Product and app demos

Narrated App Tour From a Screen Recording

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

Pipeline
Motion graphics (vector): everything in a basic edit plus animated titles, charts, screens and tracked objects.
Format
9:16
Upload
A screen recording of your app or site, landscape is fine.

The prompt

Type your own words into the fields: the [BLANKS] fill in as you go. Copy it and send it to Claude or ChatGPT with Cut Express connected.

Fill in

Empty fields stay as [brackets] in the copy.

Prompt

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.

The blanks

[LENGTH IN SECONDS]
How long the finished video runs, as a number of seconds. Reels and Shorts hold best between 15 and 60.
[YOUR PRODUCT]
The product's name and what it does in one line, for example "Lumen, a budgeting app for freelancers".
[KEY SCREENS]
The screens to show, in order, for example "the dashboard, the invoice editor and the payment page".
[VOICE]
The voice-over you want, for example "a warm female voice, English, unhurried" or "a deep male voice, Spanish".
[SCRIPT]
The exact words of the voice-over. About 2.5 words per second of video, so 50 words for 20 seconds.
[CAPTION COLOR]
The color of the highlighted word in the captions, as a name or a hex code like #FFD23F.
[MUSIC]
A track you uploaded (say its file name), or a mood and genre for the stock music search, like "upbeat lo-fi" or "cinematic, builds slowly".
[BRAND COLORS]
Your colors as hex codes with their roles, for example "background #0B0B0A, accent #FFD23F".
[CALL TO ACTION]
What the viewer should do at the end, in the words to show, for example "Try it free at lumen.app".

Tips

  • Write the script yourself, or ask your AI for three short scripts first and pick one. Voices spend credits, so settle the words before making it.
  • Record the screen slowly with big cursor moves; the punch-ins read much better on a calm recording.

New to prompting video? How to write a good prompt for Cut Express covers the story, the hook, captions, sound, pace and how to iterate with versions.

The real render behind this prompt

This prompt was written from one we used to make a video for this site. Here is that video and the exact prompt that made it.

The exact prompt 
Make a 20-second 9:16 narrated video that tours the cut.express landing page, using the screen recording I uploaded. Inspect it first (contact sheets) and pick the moments where the hero, "How editing videos with Claude works", the feature cards and the pricing are on screen. Use fit: blur so the landscape recording sits in the vertical frame, with slow punch-ins on the parts the voice talks about.

Voice-over (make it with audio, a calm confident male voice, English), this exact script:
"You have the footage. Editing is the bottleneck. With Cut Express, you just tell Claude what you want. It reads your clips, picks every cut, caption and sound, and renders the MP4. Reels, Shorts, YouTube. Seven days free at cut dot express."

Over the recording, add a chat overlay as a motion graphic (animation overlay, transparent, box in the top half, x 0.06, w 0.88): a dark chat card (#131310, 1 px border #3A372C, radius 20) where a user bubble types "cut my 3 clips into a 30s reel. hook first, bold captions, warm look", then a reply line from Claude appears ("inspecting 3 clips... writing the timeline... rendering v1") with a small yellow #FFD23F progress bar. Keep it on screen from about 3 s to 12 s, with a slide_up entrance and fade_out exit.

Captions: source auto from the voice track, preset bold, highlight color #FFD23F, bottom third, 2 lines max, so they never cover the chat card.
Music: a soft beat under the voice if I uploaded one, ducked. Add a whoosh on each section change (built-in sfx).
End card (last 2.5 s, motion scene, background #0B0B0A): the cut.express wordmark and "Start your 7-day free trial".

Show me the timeline before you render.

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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.
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- 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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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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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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Motion graphics · 9:16

Your App on a Screen in Your Footage

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

Fill in

Empty fields stay as [brackets] in the copy.

Prompt

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.

Motion graphics · 9:16 and 16:9

Product Explainer in Motion Graphics

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

Fill in

Empty fields stay as [brackets] in the copy.

Prompt

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.

Motion graphics · 9:16

Audio Podcast Clip With Moving Sound Bars

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

Fill in

Empty fields stay as [brackets] in the copy.

Prompt

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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