What It Does
Transition Master 2 Pro lets you build native drag-and-drop transitions inside After Effects, then export them for reuse or sharing. Version 2 introduces image-driven transitions, where black and white images control when different parts of the frame transition. White areas transition first, black areas last.
The plugin works across After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Nuke. Create a transition in one app, export it, and use it in another. Apply transitions between clips or to on-screen graphics like lower thirds and title cards.
Key Features
Transform controls. Position, scale, rotation, tilt, and skew, with ping-pong options for offset and rotation to create back-and-forth motion.
Grid system. Divide the frame into cells, then animate grid scale, offset, rotation, and radial offset separately. Crop individual cells or offset them with ping-pong effects.
Time remap. Control how transition effects play out over time. Set start and end points, adjust bias, smooth values, and choose directional modes. Modify blend, scale, rotation, offset, or grid behavior.
Post-processing. Add tint, hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, shake (amplitude and frequency), blur (with ping-pong), or pixelation.
Full ease control. Adjust overall easing or dial in separate curves for scale, rotation, offset, tilt, grid properties, post-processing, and blend. The Basic version only adjusts overall ease speed.
Image-driven transitions (new in v2). Load a grayscale image to map the transition timing across the frame based on tone values.
40+ included presets. Cinematic wipes, glitch effects, lower third animations, and more. Use them as-is or as starting points for custom builds.
Who It’s For
Motion designers who want to build reusable transition presets instead of recreating effects for each project. Editors looking for native transitions that work across multiple editing apps. Anyone creating lower thirds, title animations, or stylized scene transitions.
The Basic version (free) lets you use presets and import custom transitions others have made. Pro unlocks creation tools and export.
Pricing
Transition Master 2 Pro uses pay-what-you-want pricing. The developers suggest $89, but you set the amount. Every Pro license includes a free Basic license.
Upgrades: Free if you bought v1 after January 1, 2022. $19 if you bought v1 before that date. $29 to upgrade from Basic to Pro.