Don’t overlook this old After Effects transition; just look at it in a new way! It may seem simple and boring, but you can get creative with it.

Venetian Blinds reveals an underlying layer in strips. You control the transition completion percentage, direction, width and feathering. With these simple parameter controls, you can have some fun with backgrounds, text layers, and more.

In this short video, you’ll see several examples of ways to apply the transition on After Effects.