Orbit Cards
Supplied cards orbit the speaker on a tilted elliptical path, slipping behind them on the far side and swinging large and bright across the front.
Claude Editing Styles · v1
Explore cinematic effects, viral hooks, kinetic captions and motion graphics. Mix your favourite techniques, arrange the sequence, and generate the perfect editing prompt for Claude Code.
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01 — Workflow
Explore animated demonstrations across ten editing categories.
Add techniques, arrange them, and customise the settings.
Generate structured instructions for your editing workflow.
Give Claude Code your footage and run the editing instructions.
CES builds the instructions — it does not render video in your browser. You'll need Claude Code plus a video toolchain (Remotion and/or FFmpeg) on your machine to produce the final edit.
Set pieces and essentials — the techniques people reach for first.
02 — Library
Ten categories. Ten techniques each. Every one previewed, configurable and ready to compile.
100 styles
The first one to three seconds. Hooks decide whether the viewer stays.
An oversized headline lands in the opening second with a controlled scale overshoot and settles above the speaker.
Breaks a conventional opening with a sharp contrast — a freeze, an inverted flash, a sudden reframe or a disruptive title.
A provocative question builds word by word in kinetic type over a dimmed frame, then clears to reveal the speaker.
Shows the final outcome first — the finished result or reveal — then rewinds into the explanation of how it happened.
A three-beat countdown with escalating zoom and rhythm, landing on the first line of the video.
The opening frame starts divided or obscured, then a moving mask slides the halves together to reveal the full shot.
Freezes a decisive frame, isolates the subject from the background and types one bold statement beside them.
A brief high-contrast flash, an instant reframe and one oversized keyword hit in the first half-second.
Two opposing statements collide on screen — the common belief is struck out and the counter-claim takes its place.
Opens on a deliberate pause — ambient detail, letterboxed framing and elegant title type — before a dramatic transition.
Dialogue made readable. Most short-form video is watched without sound.
Short caption pages sit over the speaker and each word fills with the accent colour at the exact moment it is spoken.
One to three words at a time pop onto the speaker's chest with a small scale overshoot and a short upward drift, then hand off to the next.
Each subtitle types itself on character by character with a blinking caret, paced so the phrase completes as the speaker finishes it.
Full caption lines stay steady while an accent-coloured block sweeps in behind one key word per line exactly as it is spoken.
Each phrase is set as a tight stack of two or three short lines that rise into view one after another, the key line set larger.
Calm sentence-case subtitles sit low-left in a refined typeface under a thin accent rule, crossfading softly between sentences.
A regular caption line runs until a key word bursts out of it, filling the frame at several times its size for a beat before snapping back.
Each short phrase appears inside a rounded label capsule that stretches, pops or slides to fit the next phrase as the speaker talks.
Dialogue prints word by word in a monospace terminal block with a prompt and blinking cursor, older lines scrolling up and dimming.
A bold primary caption in the spoken language is paired with a smaller, differently coloured translation line, both kept inside the safe zone.
How the frame is divided between speaker, evidence and supporting media.
The frame divides into two regions — speaker in one, a screen recording or second shot in the other — split by a divider at an adjustable ratio.
The source media fills the frame while the speaker sits in a rounded window in one corner that glides to another corner when detail appears beneath it.
Three media bands stack vertically and the focal band grows to take most of the frame while the other two shrink and dim, shifting with the script.
A screen recording plays inside a polished phone, tablet or browser mockup that floats in with a gentle 3D tilt over a soft background.
A clean text panel slides in from one side while the speaker re-centres in the remaining frame, then fills with a heading and numbered notes.
The shot contracts into a sharp central frame with a thin accent ring while the surrounding area becomes a blurred, darkened copy carrying context labels.
Speakers or references populate a 2×2 (or 1+2) grid tile by tile, and a highlight moves to whoever is currently talking.
Black bars close in from top and bottom to a true 2.39:1, 2:1 or 1.85:1 band, cropping (never stretching) the shot into a cinematic frame.
Photos, a speaker cut-out, a screenshot and a note card fly onto a paper canvas and settle at slight angles around a bold headline.
When evidence appears the speaker's shot shrinks into a band and a proof panel takes the rest, resizing as more evidence arrives, then hands the frame back.
Real screenshots, comments, numbers and quotes, presented so they can be read.
A real screenshot drops in over the speaker at a precise scale, lands with a soft overshoot and a deep shadow, holds long enough to read, then clears.
One real comment is lifted out of the feed onto a clean card, the rest of the frame dims, and the key phrase is marked with a highlighter sweep.
A verified number ticks up from a meaningful starting value to its exact final figure in large tabular numerals, with its source label underneath.
Two aligned real visuals share the frame while a clean divider line sweeps across, revealing the after state over the before, then rests on a split.
A search bar types the exact query character by character, a short loading beat follows, and it resolves into the real captured result card.
