Re: amazing photo image effects and transitions?

My two cents ...

Although there's nothing there AE can't do, my guess is that was done by one of the many automated photo montage applications on the consumer software market these days since it would be relatively time-consuming to do in AE, which wouldn't make much sense considering the likely non-profit purpose ... in my humble opinion, using AE for a personal-use photo montage seems like using a sledgehammer to drive a nail ... unless one is doing it as a means to practice AE or just has way too much free time.

Some photo montage software has bunches of pre-made transitions that you just drop a bunch of photos into and press go, so to speak ... depending on your needs, you might Google to find one.