# AgentCut prompts: Style prompts Looks for motion graphics, captions, color and AI video shots. Described in plain words so any tool or generator can follow them. Source: https://agentcut.dev/prompts/#style Written by AgentCut unless credited. Free to copy, edit and use. Run anything that edits a project on a copy first. --- ## 1. Kinetic typography promo When to use it: You need a punchy text only promo or intro where the words carry the energy, built in Remotion, HyperFrames or After Effects. Works with: Remotion Agent Skills (official) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/remotion-agent-skills-official/), HyperFrames (HeyGen) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/hyperframes-heygen/), claude-motion-design (https://agentcut.dev/tools/claude-motion-design-howseen/), After Effects MCP (Engine Room) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-engine-room/) Save as: kinetic-type.md ~~~~markdown Make a [15] second kinetic typography sequence, [1920x1080 / 1080x1920], [30] fps, from this script: "[LINE 1] / [LINE 2] / [LINE 3] / [PAYOFF LINE]" Look: - One heavy grotesk typeface, all caps for key words, tight tracking (about -2%). - Two colors only: [near black #111111] background, [off white #F5F3EE] text, plus one accent [#FF4D2E] for the single most important word per line. - Cut on words, not on lines. 3 to 8 frames per word on fast beats, hold the payoff line at least 1.5 seconds. Motion vocabulary (use a mix, never all at once): - words snap in with a fast ease out (about 6 frames) and a 2 to 4 px overshoot at most - masked reveals from below - scale punch on the accent word (100% to 108% and back over 8 frames) - hard cuts between lines, no cross dissolves Timing: lock key word hits to a [120] BPM grid (every 15 frames at 30 fps) so music can be cut to it. Keep everything inside the title safe area. Make the script lines and colors editable props or controls. ~~~~ --- ## 2. Clean corporate lower thirds When to use it: Interviews, webinars and company videos where graphics should look expensive and stay out of the way. Works with: After Effects MCP (Engine Room) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-engine-room/), AE MCP Bridge (https://agentcut.dev/tools/ae-mcp-bridge/), Remotion Agent Skills (official) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/remotion-agent-skills-official/), MCP Bridge for Adobe Premiere Pro (https://agentcut.dev/tools/mcp-bridge-for-adobe-premiere-pro/) Save as: corporate-lower-third.md ~~~~markdown Design a lower third system for a corporate interview series. Look: - Flat and quiet. No gradients, no glow, no 3D. - Sans serif, two weights only: name in Semibold, role in Regular at 60% of the name size. - Optional thin accent line (2 to 4 px) in the brand color [#HEX], to the left of the text or under the name. - Text sits on the footage with a soft shadow (0 2 px 12 px, 25% black) or on a solid box at 85% opacity if the footage is busy. - Bottom left, inside the title safe area, aligned to the same left edge as any other graphics. Motion: - In: 12 to 15 frames, ease out, small move (16 to 24 px) plus fade. Accent line leads by 3 frames. - Hold: at least 4 seconds, or long enough to read the role twice. - Out: 8 to 10 frames, ease in, reverse of the in. Deliver: one template with editable name, role, accent color, left or right alignment. Test with a 30 character name and a two line role. ~~~~ --- ## 3. Bold word by word captions (the Hormozi look) When to use it: Talking head Shorts, Reels and TikToks where captions need to grab attention and keep people watching with the sound off. Works with: ffmpeg-skill (https://agentcut.dev/tools/ffmpeg-skill/), VectCutAPI (CapCut/Jianying API) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/vectcutapi-capcut-jianying-api/), CapCut MCP Server — Extended (https://agentcut.dev/tools/capcut-mcp-server-extended/), Remotion Agent Skills (official) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/remotion-agent-skills-official/) Save as: bold-word-captions.md Sources and credit: 6missedcalls/video-editing-skill (MIT) (https://github.com/6missedcalls/video-editing-skill): Ships a Hormozi caption preset, a useful reference implementation ~~~~markdown Burn in captions in the bold, word by word style that creators like Alex Hormozi made popular. Description of the look, not a copy of any template: - 1 to 3 words on screen at a time, never more than one line. - Very heavy sans serif (Black or ExtraBold weight), ALL CAPS, large: about 8 to 10% of frame height on 1080x1920. - White text with a thick black outline (6 to 10 px at 1080 wide) and a soft drop shadow. - The word being spoken is highlighted in one accent color [yellow #FFE600 or green #3BFF6A]. Other words stay white. - Key words (numbers, money, strong verbs) get a quick scale pop: 100% to 115% and back over 6 frames. - Position: center of frame or just below center, never in the bottom 20% where the app UI sits. - Timing: each word appears exactly when it is spoken, about 1 to 2 frames after the word starts. Never early. - No emojis unless I ask. No animation on filler words. Source: word level timestamps from Whisper. Output: the captioned video plus the caption file in [ASS / SRT / CapCut text track]. ~~~~ --- ## 4. High energy creator captions (the MrBeast style look) When