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A matrix wipe is a patterned transition between two images. The matrix wipe can be various patterns such as a grid, stars, etc.


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The star wipe became popular again in video editing after a very famous scene in The Simpsons in which Homer was editing a dating video for Ned Flanders and didn't realize that there were other wipes in addition to the star wipe.
A star wipe is a wipe that takes the shape of a growing or shrinking star, and is used to impart a sense of "extra specialness" or "added value." This convention was considered overused in the 1980s and is now generally thought to be somewhat out-of-date.
A clock wipe is a wipe that sweeps a radius around the center point of the frame to reveal the subsequent shot, like the sweeping hands of an analog clock.
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