In this example, the video player itself has its own framing, of the room, and then within that frame the window creates a sub-frame, of the city.

One way to explore this transition would be to find elements that are sub-framed in your design board.įor example, in an animation of a room with a window overlooking the city, you could zoom from a view of the room, into and through the window, out onto the city beyond it. You control the speed, and what you're zooming in on or out of. The relationship between two different objectsįor a more in depth discussion of match cuts, watch Jacob's match cut tutorial Master Motion Design: Using Match Cuts in Animation:Īs the name suggests, a dynamic zoom transition seamlessly shoots an image toward or away from the audience.WHEN TO USE MATCH CUT IN MOTION DESIGNĪs demonstrated in our transitions tutorial, the match cut works best when displaying: When utilized correctly, the match cuts reduces what can be a jarring effect associated with the hard cut.

What sells the shot? The elements are similar from one shot to the next, with the logo acting as an anchor for the viewer. In Six Essential Motion Design Transitions, our tutorial creator Jacob illustrates this transition technique with the shapes in the School of Motion logo, pushing into them as they come into view and cutting to the next clip at their fastest movement. Similar to a cut on action, used to illustrate an action shot from two different angles, a match cut is used to match a compositional element in one scene with that of the next.

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