to use it: Fast paced YouTube and Shorts edits where captions behave like graphics, with color, pops and emphasis. Works with: Remotion Agent Skills (official) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/remotion-agent-skills-official/), VectCutAPI (CapCut/Jianying API) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/vectcutapi-capcut-jianying-api/), CapCut MCP Server — Extended (https://agentcut.dev/tools/capcut-mcp-server-extended/), ffmpeg-skill (https://agentcut.dev/tools/ffmpeg-skill/) Save as: creator-energy-captions.md ~~~~markdown Caption style in the high energy look common on big creator channels like MrBeast. Describe and build it, do not copy any channel's actual assets or fonts: - 2 to 4 words per caption, one line, centered just below the middle of the frame. - Chunky rounded sans serif, bold, mixed case or caps. - White fill, thick dark outline, plus a hard offset shadow (4 to 6 px down and right). - Rotate color for emphasis words through a small palette: [yellow, cyan, red], max one colored word per caption. - Every new caption enters with a fast pop: scale 80% to 105% to 100% over 5 frames. - Big numbers and money amounts get their own caption, larger (130%), with a short shake (2 px, 4 frames). - Sound effect hits (whoosh, pop) can be marked as [SFX] in a separate list with timecodes, do not add audio yourself. - Keep everything inside the safe area and away from where the face is. Show me 3 sample frames (a normal line, an emphasis word, a big number) before rendering the full video. ~~~~ --- ## 5. Film emulation grade in DaVinci Resolve When to use it: You want digital footage to feel like film (soft highlights, rich color separation, subtle grain) and you want the agent to build the node tree, not bake a filter. Works with: DaVinci Resolve MCP Server (samuelgursky) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/davinci-resolve-mcp-server-samuelgursky/), DaVinci Resolve MCP (440+ tools) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/davinci-resolve-mcp-440-tools/), Resolve Claude MCP (https://agentcut.dev/tools/resolve-claude-mcp/), Wasserman's Unofficial DaVinci MCP (https://agentcut.dev/tools/wasserman-s-unofficial-davinci-mcp/) Save as: film-emulation-grade.md ~~~~markdown On the timeline "[TIMELINE]" (a duplicate), build a film emulation look on a single clip first: "[CLIP NAME]". Footage is [camera and log format, for example Sony S-Log3 / S-Gamut3.Cine]. Node tree, each node labeled: 1. "INPUT CST": Color Space Transform from [camera color space and gamma] to DaVinci Wide Gamut / DaVinci Intermediate. 2. "BALANCE": neutral white balance and exposure. Do not push contrast here. 3. "CONTRAST": gentle S curve, lift the blacks very slightly so pure black never happens (film rarely sits at true zero). 4. "SEPARATION": warm the skin and highlights slightly, cool the shadows slightly. Subtle, max a few points. 5. "SAT": reduce saturation in the very brightest highlights (highlight rolloff), keep mid tone saturation. 6. "HALATION" (Studio only, or skip on Free): a faint reddish glow around bright edges. 7. "GRAIN" (Studio only, or skip on Free): fine 35 mm grain, low strength. 8. "OUTPUT CST": DaVinci Wide Gamut to Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 with tone mapping. Rules: keep each node subtle, I will push it myself. Tell me which nodes need Studio. Save the result as a still and a PowerGrade named "AgentCut Film Base" and do not apply it to other clips until I say so. ~~~~ --- ## 6. Cinematic shot prompt for Veo, structured When to use it: You generate B roll or establishing shots with Google Veo (or Kling, Runway, Higgsfield) and want consistent, controllable results instead of random ones. Works with: VibeFrame (https://agentcut.dev/tools/vibeframe/) Save as: veo-cinematic-shot.md Sources and credit: Google Cloud, Veo prompt guide (https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/video/video-gen-prompt-guide): Prompt structure: subject, action, style, camera, composition, focus, ambiance ~~~~markdown Template (fill in each line, then join into one paragraph): Subject: [who or what, with 2 or 3 concrete visual details] Action: [one clear action, present tense] Setting: [where, time of day, weather] Style: [cinematic live action / documentary / 16 mm film look / clean commercial] Camera: [shot size: wide, medium, close up] + [angle: eye level, low angle, top down] + [one move: slow dolly in, static locked off, handheld follow, slow orbit] Lens and focus: [35 mm, shallow depth of field, background softly out of focus] Lighting and mood: [soft window light, golden hour backlight, cold overcast] Audio (if the model supports it): [ambient sound only, for example distant traffic and wind] Example: A barista in a green apron pours steamed milk into a white cup, forming a leaf pattern. Small busy cafe in the morning, rain on the window behind her. Cinematic live action, natural color. Close up at eye level, slow dolly in toward the cup. 50 mm lens, shallow depth of field, background softly blurred. Soft window light from the left, warm and calm. Ambient cafe sounds, no music. Tips: one camera move per shot, one action per shot, 5 to 8 second clips cut together beat longer prompts. ~~~~ --- ## 7. Image to video motion prompt (describe motion, not the picture) When to use it: You already have a