{
 "slug": "grade-wipe",
 "name": "Grade wipe (before and after)",
 "category": "effect",
 "group": "Zooms and reframes",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The viewer sees what a look does in one sweep.",
 "use_when": "Colour, retouching, any before and after on the same shot.",
 "phrase": "a vertical line sweeps across her face from left to right, the ungraded footage on one side and the graded look on the other",
 "pitfalls": [],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "high-contrast-hook",
  "global-look-block"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair notes on Reel Kit (Justyn The AI Guy) (described from the frames of two clips; no result per effect was measured). No pitfall with evidence yet"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/grade-wipe",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/grade-wipe.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is grade wipe: the viewer sees what a look does in one sweep. How it works: a vertical line sweeps across her face from left to right, the ungraded footage on one side and the graded look on the other. It is right for: colour, retouching, any before and after on the same shot. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}