A vertical line sweeps across her face from left to right, the ungraded footage on one side and the graded look on the other.
Grade wipe
The viewer sees what a look does in one sweep.
- Use when
- Colour, retouching, any before and after on the same shot.
Prompt instructions
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.
The same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.