51 Free Video Effects for Claude

Free viral video effects for Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, made inside Claude Code. Drop your video into Claude, type /effects and the name of an effect. That's the whole edit.

Made by @vibha.in.progress 💛

Want the full studio? These are the free starter versions from Hop Studio, my AI video editing studio inside Claude: 220+ video effects, 47 caption styles and 190+ sound effects, with sound design and hand-tuned timing. It runs on the Claude plan you already have.

The first 45 effects

Install (one line)

Open the Terminal app (or the terminal inside Claude Code) and paste:

git clone https://github.com/Vibha-Ramprakash/claude-video-effects ~/.claude/skills/effects

On 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.

Use it

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'."

The 51 effects

#	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
46	`tape-label`	A strip of yellow tape with your line lands on your chest
47	`select-resize`	A blue selection box grabs your number and a cursor drags it bigger
48	`wave-trim`	The silent parts of your voice are trimmed away on screen until only your words are left
49	`huge-strike`	One huge serif word fills the wall behind you, then a red line crosses it out
50	`crayon-write`	A red crayon writes your word behind your head, then underlines it
51	`fan-build`	Your reel covers deal into a fan behind your head, one card at a time

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-fan or profile-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).

Honest notes

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 (sound design, captions, grade) lives in Hop Studio, the AI video editing studio that runs inside Claude.

If something goes wrong

Just tell Claude what you see ("the word covers my face", "it's too fast"). It will fix the plan and render again.

Edit videos with Claude: the Hop Studio family

Hop Studio, the AI video editor that lives inside Claude: 220+ video effects, 47 caption styles, 190+ sound effects and creator-style templates for Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, in one plugin. One payment, live setup with me.

Free tools:

7 free caption styles for Claude: animated captions timed to your voice. Type /captions pop-sticker
7 motion style prompts for Claude Code: copy-paste starters for motion graphics
The Claude video editor setup: the exact 7 steps and 4 prompts
Free masterclass guide: edit your videos with Claude, step by step
Fable 5.2 video editing prompts: the 4 prompts from the reel
Remotion cinematic product video skill: kinetic product videos in code
Free video editing masterclass: set up your editing studio in Claude with me

New effects every week on Instagram: @vibha.in.progress

Credits

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.