BoxCutter

Tile the frame solid Cut the boxes OUT of the frame

Boxes meet edge to edge and cover the frame when the wipe ends.

As a track matte only the alpha matters, so white boxes are the safe default. This is for when you want them as artwork too.

What moves Reverse — boxes close instead of opening Stepping Easing Where the wipe sits

How long the matte layer runs Fill the boxes with

One clip, once per panel, each framed for itself — the same performer two- or three-up rather than one picture cut into tiles. The layout is whatever pattern you have set, so Bars gives columns, Split gives bands and Mondrian gives uneven panels. Punch in sets how tight each frame is, Vary how much that differs between them, Reframe how far off centre they sit. Click a panel to choose its clip; Alt-drag inside it to reframe and scroll to zoom. Timing still applies, so the panels can build on one at a time.

Each box shows a different piece of the clip it sits on. Times at 0 keeps every piece on the moment the clip is showing; wind it up and each one time remaps to its own point in the whole source file — so one clip gives you a wall of different scenes, not just the bit trimmed onto your timeline. Built inside a precomp, so your comp gains one layer, not two per box.

Mix it up across cuts A different mode each time A different direction each time The layers themselves Switch the matte layers off Shy them Let motion blur affect them

Only shape layers get added. No clip is trimmed, moved, or matted — pick the boxes up as a track matte yourself.