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[John Dickinson]

I’d start off by taking a look at Masks and Track mattes in the Help.

John Dickinson
Motionworks
https://www.motionworks.com.au

[Filip Vandueren]

hi,

2 possibilities:

one way:

create a solid layer, or use the graphic layer on which you want the effect.

with the mask tool, draw a rectangle that falls mainly outside the solid, but overlaps where you want the gradient to be.
like this:

              +---------------------+
              |                     |
+-------------+--+                  |
|             |  |   rectangular    |
|     solid   |  |   mask           |
|             |  |                  |
+-------------+--+                  |
              |                     |
              +---------------------+

Now give that mask a mode of subtract and a horizontal feather until it looks right. You can move the mask to the left or right to fine-tune, or use the mask-expansion parameter

other way:

add a transition -> linear wipe-effect
settings:
Transition Completion: 20%
Wipe Angle: -90

[Adam J demientieff]

Wow, that was easy! Thanks for the help. I tried all night to figure that out on my own with no avail. I’m sure I will have more questions, thanks again.