NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC+ Optical Dissolve filter uses a power function to simulate an optical film dissolve. The bright areas of the B side of the dissolve appear sooner than the darker areas.
Background Image 
Foreground Image
Filter Parameters
Opacity: Sets the mix level.
PixelChooser: The BCC PixelChooser provides simple, built-in masking of the effect result. The PixelChooser is generally used to select a portion of the image and restrict an effect to just the selected area while maintaining the original image content in unselected regions. The selection can be based on geometric shapes or on the image’s luma/color properties.
For more information on the PixelChooser, Click Here.
Working with The Filter
- Apply BCC+ Optical Dissolve from the Key and Blend category:
- After Effects / Final Cut Pro / Motion / Premiere Pro
- The layers/tracks should be stacked in the following order from bottom to top: background and then foreground.
- Apply BCC+ Optical Dissolve to the top foreground layer/track.
- OFX
- For node based hosts, apply BCC+ Optical Dissolve to a foreground clip and then hook up a background clip.
- For layer based hosts, the layers/tracks should be stacked in the following order from bottom to top: background and then foreground. Then, apply BCC+ Optical Dissolve to the top foreground layer/track.
- Set the Opacity value so that the foreground clip is blended with the background.