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  • Bar Transition in After Effects

    Posted by Richard Hutt on June 17, 2016 at 5:12 pm

    In my many forays through YouTube Tutorials on After Effects, at one point I came across a transition that was kind of like Venetian Blinds but it was more like 10 or 15 columns of video rotating onto the screen. Its a much cooler effect than plain Venetian Blinds. WOUld anybody know what this transition effect is called?
    Thanks Richard Hutt

    Richard Hutt replied 9 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • John Cuevas

    June 17, 2016 at 6:08 pm

    Can you post a link to one of these videos, please. It would make it easier to understand what you are trying to accomplish.

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    ThinkCK

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  • Joe Clay

    June 17, 2016 at 6:39 pm

    Without seeing it I can only guess. I’ve used a transition before that sounds like what you’re talking about. Here’s how I do it.

    1. Check the 3D layer box on the two video layers you want to transition between
    2. Make a 3D null and push it back in z-space to half of the comp width (960 for full HD comps)
    3. Parent the first layer to the null and set a key for Y rotation
    4. Move down the timeline and rotate the null 90°
    5. Parent the second layer to the null, now you should have a transition between them
    6. Make a new comp the same size as your main comp
    7. Make a gradient and use mosaic, or use different rectangles (or venetian blinds) to make a matte using only grey tones—this tutorial might help:
    https://workbench.tv/tutorials/2016-02-19_QuickDisplace/
    The intro to the tutorial uses a similar technique.
    8. Put that comp into your main comp and turn off it’s visibility
    9. Set up time displacement on a new adjustment layer and set the Time Displacement Layer to your matte
    10. Tweak to taste

    Joe Clay
    Workbench.tv

  • Michael Szalapski

    June 17, 2016 at 10:01 pm

    Check out the Card Wipe effect.

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  • Richard Hutt

    June 20, 2016 at 11:51 am

    Hey Johnny, thats the problem, I haven’t been able to find one of these videos yet. It was probably a year or so ago that I saw it. Ive had a couple of other people reply, one with a walk through and one with a name of an effect tottery. Thank you so much for replying to this. I do appreciate it. Im gonna keep looking for the answer.
    Richard Hutt

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