Prompts

Video editing prompts, ready to fill.

35 prompts for Cut Express in Claude, ChatGPT or the Mac app. Copy one, press Fill in, type your own words into the [BLANKS], upload what it asks for, and send it. Your AI looks at the footage, writes the edit, and Cut Express renders the MP4.

How to write a good prompt · what makes the difference between a vague ask and a video you post.

Shorts from long videos

One long video in, several short ones out. Cut Express finds the moments, your AI picks the in and out points.

Basic edit9:16

Shorts From One Long Video

Several vertical Shorts cut from one long video, each with captions.

Upload: One long video with speech (a podcast, a talk, a stream, a course lesson).

I uploaded [LONG VIDEO], about [TOPIC]. Inspect it with moments and a transcript, then find the [NUMBER OF CLIPS] strongest moments that make sense on their own, each about [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds.

Before you render, list them for me: the in and out times, the first line said and why it works as a hook. Wait for my pick.

For each one I pick:
- Start on the hook line, no warm-up. Cut the silences and the false starts on the speech.
- 9:16, cover crop kept on the speaker's face. A slow punch-in on the key sentence.
- Captions from the speech: bold preset, 3 words per line, the key word in [CAPTION COLOR], bottom third.
- Clean the voice (denoise and enhance). No music unless I ask.
Render each as its own video titled "[SERIES NAME] 1", "2", and so on.

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Basic edit9:16 and 16:9

Teaser for a New YouTube Video

A 30-second teaser that sells your new YouTube video without spoiling it.

Upload: Your finished YouTube video.

I uploaded my new YouTube video, "[VIDEO TITLE]". Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second teaser for it. Inspect it with a transcript and moments first.

- Open on the most surprising line or image in the video, then 4 to 6 fast cuts of the best moments, never the ending: [WHAT NOT TO SPOIL].
- A text at the top for the first 2 seconds: "[HOOK LINE]", white with a black stroke.
- Captions from the speech, pop preset, highlight [CAPTION COLOR].
- End card for 2 seconds: "Full video on my channel" over a dark frame of the video.
- [MUSIC] under the voices, ducked when anyone speaks.
Render it in 9:16 first. Then render the same timeline again as 16:9 for the community tab, as the next version.

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Basic edit9:16 and 16:9

One Edit in 9:16 and 16:9

The same edit as a vertical Reel and a horizontal YouTube cut.

Upload: The clips for the edit, shot horizontally or vertically.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second edit about [TOPIC] from the clips I uploaded, for [PLATFORM]. Look at the contact sheets before you cut.

Start in 9:16: cover crop with the subject kept in frame on every scene (set the focus), hook first, cuts on the action, [LOOK] look, captions from the speech in [CAPTION COLOR].

Show me the timeline before you render. When v1 is done, render the same timeline again as 16:9 for YouTube: re-check each scene's focus, use fit blur where a vertical clip would crop too much, and move the captions so they never sit on a face.

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Talking head and podcasts

Jump cuts on the speech, punch-ins on the words that matter, clean sound and captions people read.

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Talking Head With Jump Cuts

A tight talking-head video with the silences cut, punch-ins and captions.

Upload: One or more takes of you talking to the camera.

I recorded a talking-head video about [TOPIC]. Inspect it with a transcript and use the speech cuts.

- Keep only the best take of each sentence and cut every silence and "um". The finished video is about [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds.
- Start on "[HOOK LINE]" even if I said it later.
- A punch-in zoom (about 1.2x) every 2 or 3 cuts, on the words that matter, so it never looks like one static shot.
- Captions: bold preset, upper case, 2 to 3 words per line, highlight [CAPTION COLOR], just under the middle of the frame.
- Clean my voice: denoise 40 and enhance. [LOOK] look, a little sharpening.
Show me the timeline (each kept line with its time) before you render.

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Podcast Clip With Two Speakers

A podcast clip with both speakers stacked in a split screen and captions.

