avoid any sort of effect that can leave a viewer disorientated or uncomfortable eg the spinning whizzy effects, fast sequences - modern transitions?.use only transitions that add to the story, eg if the video has distinct sections I will use a through black, or occasionally a page turn, to indicate the end/start of a new section, within a section I use mainly crossfades and cuts.Hmmm - I wonder if my Mask Generator tutorial is an option here with a suitable video source to create the mask John CB I too am puzzled by what you mean by 'modern' transition - see below. there is no plugin that automatically creates an odd-shaped mask.
Thanks for that - I dislike pre-empting another users hard work an effort.