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is there any way to achieve such a smooth transition between two videos in the VSE, such as the transition that can be seen in the start of this video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxjNchN189Q&ab_channel=JavierMercedes

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This particular effect looks a bit like the Transition > Wipe effect but in the Wipe effects it doesn't look like you can move the video, only reveal it with a mask.

You can put your 2 video strips on 2 separate tracks, select the second strip, open the N panel, and keyframe the Strip > Transform > Position X to make the image go from right to left:

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If you want to add a kind of motion blur, you can select the strip and press ShiftA > Effect Strip > Gaussian Blur, which will add a strip over it, then select this effect strip and in the N panel > Strip > Effect Strip > Size X keyframe a high value to create some blur, then later in the timeline lower the value down to 0 and keyframe again:

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If you choose to create an Effect Strip in order to have the blur effect, you can even create the movement with this strip (N panel > Strip > Transform), not with the original strip.

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    $\begingroup$ in the example both videos are moving ... so just a note - aimate Position of both of them or Group them :) $\endgroup$
    – vklidu
    Mar 19, 2022 at 18:07
  • $\begingroup$ oh yes you're right, well so he just needs to animate the strip 1 as well, with the same method $\endgroup$
    – moonboots
    Mar 19, 2022 at 18:12
  • $\begingroup$ @moonboots I'm a she :) Thank you so much again for your fast reply and your informative answer! I think I got a very good result in the end and I am very pleased with it:) I hope that the developers will some day create this effect as a transition preset. $\endgroup$
    – blender28
    Mar 19, 2022 at 18:17
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks also @vklidu for your remark, I did animate also the movement of the first video. Thank you also for your comment! $\endgroup$
    – blender28
    Mar 19, 2022 at 18:17
  • $\begingroup$ @blender28 oh yes I haven't checked the Transition > Wipe $\endgroup$
    – moonboots
    Mar 19, 2022 at 18:25
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I know it is not the transition you asked for, but in some cases it could be easier to handle ...

If you don't mind - videos stay on place, you can use build-in Transition > Wipe ... just set Angle to 90° and Blur to make edge softer.

enter image description here Strip selection order matters :)

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you @vklidu for your reply. I did got strange result with the wipe interface. I saw that you wrote that Strip selection order matter, so I tried this again and got somewhat different but decent result, but still I hope there will be some presets for transitions like the one in the link in the video, and more options in the future. Thank you also for your help:) $\endgroup$
    – blender28
    Mar 19, 2022 at 19:16
  • $\begingroup$ We all live in a hope (especially in these days) ... $\endgroup$
    – vklidu
    Mar 19, 2022 at 19:20
  • $\begingroup$ Hopefully one day... $\endgroup$
    – blender28
    Mar 19, 2022 at 19:23

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