---
title: "Reveal Top to Bottom Wipe Effect"
description: "Animate an image reveal using a Wipe filter and a tween to transition the effect from top to bottom."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/reveal-top-to-bottom
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Reveal Top to Bottom Wipe Effect

Animate an image reveal using a Wipe filter and a tween to transition the effect from top to bottom.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Filters / Wipe](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/reveal-top-to-bottom.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### reveal top to bottom.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    constructor ()
    {
        super();
    }

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('pyramid', 'assets/sprites/pyramid.png');
        this.load.image('bg', 'assets/skies/space4.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.image(400, 300, 'bg');

        const sprite = this.add.image(400, 300, 'pyramid');

        const fx = sprite.enableFilters().filters.internal.addWipe(0.1, 0, 1, 1);

        this.tweens.add({
            targets: fx,
            progress: 1,
            repeatDelay: 1000,
            hold: 1000,
            yoyo: true,
            repeat: -1,
            duration: 2000
        });
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    backgroundColor: '#0a0067',
    parent: 'game-container',
    scene: Example
};

let game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Wipe

- [Reveal Bottom to Top Wipe](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/reveal-bottom-to-top.md): Demonstrates the wipe filter used to reveal a sprite from the bottom upwards by tweening the effect's progress property.
- [Reveal Left to Right Wipe](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/reveal-left-to-right.md): Animate an image reveal using a wipe filter and a tween to control the progress property from left to right.
- [Reveal Right to Left](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/reveal-right-to-left.md): Demonstrates a right-to-left wipe transition effect on a sprite using the wipe filter and a tween to control the progress property.
- [Reveal Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/reveal-text.md): Demonstrates using the Wipe filter on a Text object with a Tween to create a progressive reveal effect for different lines of text.
- [Wipe Bottom To Top Filter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/wipe-bottom-to-top.md): Demonstrates how to apply a wipe transition effect to a sprite, revealing it from the bottom upwards by tweening the filter's progress property.
- [Wipe Filter to Pointer](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/wipe-to-pointer.md): Use a Wipe filter on a sprite and link its progress to the mouse pointer position to create an interactive transition effect between two images.
- [Wipe Left To Right Filter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/wipe-left-to-right.md): Demonstrates how to apply and animate a wipe filter effect on a sprite from left to right using a tween.
- [Wipe Right To Left](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/wipe-right-to-left.md): Demonstrates how to apply a wipe filter to a sprite to reveal or hide it from right to left using a tween to control the effect's progress.
- [Wipe Scene Transition](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/wipe-to-a-scene.md): Demonstrates how to transition between scenes using a camera wipe filter by syncing the filter progress with the Scene Transition update callback.
- [Wipe Top to Bottom](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/wipe-top-to-bottom.md): Apply a top-to-bottom wipe filter effect to a sprite, controlled by a tween animation.
- [Wipe Width](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/filters/wipe/view/wipe-width.md): This example demonstrates how to adjust the wipeWidth property of a Wipe filter to control the softness or feathering of the transition edge.

---

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