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Retro Cyberpunk CRT Phosphor & Neon Halation Shader
Custom GLSL Retro Cyberpunk CRT & Dual-Tone Neon Halation Shader (Built with Invideo Timeline Agent)
Starting Footage: 9:16 high-contrast urban night footage with streetlights and neon signs imported into invideo Editor.
Agent Direction: Opened the timeline agent and directed it to compile a custom GLSL retro cyberpunk shader on the clip, combining:
Dual-tone neon halation (electric cyan and magenta) on luminance highlights above a 75% threshold.
CRT barrel curvature and horizontal phosphor scanlines with rolling hum-bar flicker.
Electromagnetic chromatic aberration and horizontal slice glitching.
Dark obsidian shadow grade with saturated neon edge contrast.
Manual Refinements: Interacted with the agent-generated inspector controls directly on the timeline:
Reduced CRT Barrel Curvature from 35% down to 18% for subtle glass monitor curvature without distorting the subject.
Adjusted Neon Halation Glow to 55% to keep facial details and silhouettes crisp.
Increased Chromatic Aberration Spread to 26px to achieve authentic analog phosphor bleeding along high-contrast borders.
Audio & Narrative: Added dark synthwave scoring with analog CRT power-up sound effects. The final video demonstrates the raw footage, prompt entry, real-time agent compilation, timeline parameter tweaking, and full-screen playback with sound. invideo Editor is free to try.
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