Upload: The two camera files of the podcast (one per speaker), or one wide shot of both.

I uploaded a podcast episode with [GUEST NAME] and me. Inspect it with a transcript and moments, and find the best [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second exchange about [TOPIC].

- 9:16 split screen in rows: the person speaking on top, the other below, with a 12 px gap. Switch who is on top when the speaker changes.
- If there is only one wide shot, crop each person out of it into their own cell.
- Captions from the speech in the middle, between the two rows: clean preset, highlight [CAPTION COLOR].
- A lower third for [GUEST NAME] in the first 3 seconds with "[GUEST TITLE]".
- Clean both voices: denoise and enhance.
List the candidate exchanges with their times before rendering.

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Audio Podcast Clip With Moving Sound Bars

An audio-only podcast clip with sound bars that move with the voice.

Upload: The episode's audio file and its cover art (a photo or image).

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second clip from my podcast audio, [SHOW NAME]. Inspect the audio with a transcript and pick the line that works best on its own about [TOPIC].

- Picture: my cover art large in the top half on a [BACKGROUND COLOR] background, a slow zoom in over the whole clip.
- Under it, a motion graphic of 24 sound bars that follow the real voice (levels from the mix), in [CAPTION COLOR].
- Captions from the speech under the bars: karaoke preset, 4 words per line.
- The show name and episode number as a small label at the top.
Show me the timeline before you render.

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Product and app demos

Screen recordings, app tours and product films, with a voice-over, zooms and your app on a real screen.

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Narrated App Tour From a Screen Recording

A narrated vertical tour of your app from one screen recording.

Upload: A screen recording of your app or site, landscape is fine.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 narrated tour of [YOUR PRODUCT] from the screen recording I uploaded. Inspect it first (contact sheets) and pick the moments where [KEY SCREENS] are on screen. Use fit blur so the landscape recording sits in the vertical frame, with slow punch-ins on the part the voice talks about.

Voice-over: make it with audio, [VOICE], this exact script:
"[SCRIPT]"

Captions from the voice track: bold preset, highlight [CAPTION COLOR], bottom third, 2 lines at most.
A whoosh on each section change (built-in sound effects). [MUSIC] under the voice, ducked.
End card for the last 2.5 seconds on [BRAND COLORS]: the logo or the name, and "[CALL TO ACTION]".
Show me the timeline before you render.

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Motion graphics9:16

Your App on a Screen in Your Footage

Your app's screen recording placed on the laptop or phone in a real clip.

Upload: A clip with a laptop, monitor or phone in it, and a screen recording of your app.

I uploaded a clip of [THE SCREEN IN THE CLIP] and a screen recording of [YOUR PRODUCT]. Put the recording on that screen.

- Inspect the clip with screen: true at the second the scene starts, check the four corners against the grid and fix them if they're off.
- The screen recording plays on that screen, warped into its corners, with a soft glow (about 0.3) on what's around it.
- Scene 1 (3 s): the clip with the app on the screen. Scene 2 (4 s): the screen recording itself, full frame, with a punch-in on [THE FEATURE TO SHOW].
- Text at the top in scene 1: "[HOOK LINE]".
- A soft click sound when the punch-in lands.
Total length about [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds. Show me the corners and the timeline before you render.

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Motion graphics9:16 and 16:9

Product Explainer in Motion Graphics

An animated explainer of how your product works, no footage needed.

Upload: Nothing. Your logo as a photo if you want it in the end card.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 motion graphics video explaining how [YOUR PRODUCT] works. No footage: animated scenes only. Brand: [BRAND COLORS], thin borders, no shadows. Pick a bold sans and a mono font from assets.

Beats:
0 to 3 s: kinetic title "[HOOK LINE]" with the key word in the accent color.
3 to 7 s: the problem, shown simply: [THE PROBLEM].
7 to 11 s: how [YOUR PRODUCT] solves it, step by step: [THE STEPS].
11 s to the end: end card with the name and "[CALL TO ACTION]".