Several real proof captures deal onto the frame one by one, each fully readable before the next lands, building a tidy stack of receipts.
A hand-drawn circle, arrow, underline or box draws itself onto the exact part of a real screenshot, with the rest of the image gently dimmed.
A chronological track draws across the frame and real dated events pop onto it one at a time, each with its date label and supporting capture.
A supplied quotation is set in elegant type on a card, revealed line by line behind large quote marks, with the author and source fading in last.
The camera zooms from a real full-screen capture into one interface element, dims the rest, and a callout line labels what that element actually does.
Short graphic moments that mark chapters, lists, numbers and key statements.
A short chapter title rises out of a hidden mask line by line with a small chapter number above it, holds for a beat, then slides away.
Numbers or ranking positions from the script burst onto the frame one after another with a staggered scale pop and radiating accent sparks.
The footage dims and softens while one key phrase appears large and lit, framed by a highlight box, then everything returns to normal.
List items slide in one after another with numbered markers; the current item stays bright while earlier ones step back, keeping a clear hierarchy.
Two option cards fly in from opposite edges, collide in the middle with a small impact, and settle side by side under a VS divider for comparison.
A progress track with labelled step markers fills from one step to the next, lighting each stage as it is reached to show how far along the story is.
A speech bubble or label pops out of an object in the shot with a pointer tail attached to it, explaining what it is in a few words.
A bold geometric shape smoothly morphs between compatible forms — circle, square, triangle — rotating as it goes, to mark a change of idea.
A clean chart builds on screen from supplied data — bars grow, a line draws or a ring fills — with the key value highlighted and a source line.
A strong sentence appears in stages — phrase by phrase in muted type — and the final key words land last in full colour with a heavier weight.
Motion-designed cutaways built from your screenshots, products, documents and UI.
A supplied full-page website capture glides inside a browser frame, pausing on chosen sections with smooth scroll moves and gentle push-ins.
Supplied screenshots float as tilted cards at different depths; the camera brings one card forward at a time while the others soften behind.
A supplied app capture plays inside a neutral phone, tablet or laptop that turns, rises and catches a soft glass reflection on a clean set.
An icon for each step pops in one by one and animated connectors draw between them, mapping the process the speaker describes as they say it.
A still photo gains gentle depth: supplied foreground, subject and background layers drift at different speeds, or a careful 2D push is used instead.
A supplied product cutout rises onto a clean graphic backdrop with soft directional motion, a light sweep across its surface and a grounded shadow.
A route line draws between the supplied locations on a clean map while the camera follows it, and each stop's pin and name pop in on arrival.
Circles, grids, lines and simple geometry animate in sync to visualise an abstract idea — growth, connection, balance or flow — without literal imagery.
A supplied document page tilts into view, then a guided crop glides between the exact lines that matter while a marker highlights each one.
A supplied UI screen separates into labelled layers — background, containers, content, controls — that hover apart in 3D, then snap back together.
The memorable set pieces. Use one or two per video — never stacked at the same moment.
Supplied cards orbit the speaker on a tilted elliptical path, slipping behind them on the far side and swinging large and bright across the front.
Columns of supplied screenshots and tiles scroll endlessly in alternating directions on a tilted wall behind the speaker, filling the frame.
The speaker or a supplied cutout bursts out of a stylised phone frame — rising past the bezel so part of them sits in front of the frame.
Floating interface panels built from supplied screens surround the speaker at several depths, drifting in 3D space as the camera slowly pushes through.
Supplied images nest inside one another like frames within frames, and the camera zooms continuously through them in a seamless looping tunnel.
Scattered media tiles drift and spin, then snap magnetically into a grid that assembles one larger supplied image or composition.
A glowing portal opens in the shot and reveals a different supplied environment inside it, then grows until the new world fills the frame.
The speaker is duplicated into staggered, translucent echoes that trail their movement in time, fanning out like a stroboscopic multiple exposure.
Supplied media panels ride a 3D carousel; each turn swings a new card to the front, where it grows dominant while the others recede into shadow.
A plain visual transforms into a blueprint world: grid lines spread, outlines trace each part and animated paths connect the labelled components.
Camera moves, transitions and time manipulation that control rhythm.
The frame punches in on the speaker's face in a few frames exactly on a stressed word or hit, holds, then releases.
Shot A whips out of frame in a streak of directional blur and shot B whips in from the same direction, hiding the cut mid-motion.
The shot creeps in by a few percent over several seconds toward the speaker's eyes, raising intensity without a visible move.
Playback stops dead on a decisive frame for a beat — with a short flash and a slight punch — then resumes exactly where it left off.
Edit points and shot changes land on detected music beats or natural speech phrasing, so the footage cuts in time with the track.
Playback glides from normal speed into slow motion on the key moment, then accelerates past real time before settling back.
The whole frame jolts with a few decaying micro-offsets and tiny rotations at an impact, as if the camera felt the hit.
