Can anyone suggest a way to accomplish the effect in this video?

Len Kaufman wrote on 6/27/2025, 9:45 PM

I really like the opening of this video, where the top and bottom open to reveal the scene. Can anyone suggest a way to accomplish this in Vegas Pro 22?

Thank you,

Len Kaufman

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Gid wrote on 6/27/2025, 10:01 PM

@Len Kaufman Vegas has Venetian blinds & Barn door in the Transition options.

You could use Pan/Crop, turn Lock aspect off & Stretch to fill frame off, keyframe this

or it could be done with a mask, bezier or Pan/Crop mask.

Or use the Crop fx

There's prob more options...

3POINT wrote on 6/27/2025, 10:25 PM

@Len Kaufman Vegas has Venetian blinds & Barn door in the Transition options.

You could use Pan/Crop, turn Lock aspect off & Stretch to fill frame off, keyframe this

or it could be done with a mask, bezier or Pan/Crop mask.

Or use the Crop fx

There's prob more options...

Two more options I know: Cookie Cutter FX and Vignette in Soft Contrast FX:

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Len Kaufman wrote on 6/27/2025, 11:18 PM

@3POINT , @Gid, Thank you. Will try those options tomorrow.

3POINT wrote on 6/28/2025, 1:05 AM

@Len Kaufman the easiest and quickest way is to use Barn Door transition, as shown by @Gid.

Mindmatter wrote on 6/28/2025, 5:03 AM

I'd simply keyframe a black positive rectangular mask opening fom zero in the middle to how much of the black bars you want.