A whoosh on each transition and a soft click on each step (built-in sound effects). Show me the timeline before you render. Then a 16:9 version of the same timeline.

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Short ads with a hook in the first second, a clear offer and versions to test.

Basic edit9:16

UGC Ad With Three Hook Versions

A UGC-style ad, then two more versions that change only the hook.

Upload: Your creator clips (talking to camera) and a few product shots.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 UGC ad for [YOUR PRODUCT] from my clips, for [AUDIENCE]. Inspect them with a transcript.

Structure: hook (first 2 s), the problem, the product in use (cut to the product shots), the result, the offer "[OFFER]", then "[CALL TO ACTION]" as a text in the last 3 seconds.
- Hook for v1: "[HOOK LINE]" as the first line said and as a big text at the top.
- Jump cuts on the speech, no silences. Punch-ins on the benefit words.
- Captions: pop preset, highlight [CAPTION COLOR]. Clean the voice.
- [LOOK] look, natural skin. Light [MUSIC] ducked under the voice.
Show me the timeline before you render. After v1, make v2 and v3 of the same video with these hooks, changing nothing else: "[HOOK 2]" and "[HOOK 3]".

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Motion graphics9:16

Product Ad With a Price Tag and a Stat

A 15-second product ad with a cut-out product, a counter and a price tag.

Upload: Product photos (on any background) and a short clip of the product in use, if you have one.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 ad for [YOUR PRODUCT]. Brand: [BRAND COLORS].

- 0 to 2 s: "[HOOK LINE]" slams in over the product clip (or the best photo).
- 2 to 6 s: the product cut out from my photo, floating in the middle on the brand background, slowly turning toward the camera (a small scale and tilt), with a counter rolling up to "[THE STAT]".
- 6 to 10 s: three benefits that tick in one by one as a checklist: [THREE BENEFITS].
- 10 s to the end: a price tag swings in with "[PRICE]" and the text "[CALL TO ACTION]".
Adapt the counter, checklist and price tag recipes from assets. A pop on each tick and a coin sound on the price tag. Upbeat [MUSIC]. Show me the timeline first.

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Basic edit9:16

Before and After Ad in Split Screen

A before and after ad with both sides on screen at once.

Upload: A "before" clip or photo and an "after" clip or photo of the same thing.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second before and after ad for [YOUR PRODUCT].

- 0 to 2 s: the "before" clip full frame with "[HOOK LINE]" at the top.
- Then a split screen in rows: before on top, after below, a 10 px white gap, labels "Before" and "After" in the corner of each cell.
- A slow zoom in on the "after" cell's best detail.
- Last 3 s: the "after" full frame, freeze on the last frame, with "[CALL TO ACTION]".
- [LOOK] look on both halves equally (grade the split screen as one picture, so it's honest).
- [MUSIC], a whoosh into the split screen.

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Motion graphics

Animated titles, charts, kinetic text and directed motion pieces, written by your AI and rendered to MP4.

Motion graphics9:16

Animated Stats Video From Your Numbers

Your numbers as an animated video with charts, counters and a checklist.

Upload: Nothing. Paste your numbers in the prompt.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 motion graphics video about [TOPIC]. Animated scenes only, no footage, built from the assets motion recipes (adapt them, don't copy them as-is). Brand: [BRAND COLORS], thin borders, no shadows. A bold sans for titles, a mono font for labels.

Beats:
- Kinetic title "[HOOK LINE]".
- A bar chart of [YOUR DATA], bars growing one by one with their labels.
- A counter rolling up to [THE BIG NUMBER].
- A checklist ticking three items: [THREE ITEMS].
- End card: "[CALL TO ACTION]".

Sound: a whoosh on each scene change, a pop on each bar and tick (built-in sound effects). Keep every text inside the safe area. Show me the timeline before you render.

