A divider sweeps across a browser window to compare a muted old design with your new one, then settles in the middle with labels.
Spotlight & Focus
Before / After
- before after
- comparison
- slider
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Before After Slider Animation – Comparison Overlay
About Before / After
A comparison divider with a draggable-style handle swings across the frame under Before and After labels.
Part of Spotlight & Focus. New to this kind of graphic? Read How to Add a Spotlight Effect to a Product Video.
- Category
- Spotlight & Focus
- Length
- 7.5 seconds, up to 60 seconds
- Playback
- Plays once
- Controls
- 13 editable
- Format
- MP4 · WebM · PNG sequence
- Alpha
- WebM or PNG sequence
- Resolution
- 720p to 8K
- Aspect
- 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5
- License
- Commercial use included
Frequently asked
What is the Before / After animation?
A comparison divider with a draggable-style handle swings across the frame under Before and After labels. It belongs to the Spotlight & Focus category on velements, where you edit it in the browser and download it as a finished video file.
What can you customize in Before / After?
Every control in the editor, grouped the same way there. Content: labels. Typography: font, weight and size. Style: background, text color, primary, secondary, accent and thickness. Layout: aspect ratio and corner radius. Motion: duration. Each change appears in the live preview straight away, and editing is free.
How long is Before / After?
Before / After runs 7.5 seconds by default, and you can set any length up to 60 seconds before you export. It plays once from start to finish, so it drops straight onto a cut or an opening.
Can you download Before / After with a transparent background?
Yes. Set the background to Transparent, then export a PNG sequence for Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or Figma: import the first frame as an image sequence and it drops onto a track above your footage with a straight alpha channel. Export WebM with a VP9 alpha channel for the web and for CapCut. MP4 has no alpha channel, so it keeps a solid color or image behind the animation.
Can you use Before / After in commercial projects?
Yes. Each download comes with a perpetual commercial license in your name for client work, ads and products, and you may sell the edited clip on stock footage sites. Reselling the preset itself as an editable template is not allowed.
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