{
 "slug": "light-leak-cut",
 "name": "Light leak on the cut",
 "category": "transition",
 "group": "Cards and finish",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "A film flash covers the cut and gives it warmth.",
 "use_when": "Lifestyle montages, a change of chapter.",
 "phrase": "a warm light leak builds over the cut, opaque at its midpoint, about 20 frames long",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Tested on 26 Oct 2026: with a screen blend the leak is strong on dark scenes and only a faint warm wash on light grounds. Hiding a cut on a light scene needs a full colour flash.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "film-finish",
  "hard-cut"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/transition/light-leak-cut",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/transition/light-leak-cut.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: a warm light leak builds over the cut, opaque at its midpoint, about 20 frames long",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot. Cut: a warm light leak builds over the cut, opaque at its midpoint, about 20 frames long",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. A warm light leak builds over the cut, opaque at its midpoint, about 20 frames long.",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. A warm light leak builds over the cut, opaque at its midpoint, about 20 frames long. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "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."
 }
}