Slide / Push — effect skill for transitions

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B pushes A out of frame (push), slides over it (cover) or A slides away to reveal B (reveal).

What it does

Built on Directional Wipe by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Hard-edged panels move in one direction; reads like swiping between cards or pages.

When: Lists, steps, app demos, editorial and corporate explainers; "next point".

Watch out: Mixing directions randomly; keep one direction for "forward".

Timing: 0.3–0.5 s (CapCut Slide/Left/Right 0.47 s), power3.inOut

Also called: Slide, Left, Right, Up, Push Away 2, push transition, cover, reveal

In FFmpeg

Same size/fps/pixel format on both inputs (see the Normalize card). offset = duration(A) - T = 5.0 - 0.4 = 4.6.

ffmpeg -i a.mp4 -i b.mp4 -filter_complex \
"[0:v]fps=30,settb=AVTB,format=yuv420p[a];[1:v]fps=30,settb=AVTB,format=yuv420p[b];\
[a][b]xfade=transition=slideleft:duration=0.4:offset=4.6[v];\
[0:a][1:a]acrossfade=d=0.4[au]" \
  -map "[v]" -map "[au]" -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -c:a aac out.mp4

Push = slideleft|slideright|slideup|slidedown; cover = coverleft…coverdown; reveal = revealleft…revealdown; soft-edged wipe = smoothleft….

In HyperFrames

tl.to("#s1", { x: -1920, duration: 0.5, ease: "power3.inOut" }, T);
tl.fromTo("#s2", { x: 1920, opacity: 1 }, { x: 0, duration: 0.5, ease: "power3.inOut" }, T);

Blocks: directional-wipe, transitions-push, transitions-cover; elastic: rubber-band-bumper.

In Remotion

import {TransitionSeries, linearTiming, springTiming} from '@remotion/transitions';
import {slide} from '@remotion/transitions/slide';

<TransitionSeries>
  <TransitionSeries.Sequence durationInFrames={90}><ShotA /></TransitionSeries.Sequence>
  <TransitionSeries.Transition presentation={slide({direction: 'from-right'})} timing={springTiming({config: {damping: 200}, durationInFrames: 15})} />
  <TransitionSeries.Sequence durationInFrames={90}><ShotB /></TransitionSeries.Sequence>
</TransitionSeries>

Total = 90 + 90 - 15 frames: the transition overlaps the two shots. slide() is also the default presentation; directions: from-left, from-right, from-top, from-bottom.

In CapCut

Transitions tab → Slide → Slide, Left, Right, Up, Push Away 2, Corner Slide. Desktop: drag the tile onto the cut between two clips and set Duration in the right panel ("Apply to all" reuses it on every cut). Mobile: tap the small white square between clips, pick the transition, drag the duration slider, tap ✓. Tab labels and placement change between versions and regions.

Ready-made components

Where this comes from

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Install

Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/e1d627a4ff17/take-slide-push.mp4 — slideleft between two shots, with the timeline strip of the edit. Footage: Coffee Run (2020), Blender Studio | studio.blender.org, CC BY 4.0; Cosmos Laundromat (2015), (CC) Blender Foundation | gooseberry.blender.org, CC BY 4.0. (credit: Rendered by varg · Coffee Run (2020) + Cosmos Laundromat (2015))

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