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Motion graphics9:16

Kinetic Text on a Voice-Over

Words that animate in exactly when they're said, over a voice-over.

Upload: Your own voice recording, or nothing (the voice can be made from your script).

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 kinetic typography video. The voice: [MY RECORDING OR A MADE VOICE]. The script:
"[SCRIPT]"

- Animated scenes only, on [BRAND COLORS]. Big bold type, one short phrase on screen at a time.
- Cue every phrase on the spoken words (words: true), so each one lands on the syllable, not before.
- The words [KEY WORDS] get the accent color and a bigger, harder entrance; the rest slide up softly.
- A subtle whoosh between phrases, an impact on the last key word.
Show me the timeline before you render.

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Motion piece16:9

Directed Motion Piece for a Logo or Launch

A directed animation drawn frame by frame, previewed before it renders.

Upload: Your logo or product images, if the piece uses them.

I want a motion piece: a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second [KIND OF PIECE] for [YOUR PRODUCT]. Start with brief and ask me only what's missing.

What I know: it's for [AUDIENCE], it should feel [TONE], the story is [THE STORY IN ONE LINE]. Brand: [BRAND COLORS]. References I like: [REFERENCES].

Follow the motion method: script first for my approval, then the storyboard, then a design board image I approve, then the scenes with previews (show me the contact sheet of each few seconds before moving on). Render only when I say the previews are right, then run the check.

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A Product Pinned to Your Hand

A cut-out product that floats above your hand and follows it as you move.

Upload: A clip of you holding your hand out, open palm, and a photo of the product.

In my clip, I hold my [LEFT OR RIGHT] hand out from [START SECOND] to [END SECOND] seconds. Make the product from my photo appear above my palm and follow my hand.

- Cut the product out of the photo (cutout), about a fifth of the frame wide.
- Follow the [LEFT OR RIGHT] hand with a spring, a little above the palm, with a pop in and a soft shadow.
- A sparkle sound effect when it appears.
- Text at the top: "[HOOK LINE]". Captions from my speech, clean preset.
Total about [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds. Show me the timeline before you render.

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Captions

Word-by-word captions timed to the speech, in your style, your colors, or another language.

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Add Captions to a Finished Video

Your finished video with word-by-word captions, nothing else changed.

Upload: The finished video.

Add captions to the video I uploaded and change nothing else: same cuts, same sound, same length. Make a transcript first (language: [LANGUAGE]).

Captions: [CAPTION PRESET] preset, font [FONT], [WORDS PER LINE] words per line, 1 line, the spoken word highlighted in [CAPTION COLOR], positioned [POSITION] so they never cover a face or the text already on screen.
Fix the spelling of [NAMES AND BRANDS] if the transcript gets them wrong.

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Basic edit9:16 and 16:9

Captions Translated Into Another Language

Your video with captions in another language, timed to the speech.

Upload: The finished video.

My video is in [SPOKEN LANGUAGE]. Make a transcript, then add captions in [TARGET LANGUAGE]: translate each line yourself and keep it on screen while that line is spoken (captions source items, one item per spoken line, with its start and end).

- Clean preset, white with a black stroke, 2 lines at most, bottom third.
- Keep [NAMES AND BRANDS] as they are, untranslated.
- Change nothing else in the video.
Show me the first ten lines of the translation before you render.

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Branded Caption Style for Every Video

A caption style in your brand that you reuse on every video.

Upload: One recent video with speech to try the style on.

Design a caption style for my brand and try it on the video I uploaded (make a transcript first).

Brand: [BRAND COLORS], font [FONT], feeling [TONE].
- Try the style as v1: your pick of preset adapted to the brand, the spoken word in the accent color, [WORDS PER LINE] words per line.
- When I approve it, write the caption style out as a short block I can paste into future chats ("captions: preset ..., font ..., colors ...").

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Stock-only videos

No footage? Stock videos, photos and music, a voice from your script, and a real edit around them.

