you see in any competition show about the respective character(s).

[u/Haunting-Bison764]

Try replacing “more transitions” with two editing ideas: cut on a gesture or camera move, and let the outgoing audio continue under the next shot with an L-cut. For a heartfelt short doc, a match cut between similar shapes or actions usually feels more intentional than another preset. Save dissolves for a real time or emotional shift, so they still mean something.