Starting footage: Original night footage I shot myself on my phone
headlights/neon strong highlights, vertical 9:16. No stock, no sample footage
What I asked the agent to do: In invideo Editor (Ultra mode), I asked the agent
to research the viral Hail Mary effect, read the construction steps from a
reference tutorial (leaving out the color work).... then build the whole effect as
a custom shader on my clip via the timeline agent with exposed controls:
highlight threshold, softness, trail length, trail taper strength, and mix.
I finished with the duplicate clip + Screen blend layer.
What I refined myself: I lowered the highlight threshold so only the brightest
lights trail, extended trail length + taper, re-angled the trail direction to
follow the camera move, and pulled the mix down to ~40% for a cleaner finish all directly on the editable timeline in invideo Editor.