How to raise your game with transition effects

[David Honan]

P.s.. Like these light transition fx here https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15kdkg_15-massive-light-transitions-pack-after-effects-template_shortfilms but is it the case you normally have to buy these as additional plugins?

[Todd Vanslyck]

I’ll echo Dave and say use transitions sparingly.
Content is king!
But they are nice sometimes. I use the filmimpact.net transitions. They are pretty useful.
I’m not sure if BorisFX is still in the transition game, but they used to have a bunch like what you are describing.

You could also try using some practical footage, like bokeh, or light leaks to make your transitions. Drop it on a layer above your two clips and do a quick fade up/down.
Looks less “transition-ey” if that makes sense

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[David Honan]

Thanks Todd, your post has began my education. When your a rookie you see things you like but you dont know the names and if you dont know the names you cant research the “How to” tutorials

Grazie mille 🙂

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

To add to what has already been said, your transition need to add and not distract from your content, to help and not to break the flow of the story (unless your story needs to break). I would start with the basic presets from After Effects – there’s a bunch in there that are quick and easy to apply and use (as well as in Premiere). The trick is to take a preset and start tweaking it to make it look different. Adding other elements like blurs, glows, lens flares, grain and so on can improve the look of a transition. Of course all those things can be used in themselves to create transitions. Card Wipe and Card Dance can provide some interesting 3d transitions.
But, as I said in the beginning, transitions need to be integrated in the overall concept of your piece.

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist