Drop your video into Claude, type /effects and the name of an effect. That's the whole edit.
Made by @vibha.in.progress 💛
Open the Terminal app (or the terminal inside Claude Code) and paste:
git clone https://github.com/Vibha-Ramprakash/claude-video-effects ~/.claude/skills/effectsOn Windows (PowerShell), use $HOME\.claude\skills\effects instead of ~/.claude/skills/effects.
Then restart Claude Code. That's it.
Not sure how? Open Claude Code and paste: "Install the skill from github.com/Vibha-Ramprakash/claude-video-effects into ~/.claude/skills/effects". Claude will do it for you.
- Open Claude Code (the app or the terminal).
- Drag your video into the chat.
- Type the effect you want:
/effects orbit from 3 to 6 seconds
/effects spotlight when I say "kill the lights", with the word Claudit behind me
/effects comment-box at the end, typing CLAUDE
/effects glass-widgets for the first 3 seconds
The very first time, Claude sets itself up (about 2 minutes). It needs ffmpeg and Python, and it installs them for you if they're missing.
Claude checks a few frames first, fixes anything that covers your face, then renders yourvideo_effects.mp4 right next to your original. Your audio stays as it was.
You can stack effects in one go: "Add locked-on from 6 to 10s, then orbit from 10 to 13s, then a reject stamp on 'no'."
| # | Type this | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | noise |
Reels pile up behind your head |
| 2 | lineup |
Numbered tiles fan out above your head |
| 3 | locked-on |
Brackets lock onto your face and the camera follows you |
| 4 | orbit |
Your reels circle your head, behind you at the top |
| 5 | lean-in |
A quick punch-in on one word |
| 6 | backdrop-word |
A giant word drops in behind you |
| 7 | spotlight |
Kill the lights, keep you lit |
| 8 | the-bill |
Your instructions print out like a receipt |
| 9 | moody |
A moody colour grade |
| 10 | swipe |
A before and after slider |
| 11 | todo |
A checklist beside your head that ticks off as you talk |
| 12 | comment-box |
An Instagram comment types itself and posts |
| 13 | tap |
A Follow button flips to Following |
| 14 | pause-point |
Freeze frame with a hand-drawn arrow |
| 15 | uninstall |
A glitchy uninstall bar breaks the frame |
| 16 | reel-frame |
Your video shrinks into a reel card |
| 17 | shortcut-rain |
Keyboard keys rain down behind you |
| 18 | reject-stamp |
A big red stamp slams down |
| 19 | countdown-flip |
A 3, 2, 1 flip clock above your head |
| 20 | rabbit-hole |
The room tunnels away behind you |
| 21 | cover-star |
You become a magazine cover |
| 22 | scribble |
Marker doodles draw themselves around you |
| 23 | glass-widgets |
Frosted glass widgets and mini artifacts float around your head |
| 24 | red-collage |
Black and white you, a giant red word behind, three lines slam in |
| 25 | split-headline |
A headline card slides down and pushes you to the bottom half |
| 26 | pastel-word |
Lavender room, a giant word behind you, a profile card gets followed |
| 27 | check-pills |
Grid-paper room, your reels pinned behind you, blue pills get clicked |
| 28 | timeline |
A dark red film look with an editing timeline and a glowing playhead |
| 29 | headline-box |
A punch-in with a clean two-line headline |
| 30 | profile-wall |
Your reels grid fills the wall while a counter ticks up |
| 31 | tier-list |
A tier list drops in and Claude flies into S tier |
| 32 | broll-split |
B-roll on top with a price-tag sticker, you below |
| 33 | phone-fan |
Your reels fan out like a hand of phones |
| 34 | dot-reveal |
Your shot builds out of glowing dots, then snaps into focus |
| 35 | headline-wall |
Your headlines pile up behind your head, then a total pops in front |
| 36 | checklist |
A Claude task list under your chin, each step ticks green |
| 37 | liquid-glass-graph |
A liquid glass card with a graph that climbs and a number that counts up |
| 38 | carousel-spin |
Your reels spin around you in a 3D carousel |
| 39 | match-cut |
News pages cut on one word, locked in place behind your head |
| 40 | apple-toggles |
iPhone switches flip on under your chin, one line at a time |
| 41 | led-sign |
The lights drop and a glowing LED sign types itself out behind you |
| 42 | slow-push |
A slow cinematic push-in while the room melts out of focus |
| 43 | over-the-shoulder-zoom |
Pushes into one corner, a liquid glass graph pops beside your head, then the other corner with a second graph |
| 44 | messages |
iMessage notifications pop in one after another with a soft glow |
| 45 | place-in-grid |
You shrink into the centre of your 3x3 profile grid, your reels pop in around you with view counts |
Bonus looks: /effects glitter-spotlight (golden rays and sparkles), cover-star look=editorial (a classic magazine cover) and liquid-glass-graph look=bento (a glass dashboard around you).
Every effect follows your face. Anything that would cover your face goes behind your head instead.
Tips
- Vertical phone videos with you in frame work best.
- Say the timing in plain words ("when I say 'watch'"). Claude finds the exact second.
- Want your own reels in
orbit,noise,phone-fanorprofile-wall? Give Claude a folder of screenshots. - Charts, counters and headlines should use your real numbers. Tell Claude what they are.
- It renders in 1080p. Ask for 4K if you want it (slower).
- These are starter versions. They won't match the exact edit in my reel, which also has sound design and hand-tuned timing.
- It drafts, you approve. Watch the result before you post.
- No sounds or captions are added. Add those in CapCut.
- My full edit style is coming later. Follow @vibha.in.progress to hear first.
Just tell Claude what you see ("the word covers my face", "it's too fast"). It will fix the plan and render again.
Face tracking: OpenCV YuNet (MIT). Person cut-out: MediaPipe Selfie Segmenter (Apache 2.0). Fonts: Archivo Black, Instrument Serif, Space Mono, Inter, Anton, Montserrat (SIL OFL) and Permanent Marker (Apache 2.0); licences are in fonts/. Everything else: MIT, see LICENSE.