--- title: "Linear Wipe" url: "https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/linear-wipe.html" description: "A fullscreen wipe from one shot to the next, with added control over the wipe's origin location. Also offers controls for the blurriness of the edge as …" --- # Linear Wipe Universe ## LINEAR WIPE [Video: Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_hero.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Multimedia/Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_hero.mp4) A fullscreen wipe from one shot to the next, with added control over the wipe's origin location. Also offers controls for the blurriness of the edge as well as its color. --- ### Presets With over 20 presets ready and waiting, Universe Linear Wipe puts potentially perfect linear transitions at your fingertips. 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. ![Image: Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_presets.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_presets.png) As with all other Universe tools, you can modify or create a Linear 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 - **Path Angle** allows you to change the angle of the transition's wipe. Below we start with the Line Up preset, which uses a 270° value (left), then we dialed it back to 225° (right).\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_PathAngle.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_PathAngle.png) - **Mirror** toggles the addition of a second wipe opposite from the main one. To demonstrate, we took that same 225° **Path Angle** example used above, then checked the **Mirror** box to get this: [Video: Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_Mirror.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Multimedia/Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_Mirror.mp4) - **Reverse** flips the wipe's direction. Consider the above clip. That **Mirror**-enabled configuration starts the wipe transition from the comp's center and moves outward. With Reverse enabled, it starts from the edges and moves to the center. - **Edge Softness** controls how blurry the edge is between shots. Below, we applied the Desaturate Soft Diagonal Close preset. This preset applies an **Edge Softness** of 34 percent. In contrast, all of the above examples use 0 percent.\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_EdgeSoftness.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_EdgeSoftness.png) - Just as in Photoshop, **Enable Stroke** determines whether the transition line between your two clips has an overlaid, colored thickness. The stroke line is essentially a narrow rectangle that spans all the way across your comp. This rectangle is composed of two elements, its outer edge and its inner area. You can set the width of both elements (see below). - **Inner Stroke Color** customizes the color the inner part of the stroke using a color swatch or eyedropper tool. - **Inner Stroke Width** adjusts the diameter of the stroke's inner area. - **Outer Stroke Color** customizes the color the stroke's outer part using a color swatch or eyedropper tool. - **Outer Stroke Width** adjusts the diameter of the stroke's outer area. As the following triptych shows, both the inner and outer strokes measure from the central line of the transition, shown clearly at left with **Enable Stroke** disabled. The center image shows a black **Inner Stroke** with a width of 12 and a blue **Outer Stroke** with a width of 0. The interesting part is how we can increase **Outer Stroke** all the way to 0 and it never appears in the image...because it's buried under the **Inner Stroke**. The right image shows an **Outer Stroke** of 24, measuring 24 pixels wide from the center, not from the edge of the **Inner Stroke**.\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_EnableStroke.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_EnableStroke.png) - **Stroke Blend Mode** contains a standard drop-down list containing multiple options for how the stroke blends over its background. - **Stroke Glow**, when enabled, adds an optional fuzzy, colored glow outward from the stroke. - **Glow Intensity** adjusts the contrast of the glow and how brightly it displays over its background. - **Glow Radius** controls how far the glow tapers from the stroke. Note that increasing the **Glow Radius** without increasing **Glow Intensity** can make the effect appear dimmer. - **Glow Noise** adds or removes optional dithering to the stroke's glow. We illustrate these glow settings below. On the left, we show the Phaser preset, with default values of Glow Intensity: 6, Glow Radius: 6, and Glow Noise: 3. At right, we increase these values to Glow Intensity: 18, Glow Radius: 18, and Glow Noise: 18.\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_Glow.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_LinearWipe_Glow.png)