Iris

A camera iris: the frame closes down to a point through a ring of the accent, then opens on the next shot. Circle, diamond, star or square, from any point.

• transitions/iris
• Transitions
• transition
• Overlay with alpha
• 1.2 s (0.5–4 s)

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Render it

npx volito render transitions/iris --out iris.mov

That writes ProRes 4444 with alpha, ready to drop over footage. The same item in another shape, brand or format:

volito render transitions/iris --aspect 9:16 --style cobalt --out iris-9x16.mov
volito render transitions/iris --format mp4 --out iris.mp4
volito still transitions/iris --t 0.26 --out iris.png
volito info transitions/iris     # every prop and part
volito add transitions/iris      # copy its source into ./motion to edit

From Node:

import { findItem, renderVideo } from "volito";

await renderVideo(findItem("transitions/iris"), { props: {}, out: "iris.mov" });

Or ask an agent with the MCP server connected: “Render the Volito iris (transitions/iris) in 9:16, in our brand.”

Props

Set each with --prop name=value, or all at once with --props and a JSON object.

Parts

Each part takes any move, ease or idle: --motion cover.in=pop.

Tags: transition, iris, circle, close, open, shape

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Doors

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Clock wipe

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