Created for Focus Asia after production of the show at Star TV was halted.  This recreates the signature transition that was used throughout the show to segway between stories and credits.  At Star TV we cut the main story segments on a Media Composer, the transitions were added later courtesy of an A57 when the show was onlined in the linear suites ... but when the show moved to independent production the whole thing was cut start to finish on FCP.  I was one of the editors who cut the stories (Media Composer), and onlined the show in the linear suites ... and I used to moonlight for them cutting it after it moved on from Star TV too (but thats just between you and me and the gatepost)

Now unless you’re one of the 300 million Star TV viewers and you watched the show when it aired (and lets face it, most of you were watching the Bollywood movie on the other channel), or maybe you saw the show on PBS or Nat Geo, well then you’ll have no idea what it does so I’ll tell you ... It horizontally stretches and blurs the outgoing clip dissolving through to the incoming clip as it snaps in from a vertical stretch blur.  Ok, so its not exactly mind blowing after all that build up, but it was pretty snazzy and young and foolish as I was, I rather liked it, especially with a bit of a whoosh if you know what I mean.

For the time being this transition is hardcoded to the specific parameters that matched the shows move and offers no user control other than duration ... but its a sweet move.  When I get my act together I’ll update it to add in all the missing controls like user definable direction for In and Out blur, and dissolve/duration ratio.  For the time being feel free to enjoy it as it is.

Big props to Matt Sandstrom of Too Much Too Soon fame, FxScript genius that he is.  Without his Stretch Blur plugin as a spring board this one would have probably never seen the light of day ... at least not so easily.

UPDATED 26/08/09:

Added a few more controls to make the transition a bit more customizable ... plus added my Easy Ease controls.