--- title: "Slide" url: "https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/Transitions_slide.html" section_path: "Transitions > Slide" description: "A 3D transition that slides the layer right, left, upward, or downward to reveal the second footage layer." --- ## SLIDE [Video: Uni_Transitions_Slide_hero.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Multimedia/Uni_Transitions_Slide_hero.mp4) A 3D transition that slides the layer right, left, upward, or downward to reveal the second footage layer. --- ### Presets Use the Slide presets to make your sliding A-B transitions single-click simple. Just 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. ![Image: Uni_Transitions_Slide_Presets.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_Slide_Presets.png) As with all other Universe tools, you can modify or create a Shape Wipe look and then save it under its own name by pressing the **Save Preset...** button. --- ### Getting Started in a Timeline ![Premiere_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/premiere-pro_universe.png) ![FinalCutPro_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/final-cut-pro-x_universe.png) ![Vegas_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/sony-vegas-pro_universe.png) ![Resolve_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/resolve_universe.png) ![Image: avidmedia_universe.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/avidmedia_universe.png) 1. 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. 2. Modify the **Duration** of the transition either by entering a length in the field or dragging directly in the timeline. 3. 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 ![AfterEffects_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/after-effects_universe.png) ![Motion_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/motion_universe.png) 1. Apply the transition to the layer from which you want to transition. 2. 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.) 3. 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 - The **Direction** drop-down menu can change the direction from which the transition slides into frame: **Right**, **Left**, **Upwards**, or **Downwards**. - The **Animation** drop-down menu gives multiple interpolation style choices for your transition's animation. The default is **Ease In Out Quad**For more detail on these animation patterns, see our [Animation Tween Examples](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/animation-tween-examples.html.md) page. - The **Dolly** slider gives you control to move the camera closer in or farther away from the transitioning layers along the z axis. Bringing the control down to 0 (left, below) will move the layer directly to the camera while pushing the slider up to 1.2 (right) will move the camera farther away.\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_Slide_Dolly.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_Slide_Dolly.png) - **Reflect** creates a reflection effect on this transition's layers. - Check the **Reflection** box to make this reflection appear. - **Blurriness** and **Falloff** controls help fade the reflection's crispness to give it a more subtle, “realistic” look. Below, you can see the **Reflection** below our two clips, which compare Falloff: 0.0 (left) against Falloff: 0.6 (right). Note that we kept **Blurriness** low (5.0) to keep the reflection clear.\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_Slide_Falloff.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_Slide_Falloff.png) - The **Aspect** control lets you stretch the reflection horizontally or vertically to help blend or distort it further into the composition. - **Motion Blur:** - Add realistic motion blur by choosing a setting from the drop-down menu: **Off** (shown left, below), **Low**, **Medium**, or **High** (right). The higher the **Motion Blur** setting, the more instances of the layer will appear between frames.\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_Slide_MotionBlur.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_Slide_MotionBlur.png) - The **Motion Blur Shutter** angle default is set to 180 degrees. Increasing it spreads the motion blur iterations evenly with a high number of blur levels. Shown below at 200% zoom with Motion Blur: Medium are minimum values of 90 (left) and 720 (right).\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_Slide_Shutter.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_Slide_Shutter.png) - The **Edge Smoothing** drop-down menu provides levels of edge anti-aliasing, making them less jagged. Options for smoothing strength are **None**, **Low**, **Medium**, or **High**. Setting this to **High** may increase playback and render time.