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Cinematic Montage From Stock Only

A cinematic montage built only from stock footage, photos and music.

Upload: Nothing. Everything comes from the stock search.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 video using only stock: search footage, photos and music with the stock tool and look at the previews before you pick.

Concept: "[CONCEPT]".
- Footage: [NUMBER OF SHOTS] horizontal clips of [WHAT TO SHOW].
- Music: [MUSIC], building to a peak around two thirds in.
- Motion graphics: [A GRAPHIC THAT RUNS THROUGH IT], and an animated lower third naming each place or idea as it appears.
- Rhythm: calm with dissolves at first, then faster cuts and a 2x2 split screen at the peak, then a final wide shot.
- End: a title card "[CLOSING LINE]" with a whoosh and an impact.
- Look: [LOOK], thin letterbox bars, a soft music fade at the end.

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Basic edit9:16 and 16:9

Faceless Channel Video From a Script

A faceless video from your script, with a voice, stock clips and captions.

Upload: Nothing, or your own voice recording of the script.

Make a faceless [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second video about [TOPIC] for [PLATFORM].

1. Voice: make it with audio, [VOICE], from this script: "[SCRIPT]". Ask me before making it if the script is long.
2. Footage: search stock videos for each sentence of the script (one shot per sentence, 2 to 4 seconds each), look at the previews and pick the ones that show what the voice says.
3. Captions from the voice track: bold preset, highlight [CAPTION COLOR].
4. [MUSIC] from the stock music, ducked under the voice. [LOOK] look over everything so the clips match.
Format [FORMAT]. Show me the shot list (sentence, stock clip) before you render.

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Quote Video From Stock Photos

A calm quote or motivation video from stock photos, text and music.

Upload: Nothing. Your own photos work too.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 quote video. Quote: "[QUOTE]", by [AUTHOR].

- Search stock photos of [MOOD OF THE PHOTOS], vertical, and pick 4 that feel like one set.
- Each photo 3 to 4 seconds with a slow zoom or pan, crossfades between them.
- The quote appears a few words at a time across the photos, centered, [FONT] font, white with a soft shadow; the author's name on the last photo.
- [LOOK] look over all photos. [MUSIC], fading out at the end.

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Recreate a video

Send a reel you like and your own clips. Same pace, same shot lengths, your footage.

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Recreate a Reel You Like With Your Clips

The pace and shot lengths of a reel you like, with your footage.

Upload: The reel you want to copy (as the reference) and your own clips, in the recreate panel.

I want to recreate a reel I like with my own clips. Open the recreate panel: I'll drop the reference in one box and my media in the other.

Then inspect the reference with breakdown and hook: its shots, their lengths, the movement and the beats, and its first 3 seconds frame by frame. Tell me in a few lines what makes it work.

Match each shot with the closest clip of mine about [MY SUBJECT], keep its pace, its text style and its caption look, and use [MUSIC]. Never cut the reference itself into the video. Show me the shot-by-shot match before you render.

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Copy Only the Hook of a Viral Video

The first three seconds of a viral video, rebuilt with your footage.

Upload: The viral video (as the reference) and your clips, in the recreate panel.

Open the recreate panel: the reference is a video with a hook I want to borrow, and my clips are about [MY SUBJECT].

Inspect only its first 3 seconds with hook: true and tell me exactly what happens frame by frame: the cuts, the zoom, the text, the sound.

Then build my own [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second video: the first 3 seconds copy that hook's technique with my footage and the text "[HOOK LINE]", and the rest is my edit: [WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE HOOK]. Captions in [CAPTION COLOR]. Show me the timeline before you render.

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Gaming highlights

Hours of gameplay or a stream into the plays worth posting, with the facecam where it belongs.

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Gameplay Highlights Edit

A short edit of your best plays from hours of gameplay, cut on the beat.

Upload: Your gameplay recording (long is fine) and, if you want, an intro clip and a music track.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 edit from my gameplay of [GAME]. Inspect it with moments and pick the best [WHAT COUNTS AS A HIGHLIGHT].

