As being totally new to after effects I had no idea how to get a nice dissolve effect. Following this tutorial was actually quite hard and my effect was not as good as the tutorials, however it gave me a great understanding of after effects and how its similar to photoshop. For one I was colour coding layers and naming properly. I also learnt how you can create pre-compositions for example the Video Source. and when changed changes in many other pre-compositions. Linking changes to keep the continuity. This tutorial is also handy to have as I can reload it up anytime and just add a different image/person and I can also change dissolve colour, direction and speed.
This is my final result:
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