still (a product shot, a photo, a frame from your edit) and want it to move without the model changing what is in it. Works with: VibeFrame (https://agentcut.dev/tools/vibeframe/) Save as: image-to-video-motion.md Sources and credit: Runway, Gen-4 Video Prompting Guide (https://help.runwayml.com/hc/en-us/articles/39789879462419-Gen-4-Video-Prompting-Guide): Start simple, describe motion, positive phrasing only ~~~~markdown The image already shows what things look like. The text should only say how things move. Formula: [camera move]. [subject motion]. [scene motion]. [style word]. Start with only the camera move, generate, then add one element at a time. Examples: - Locked camera. The steam rises slowly from the cup. Soft light flickers across the table. Cinematic live action. - The camera slowly pushes in. The subject turns her head toward the camera and smiles. Hair moves gently in the wind. - Slow orbit around the product from left to right. Reflections slide across the surface. Clean commercial look. - Handheld camera follows behind the subject as he walks down the hallway. Lights pass overhead. Rules: - Positive phrasing only. Write "Locked camera" or "The camera stays still", never "no camera movement". - Refer to people as "the subject", "the woman", "the man", not by long descriptions of the image. - Physical actions, not feelings: "she smiles and waves", not "she radiates joy". - One camera move per clip. ~~~~ --- ## 8. Handheld documentary look for AI B roll When to use it: Your AI shots look too perfect next to real footage and you need them to cut in with handheld documentary material. Works with: VibeFrame (https://agentcut.dev/tools/vibeframe/) Save as: handheld-documentary.md Sources and credit: Google Cloud, Veo prompt guide (https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/video/video-gen-prompt-guide): Camera and lens vocabulary ~~~~markdown [Subject doing one simple everyday action] in [real location, time of day]. Observational documentary style, handheld camera at shoulder height with small natural sway, slightly imperfect framing, the camera reframes once to follow the action. 35 mm lens, natural available light, no stylized lighting, muted realistic colors, light film grain. The subject does not look at the camera. Ambient location sound only. Matching tips for the edit: - Generate at the same aspect ratio and frame rate as your real footage when the model allows it. - Grade AI shots with the same node tree or LUT as the real footage, then add the same grain. - Use them short (2 to 4 seconds) between real shots, not as the hero shot. - Label AI generated shots in your project and follow your client's and platform's disclosure rules. ~~~~ --- ## 9. Product hero shot with camera orbit When to use it: Ecommerce, launch videos and ads where one object needs to look premium in a short clip. Works with: VibeFrame (https://agentcut.dev/tools/vibeframe/) Save as: product-orbit.md ~~~~markdown Text to video: A [product, for example matte black wireless earbuds case] on a [surface, for example polished dark stone pedestal], studio product shot. The camera slowly orbits 90 degrees around the product from left to right at the product's height. Soft key light from above left, thin rim light outlining the edges, dark gradient background. Clean commercial look, sharp focus on the product, very shallow depth of field. Slow and smooth, 5 seconds. Image to video (from your own product photo): Slow orbit around the product from left to right. Reflections slide across the surface. The background stays dark and still. Clean commercial look. Variations, one at a time: - "slow push in from wide to close up on the logo" - "the camera rises from below the pedestal to eye level" - "light sweep passes across the product from left to right" Check every frame for warped logos or text. Generators often distort brand marks. Replace the label in post if needed. ~~~~ --- ## 10. Retro VHS and glitch transition look When to use it: Music videos, gaming edits and nostalgic intros where you want analog texture on transitions without overdoing it. Works with: Remotion Agent Skills (official) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/remotion-agent-skills-official/), After Effects MCP (Engine Room) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-engine-room/), ffmpeg-skill (https://agentcut.dev/tools/ffmpeg-skill/), DaVinci Resolve Fusion MCP (free version) (https://agentcut.dev/tools/davinci-resolve-fusion-mcp-free-version/) Save as: retro-vhs-glitch.md ~~~~markdown Build a reusable VHS glitch transition, [12] frames long, that I can put on cuts. Layers, in order: 1. RGB split: offset red left and blue right by up to 8 px at the peak frame, back to 0 at the ends. 2. Horizontal tracking lines: 2 or 3 thin bands that roll down the frame during the transition. 3. Slight horizontal jitter: random 2 to 6 px shifts on a few frames, not every frame. 4. Chroma bleed: soften the color channels slightly so edges smear. 5. Noise: light static that peaks with the RGB split. 6. Optional: a timestamp in the corner in a pixel font, "[PLAY ▶ 00:00:00]". Curve: everything ramps up for 5 frames, peaks for 2, ramps down for 5. Make strength a single 0 to 100 control so I can use it subtle (20) or heavy (80). Keep it to transitions. Do not apply it to the whole video. ~~~~