November, 2006

Here is a really simple Card Wipe effect that anyone can do.

Begin by creating file with 9 pictures laid out in three rows in Photoshop.

Next create a second layer for the back. Export both as files separately as jpegs and bring them into the composition.

Drag the two files into the timeline.

Apply Card Wipe to the top layer. Initially the settings will apply the transition to 25%. Reset this to zero. Also, make sure you hide the back layer by clicking the eye. We don't want to see it in the back as it shows below.

Now we want to set our rows and columns to 3 each.

In this step we'll make adjustments to the camera position to give the appearance of a 3D layer.

Here's what we have so far.

We need to change the Back Layer to the back layer we created.

If we slide through the Transition Completion value, we can see the effect of the values of 3 and 3 that we set for columns and rows.

Let's set keyframes for Transition Completion where keyframe 1 is 0 and keyframe 2 is 100%.

Now we need to set keyframes for Jitter and here's how I have it set up.

These are the values for keyframe set at the beginning and at the end.

Here are the settings for the middle keyframes.

So if we scrub through the keyframes you'll notice the cards all flying and coming back with the back side showing.

Here I've cranked up the columns and rows to 12 each.

Here I've set rows to 100 and columns to 2.

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