- Open on [OPENING] with the text "[HOOK LINE]" at the top: heavy font, white with a black stroke, one word in [CAPTION COLOR].
- Then hard cuts on the beat of [MUSIC], one play per cut, the game sound low under the music.
- End on the best moment: slow it down with a speed ramp, then freeze on it.
- Look: [LOOK] with a bit of sharpening. Fade the music out at the end.
Show me the moments you picked, with their times, before you render.

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Stream Clip to Vertical With the Facecam on Top

A stream moment as a vertical clip, facecam on top and the game below.

Upload: Your stream recording (16:9, with the facecam in a corner).

My stream recording has the facecam in the [FACECAM CORNER] corner. Inspect it with moments and a transcript and find the best [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second moment about [WHAT HAPPENED].

- 9:16 split screen in rows, ratio 0.35: on top, the facecam cropped out of the recording; below, the gameplay cropped around the action (same recording, same in and out).
- Captions from my speech in the middle seam: pop preset, highlight [CAPTION COLOR].
- Start one second before the action, end on my reaction.
- Denoise my voice a little. Show me the moment's times before you render.

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Funny Moments Compilation From a Stream

A YouTube compilation of the funniest moments of a long stream.

Upload: One or more long stream recordings.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 funny moments compilation from my stream of [GAME]. Inspect it with moments and a transcript: I want [NUMBER OF CLIPS] moments where [WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY].

- Each moment starts a beat before the joke and ends right after the laugh.
- A quick punch-in zoom on each punchline, a short title card between moments with a number ("#1", "#2"...) and a whoosh.
- Captions from the speech: clean preset, 2 lines.
- Keep the stream's own sound; denoise it a little.
List the moments with their times and the line that makes each one funny, then wait for my pick.

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Travel and vlog

Trip clips and daily footage cut into reels and vlogs with a look, music and a story.

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Travel Reel From Your Trip Clips

A travel reel from your trip clips with a look, speed ramps and music.

Upload: Your trip clips and photos, and a music track if you have one.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 travel reel of my trip to [PLACE] from my clips. Look at the contact sheets of every clip first.

- Open on the most striking shot with "[HOOK LINE]" in the middle, then the trip in order: arrival, places, food, people, the last evening.
- Cuts on the beat of [MUSIC]. Speed ramps on movement (walking, driving, waves): fast, then slow on the best frame.
- Photos get a slow zoom. Two or three transitions at most; the rest hard cuts.
- Small location labels for each place, bottom left, a clean sans.
- Look: [LOOK], the same on every clip.
Show me the timeline before you render.

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Day in the Life Vlog With a Voice-Over

A day in the life vlog with your narration, time stamps and music.

Upload: Your clips from the day and a voice memo narrating it (or a script to make the voice from).

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 day in the life vlog from my clips, in the order they were shot. My narration is [MY VOICE MEMO OR A SCRIPT].

- Cut the clips to follow what the voice talks about; inspect them first so every shot matches the line over it.
- A small time stamp text in the top left as the day goes on ("7:10 AM", "12:30 PM"...), mono font.
- Clean my voice (denoise, enhance). [MUSIC] under it, ducked, louder in the parts with no voice.
- [LOOK] look. Captions from the voice, minimal preset.
End on [THE LAST SHOT]. Show me the timeline before you render.

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Education and explainers

Tutorials and explainers with zooms, arrows, charts and a voice that walks the viewer through.

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Tutorial With Zooms and Arrows

A screen tutorial with zooms on each click, arrows and captions.

Upload: A screen recording of the task, with you talking or silent.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 tutorial: "[HOW TO DO WHAT]", from my screen recording. Inspect it (contact sheets, and a transcript if I talk).

