AI video editing prompts

Starting points for editing an existing clip. Copy one, adapt it to your footage, and change one factor at a time.

Product / car color

Change one color on a clearly visible subject while everything else holds still.

Change only the car body paint to deep metallic red. Keep the windows, wheels, lights, surrounding scene, camera movement, timing, and composition unchanged. Maintain natural reflections and shadows.

Asks the model to keep

Windows, wheels, lights, scene, camera movement, reflections

Not suitable for

Multiple color changes in one pass, busy scenes with similar colors, fast subject motion

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Background change

Replace the scene behind a stable subject without touching the subject.

Replace the background with a minimal sunlit studio. Keep the product's shape, color, position, motion, and camera movement unchanged. Match the new background lighting to the product and keep natural contact shadows.

Asks the model to keep

Subject shape, color, position, motion, camera movement

Not suitable for

Transparent-background export (keying), subjects that leave the frame, complex hand occlusion

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Visual style

Give the whole clip one restrained look without adding or removing objects.

Apply a restrained cinematic film look with warm highlights and soft contrast. Keep the original subject, action, framing, camera movement, and timing unchanged. Avoid adding new objects or changing the subject's identity.

Asks the model to keep

Subject, action, framing, camera movement, timing

Not suitable for

Deterministic color grading, upscaling, identity changes, adding objects

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These are starting points, not guaranteed recipes. The “keep unchanged” clauses state intent — always review the result.