Shot A cuts to shot B where a shared shape, line or motion sits in exactly the same place, so the change of scene feels continuous.
A hard-edged mask sweeps across the frame in one direction, wiping away the current shot to reveal the next one beneath it.
On a chosen beat the footage briefly repeats a few frames or drops into choppy stepped motion, like a deliberate skip, then runs normally again.
Sound design and mixing that make visual moments land.
A short, punchy impact sound lands on the exact frame a major graphic or reveal hits the screen, mixed under the voice.
A whoosh swells into a big transition and peaks on the cut, panned in the direction of the on-screen motion.
A rising swell climbs in pitch and volume for a few seconds and cuts off right on the frame of an important reveal.
Soft, varied key clicks play in sync with each character of an on-screen typing animation, quiet enough to sit under the voice.
The music and effects fall away to near-silence for a breath just before a major line, so the statement lands in a quiet room.
The supplied music is analysed for beats and downbeats, and cuts, zooms and graphic entrances are snapped to that measured beat map.
Quiet taps, clicks and soft slides play on the frames where on-screen buttons are pressed or objects move, adding tactile realism.
The music bed automatically dips whenever someone speaks and swells back in the pauses, keeping every word clear.
A single short sub-bass thump marks a chapter change, felt more than heard, with the music briefly ducking around it.
The music is edited to land on its final chord as the last frame arrives, then rings out in a controlled tail to silence.
Global looks applied across the edit: grading, texture and final polish.
Neutralises white balance, places skin at a healthy exposure, adds a gentle S-curve and a touch of saturation so every shot looks true-to-life and consistent.
Warms the balance by a few hundred Kelvin, tints highlights cream, softens contrast slightly and keeps skin polished — a magazine-like, inviting finish.
Shifts whites neutral-to-cool, deepens blues, tightens contrast and keeps screen glows and LED accents controlled — a precise, modern tech finish with natural skin.
Pushes only the shadows and darker midtones toward teal, warms highlights slightly and qualifies skin out of the shift, giving a filmic teal-and-warm separation.
Converts footage to black and white through a chosen channel-mix filter, then sets a firm but readable contrast curve with clean blacks and separated mid-greys.
Drives saturation and vibrance hard on props and backgrounds, pushes a chosen accent hue, adds punchy contrast — while guarding highlights and skin from clipping or going orange.
Lifts the blacks into a soft tinted floor, lowers contrast and saturation and tints shadows and highlights with pastel hues — a quiet, airy, contemporary finish.
Layers fine moving film grain over the graded image and lets only the brightest highlights bloom into a soft glow, while faces and detail stay sharp.
Adds restrained VHS-style artifacts: a few pixels of red/blue channel offset, faint scanlines, tape noise, slight colour fade and an occasional rolling tracking band.
Delivers clean neutral whites, crisp micro-contrast, polished speculars and exact, repeatable colour — product-ad polish with a subtle specular sweep on hero shots.
03 — Recipes
Eight editable starter recipes built from the library. Load one, then reorder, retime and tune every step.
9:16 · 30s · 9 styles
Strong hook, expressive captions, strategic zooms.
A punchy headline opens, karaoke captions carry the dialogue, snap zooms land the key lines, one real screenshot backs the claim and a statement closes with a clear outro.
16:9 · 45s · 8 styles
Flythrough, cutouts, UI breakdowns, clean tech finish.
Opens on the result, flies through the product site, breaks the interface into labelled layers, floats real screenshots and finishes in a cool technology grade.
16:9 · 60s · 9 styles
Cold open, editorial type, deliberate motion.
A restrained cold open, letterboxed framing, slow pushes and whip transitions with matched whooshes, editorial lower thirds and a teal-shadow grade with film texture.
9:16 · 45s · 7 styles
Question hook, clean captions, documented numbers.
A question hook opens the loop, stacked captions keep it readable, a chart and a verified count-up explain the numbers, and keyword spotlights land the takeaway.
9:16 · 30s · 7 styles
Hero reveal, page motion, result-focused CTA.
A split reveal opens on the cover, kinetic chapter titles and a guided document flyover show the pages, a product cutout presents the book and a staged statement delivers the call to action.
16:9 · 60s · 7 styles
Screen-first layouts, zoomed detail, clear sections.
Picture-in-picture keeps the presenter visible over the screen recording, section titles mark each step, UI breakdowns and annotation markers explain the details, and capsule captions support the narration.
4:5 · 45s · 6 styles
Quote cards, documented proof, natural grade.
Editorial lower thirds introduce the client, a slow push keeps it intimate, real quote and comment cards carry the proof, music ducks under the voice and a natural warm grade keeps skin tones honest.
9:16 · 15s · 9 styles
Interrupts, rapid beats, rhythm edits.
A pattern interrupt grabs attention, number bursts and a list cascade keep the pace, a magnetic mosaic is the set piece, rhythm cuts follow the music and a bold pop grade finishes it.
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