- Cut the waiting and the mistakes; speed up the boring parts (typing, loading) to 2x or more.
- A punch-in zoom on each important click, focused where the click happens.
- An arrow pointing at [THE THINGS TO POINT AT] when they appear, in [CAPTION COLOR].
- A lower third at the start with the title, and a step number text for each step ("Step 1", "Step 2"...).
- Captions from my speech, clean preset. A progress bar at the bottom.
Show me the steps with their times before you render.

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Motion graphics16:9

Explainer With a Voice, Stock and Charts

An explainer with a voice-over, stock shots and animated charts.

Upload: Nothing, or your own footage and voice.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 explainer: "[QUESTION IT ANSWERS]", for [AUDIENCE].

1. Write a script of about [NUMBER OF WORDS] words first and show it to me. When I approve it, make the voice with audio: [VOICE].
2. Picture: stock footage for each idea (look at the previews), with motion graphics where numbers come up: [THE NUMBERS], as a chart or a counter cued on the spoken words.
3. Captions from the voice, clean preset. [MUSIC] low under the voice.
4. End with a summary card of the three key points.
Brand colors for the graphics: [BRAND COLORS]. Show me the timeline before you render.

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Course Lesson Into Study Shorts

A recorded lesson cut into short study clips, one idea per clip.

Upload: A recorded lesson or lecture.

I uploaded a lesson on [TOPIC]. Make a transcript and find the [NUMBER OF CLIPS] ideas that can each be explained on their own in under [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds.

For each clip:
- Title text for the first 2 seconds: the idea as a question, top third.
- Cut the pauses and side remarks. Cover crop on me, or fit blur if I'm writing on a board.
- Captions from the speech, boxed preset, the key term in [CAPTION COLOR].
- End with the part number ("Part 2 of 5") for a second.
List the ideas with their times first.

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Real estate and local business

Listings, shops, restaurants and services, shown well in thirty seconds.

Basic edit9:16 and 16:9

Property Listing Tour From Photos and Clips

A listing tour with smooth moves on every photo and the price.

Upload: The listing's photos and any walkthrough clips.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second listing video for [ADDRESS OR AREA] from my photos and clips.

- Order: the outside, the entrance, living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom, the view or garden last.
- Photos: 2.5 seconds each with a slow pan or zoom, never the same move twice in a row. Clips: the smoothest 3 seconds of each.
- A lower third at the start: "[PRICE]" and "[KEY DETAILS]". A small label naming each room.
- [LOOK], bright and true to the real colors.
- [MUSIC], calm. End card: "[CALL TO ACTION]" with [AGENT NAME].
Render 9:16 first, then 16:9 as the next version.

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Basic edit9:16

Restaurant or Café Promo Reel

A mouth-watering reel for a restaurant or café, with the menu and address.

Upload: Clips of the food, the room and the team (phone footage is fine).

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 9:16 reel for [PLACE NAME], a [KIND OF PLACE]. Inspect my clips first.

- Open on the best food close-up with "[HOOK LINE]".
- Fast cuts on the beat of [MUSIC]: preparation, plating, the room, people enjoying it. Speed ramps on pours and sizzles, slow on the final plate.
- Show [DISHES AND PRICES] as small texts next to each dish.
- [LOOK] look, warm and appetizing.
- End card: the address "[ADDRESS]" and "[CALL TO ACTION]".

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Customer Testimonial for a Local Business

A short testimonial video with your customer's words, b-roll and captions.

Upload: The customer talking to the camera, and a few clips of your work or shop.

Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second testimonial for [YOUR BUSINESS] from my customer's interview. Make a transcript.

- Keep the strongest sentences only, starting with the result they got: [THE RESULT].
- Cut to my clips of [THE B-ROLL] while they talk about the work (keep their voice running).
- A lower third with "[CUSTOMER NAME]" and "[CUSTOMER DETAIL]" in the first 3 seconds.
- Clean their voice (denoise, enhance). Captions, clean preset.
- End card: "[CALL TO ACTION]".
Show me the sentences you kept before you render.

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