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Prismatic Liquid Glass & Chromatic Streak — Built with invideo AI Timeline Agent
Custom Shader & Layer Build: Prismatic Liquid Glass Refraction with Anamorphic Streaks and Dynamic Typography Masking.
Starting Footage:
High-contrast 9:16 vertical fashion footage featuring movement, sand, and typography overlays.
What I Asked the Agent to Do:
Instead of applying a flat preset, I directed the invideo timeline agent to architect a custom 3-layer visual effect stack directly on the timeline:
Layer 1: Organic liquid glass refraction displacement combined with chromatic RGB color channel splitting.
Layer 2: A feathered elliptical subject protection mask to preserve subject sharpness.
Layer 3: Anamorphic highlight streaks and specular gleam keyed off bright luminance areas.
What I Refined Myself (v1 to v2 Direction): After the agent generated v1, we reviewed the initial pass and collaborated on precise refinements:
Refraction & Speed: Reduced Intensity down to 30 and dialed Speed to 0.65 to transform horizontal banding into smooth, molten liquid glass ripples.
Keyframed Subject Protection: Re-positioned and animated the mask Y-axis to protect the subject's legs in the opening second, tracking up to the torso/face during the jump.
Highlight Streaks: Dropped the luminance threshold to 68 to catch glints off the sand and specular rim light.
Clean Typography: Protected the native "LINEN LIFTS YOU" title layer from distortion, producing an editorial luxury fashion aesthetic.
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They thought they had found a beautiful glass passage.
Until they noticed it glowed whenever someone came close. ✨
Why does it happen? No one knows yet.
For now, the family simply enjoys their little discovery — walking through the glowing glass, having fun, and making memories.
Behind the scenes: I generated the raw family footage using Gemini, then brought it into InVideo Editor to bring this idea to life.
I created an agent called Jet and described the effect I wanted: a glass passage that glows whenever someone comes close. The first result wasn't quite what I had pictured, so I kept refining the direction until the effect belonged to the glass itself.
I wanted anyone walking through the glass to take on the colour of its glow — and after a few iterations, we got there. ✨
I also added sound design to make the glass activation feel energetic and futuristic while keeping the overall video warm and playful.
Effect: Custom Shader — UV Glow Glass
Here's a look at how the idea went from raw footage to the final result. 🎬✨
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Ig post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeLfne0iKjY/?stkn=bG15MnlxdWp0aHYw
Raw skate clip ➡️ Cyberpunk neon dream! 🛹✨
I asked the timeline agent to completely transform this scene:
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☀️ A massive yellow synthwave sun
The agent built the custom effects instantly, and I just refined the final timing in the editor. Why spend hours manually tracking when AI does it for you?
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