A luminance-based transition effect, with the dissolve driven by an adjustable fractal gradient. Includes controls for type of fractal pattern, complexity, fractal evolution speed, size, and transition direction.
Presets
The forecast calls for cloudy with a high chance of convenience with these Turbulence Transition presets. Simply keyframe the Mix duration (see below) and tune to taste! Find these presets via the blue Open Dashboard... button or the Choose a Preset... button below it.
As with all other Universe tools, you can modify or create a Turbulence Transition look and then save it under its own name by pressing the Save Preset... button.
Getting Started in a Timeline
Drag the transition over your edit in the timeline, placing it at the end or beginning. Alternatively, you can place it between two successive clips.
Modify the
Duration
of the transition either by entering a length in the field or dragging directly in the timeline.
You can choose the
Alignment
(Center at Cut, Start at Cut, End at Cut, or Custom Start) either by positioning the transition in the timeline or by choosing from the Alignment drop-down in some host applications.
Getting Started in a Compositor
Apply the transition to the layer from which you want to transition.
Choose the footage layer you would like to transition to in the
Transition B
drop-down menu.
(Note for Motion users:
Drag the footage layer up to the Transition B box.)
Animate your transition using the
Mix
slider from 0% to 100 percent. Set a keyframe for 0% where the transition should start, then set another at 100% for the end.
Modify the Transition
Pattern
lets you select from Clouds (below, top left), Billowed (top right), Ridged (bottom left), or Plasma (bottom right) options for the turbulence noise maps.
The
Transition Type
drop-down menu controls the direction from which the second layer will appear. The default is Dissolve, which applies to the whole layer evenly. Other options indicate the effect's directionality: Top Left, Top Middle, Top Right, Left Edge, Right Edge, Bottom Left, Bottom Middle, and Bottom Right.
Directionality can make for a smooth way to match your transition to the underlying content, as we did below with matching the storm's motion to a Left Edge transition.
The
Noise Speed
control allows you to adjust how fast the noise pattern moves within the image during the transition. Increase this control for more of a frantic or flickering look, or turn it lower for a smoother, more gradual change within the pattern.
Here's a look at the maximum value of 400 applied to the Plasma pattern.
Adjusting the
Noise Detail
slider up toward 10.00 will shrink the map and add more of the gradient pattern into the composition. For less detailed noise within the transition, turn the slider down toward 0 and the map will increase in size over the image.
Compare the default value of 1 (below, left) with the much smaller patterns of 5 (right).
When turned up, the
Noise Complexity
parameter will increase the fractal pattern's complexity within the noise map. Bring this control down to 1 (the minimum, left, below) for a more simplified look to the turbulence, or slide toward the maximum (5, right) for peak chaos.
The
Noise Seed
feature is useful for adding uniqueness and variety into the noise map. Changing this control will alter the starting point of the noise map, giving it a slightly new appearance.
