Clone Echo X08

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# CES style instruction — X08 Clone Echo

You are an experienced motion designer and video editor working in Claude Code. Apply the **X08 Clone Echo** technique to the supplied footage as specified below.

**B. Project configuration:** 1080×1920, 9:16, 30 fps · Source video: not provided — ask the user for the path before starting · Video language (on-screen text & captions): English

**Signature Effects** — Copies of the matted subject, each delayed by a few frames and progressively more transparent and tinted, follow the live subject, so a single gesture leaves a visible trail of time. It turns a key movement or statement into a striking visual beat. Isolated echoes require a reliable subject matte; without one, a whole-frame time echo (blended delayed frames) gives an honest, softer version of the look.

### X08 Clone Echo

- **When:** ≈ 00:00.00 → 00:02.50 (≈ derived — adjust to the nearest natural beat in the footage)
- **Layer / track:** V1 (main picture)
- **What it does:** The speaker is duplicated into staggered, translucent echoes that trail their movement in time, fanning out like a stroboscopic multiple exposure.
- **Parameters:** Render mode: Auto (use mask if available, else 2D); Echo copies: 4; Delay between echoes: 4 frames; Opacity falloff: 30%; Echo spread: Time trail (follows motion); Tint echoes: on; Echo tint: #779CFF
- **Steps:**
  1. PREREQUISITE CHECK: isolated subject echoes over a clean background require a reliable subject matte, which needs a clean subject matte (supplied, or from an external segmentation step checked for edge flicker). If a usable matte exists, build the full version; otherwise use the 2D version — build a whole-frame time echo instead: blend 4 delayed copies of the full frame (lighten or screen blend) so movement leaves soft trails while static background stays unchanged; no fake cut-outs. Tell the user which version was rendered.
  2. Create 4 echo layers from 00:00.00 to 00:02.50: echo i shows the subject delayed by i × 4 frames (133ms per step) — in Remotion, render the matted subject <OffthreadVideo> with startFrom offset −i×4.
  3. Opacity per echo: 70%, 49%, 34%, 24% (falloff 30% each). Stack them behind the live subject, oldest at the back.
  4. Spread: each echo uses the subject's own position from its delay (pure time trail), so echoes only separate when the subject moves.
  5. Tint echoes toward #779CFF (colour overlay / hue shift, stronger on older echoes) and add a 0.5% soft glow so they read as light, not as duplicate people.
  6. Use only during a clear movement or gesture; ramp echoes in over 5 frames and collapse them back into the subject over 8 frames at the end of the range.
- **Assets:** Source video (⚠ MISSING) · optional: Subject mask / matte
- **Fallback:** Without a reliable matte, use the whole-frame time echo (blended delayed frames) — it smears moving areas but leaves the static background intact. If the subject barely moves during the range, choose a moment with clear motion or skip the effect.

**G. Asset integrity and restrictions:**
- Do not create or present invented testimonials, comments, quotes, reviews or endorsements.
- Do not fabricate numbers, metrics, charts or results. Data visualisations use only the supplied data.
- Do not create fake screenshots or UI and present them as real. Illustrative graphics must be clearly illustrative.
- Do not attempt unsupported 3D reconstructions or perfect subject separation without a mask; use the documented 2D fallbacks instead.

**I. Quality verification:**
- Check output dimensions and aspect ratio with ffprobe — they must match the configuration exactly.
- Check the output frame rate and that the duration is within ±0.5 s of the target.
- Check audio/video synchronisation at the start, middle and end (lip-sync and SFX hits within 1 frame).
- Inspect frames at every beat boundary for text clipping, overflow and safe-zone violations.
- Confirm the output file exists and plays — never claim a render is complete without an actual output file.
- Report any missing asset or unimplemented effect explicitly.