Need suggestion/Tip on achieving desired effect

I am trying to achieve this effect in AE cc 2014 Definitely, Maybe scene - YouTube
I am looking at making a similar video with the different video clips wiping in and out with the same transition. You can see that each video clip is divided by a black boarder which can also double as a transition. I already tried using CC Jaws, but i don't get that black boarder effect with the wipe.
I tried using Masks and that seems to be very time consuming. Any thoughts or suggestions on how to make this effect without spending a lot of time on it?

Masks or track mattes are the way to go. Surprise, Visual Effects are time consuming. You will get faster with practice. There is no click here and do that button in AE.
If it were my project I would animate shape layers, one for each transition, then use the shape layers as track mattes for the video clips. There may be some tracking or some repositioning of the clips. It all just takes time.

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A big thank you to you both
I will get stuck into this as soon as I have finished the list of doemstic jobs the other half has left today lol!
Thank you again, hugely appreciatted
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I already have After effects Cs4.
http://youtu.be/tIPLTiKAQTo
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My content is 100% for the web. I will be creating just one or two videos in 720P (For streaming via amazon S3 and cloudfront) and the rest in 480P (For youtube).
Unfortunately, there is no one size fits all solution to the problem.
I understand. My case is pure youtube and web videos. So I guess I should follow the below scenario
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-->Import the full HD to some video editing program and perform trimming as required
--> Import trimmed full HD to AE.
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--> Import it in Adobe Media Encoder and Resize it to 480p or 720p as per the requirement and render.
--> Follow the above 4 procedures for the opener video (I have spotted a very good opener AE template for videohive.net)
--> Take the output videos and then stitch them together using a software like sony vegas or some video editing software and join them
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I tried some text animation presets. Worked out fine. Going to learn some more on this.
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If you like wasting a lot of time, effort and storage space you should use the workflow you propose. If you want to be more efficient, you should edit your footage BEFORE you do AE work.
How about the work flow I mentioned above?
There are all kinds of editing applications availble, Adobe makes one: Premiere Pro.
I took a look at it. It seems too costly. I think I will go with Sony Vegas

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Hello all experts,
I need suggestion on how to do 3D rotating title animation. Let me explain what i wanted to do.
The end product is the word WELCOME.
But I want to animate it in such a way that the alphabelt W first appear as nothing from inside the screen to appear in the screen (that means zoom from small to big, is it called zoom out ?). In the process of zooming out, I want the W to have a thickness & it spins very fast along the horizontal X-axis and stops at the screen with the alphbelt W.
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Nick Holmes wrote:
You would have to build this one from scratch, but it's pretty easy.
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Hello Crissy4god9,
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1) How do I put my music in my choice of order within an album?
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