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June 29, 2025
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Can Linear Wipe effect have color?

  • June 29, 2025
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When I add Linear Wipe, it wipes with the same color as background. Can I change that?

Correct answer Rick Gerard

Linear Wipe creates transparency. It reveals any layer below. If you want to wipe to a color, add a colored solid or shape layer below. Simply changing the background color is not a good workflow because transparency renders as black with most video codecs, and the background is always transparent (usually black) unless you add something with pixels in a layer.

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Rick GerardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 29, 2025

Linear Wipe creates transparency. It reveals any layer below. If you want to wipe to a color, add a colored solid or shape layer below. Simply changing the background color is not a good workflow because transparency renders as black with most video codecs, and the background is always transparent (usually black) unless you add something with pixels in a layer.