Video Recreation Tool

Replicate a video

by openfilm · MIT license · ★ 975 on GitHub

Remake a reference video in OpenFilm, as close as the person wants it, from frame for frame to its structure, rhythm, look and motion carrying their own content. Use when the person gives a video, as a file or a link, and asks for an…

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name: replicate
description: Remake a reference video in OpenFilm, as close as the person wants it, from frame for frame to its structure, rhythm, look and motion carrying their own content. Use when the person gives a video, as a file or a link, and asks for an exact copy of it, one like it, its style or pacing, or a remake for their product or topic (复刻, 照着做, 做个同款, 一模一样, 仿这个视频).
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# Replicate a video

Remake a video the person admires, as close as they want it: the same film frame for frame, or its form (the parts,
the rhythm, the look, the way things move) carrying their own content. When their words do not say which, ask. Either
way it is made again in OpenFilm, so every part of it can be changed.

## What has to be true

- **The same moments.** Where the reference cuts, a word appears, something moves or a sound hits, the film does too,
  scaled when the lengths differ; for an exact copy, each frame matches the reference's frame at the same time. Compare
  the two at the same times with `npx openfilm look`, and report honestly, in numbers, how close it is.
- **Made again.** The reference stays in `references/` and is never a clip of the film: what the film shows is made
  anew, and the reference's own music, footage or voice go in only when the person asks for them.

Overview

Remake a video the person admires, as close as they want it: the same film frame for frame, or its form (the parts, the rhythm, the look, the way things move) carrying their own content. When their words do not say which, ask. Either way it is made again in OpenFilm, so every part of it can be changed.

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Claude Codenpx skills add openfilm/openfilm --skill replicate -g -a claude-code

Claude Code (degit)npx degit openfilm/openfilm/packages/openfilm/skills/replicate#main ~/.claude/skills/replicate

Claude.ai / desktopZip the folder and upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

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Replicate a video

What has to be true

The same moments. Where the reference cuts, a word appears, something moves or a sound hits, the film does too, scaled when the lengths differ; for an exact copy, each frame matches the reference's frame at the same time. Compare the two at the same times with npx openfilm look, and report honestly, in numbers, how close it is.
Made again. The reference stays in references/ and is never a clip of the film: what the film shows is made anew, and the reference's own music, footage or voice go in only when the person asks for them.
Their version is theirs: when they want their own content, every part carries their topic, product, words and material, and a part they have nothing for takes a job that fits their film. A template with new words in it is not done.
It holds up next to the reference, as well made at every moment. Watch the whole film as a viewer would, and keep refining until it does.

What you have

references/ sits beside the film but not in it: assets/ holds only what the film uses. Anything you can make pictures, motion and sound with: the web platform and any library on it, renderers whose output becomes a clip, the person's footage and photos, any font whose license allows it, images, video, music and voice from npx openfilm get, your own built-in tools, and services the person has keys for. OpenFilm's own rules still hold: the picture at t depends on t alone, a page has no sound, and what you render elsewhere enters as a clip under assets/ with the script that made it. Ask before downloading anything large onto the person's computer.

With the person

What they ask for comes before anything here. The reference (a file, or a link you can download), how close they want it, what their version is about and the material they have (footage, product shots, a logo, their voice), and where it will be posted. Ask without holding up the work. When done, tell them in a few lines what was kept, what changed and why, how close it is, and, if they will post it, which parts belong to someone else (footage, music, voice, faces, a logo, words, typefaces).

1	---
2	name: replicate
3	description: Remake a reference video in OpenFilm, as close as the person wants it, from frame for frame to its structure, rhythm, look and motion carrying their own content. Use when the person gives a video, as a file or a link, and asks for an exact copy of it, one like it, its style or pacing, or a remake for their product or topic (复刻, 照着做, 做个同款, 一模一样, 仿这个视频).
4	---
5
6	# Replicate a video
7
8	Remake a video the person admires, as close as they want it: the same film frame for frame, or its form (the parts,
9	the rhythm, the look, the way things move) carrying their own content. When their words do not say which, ask. Either
10	way it is made again in OpenFilm, so every part of it can be changed.
11
12	## What has to be true
13
14	- The same moments. Where the reference cuts, a word appears, something moves or a sound hits, the film does too,
15	scaled when the lengths differ; for an exact copy, each frame matches the reference's frame at the same time. Compare
16	the two at the same times with `npx openfilm look`, and report honestly, in numbers, how close it is.
17	- Made again. The reference stays in `references/` and is never a clip of the film: what the film shows is made
18	anew, and the reference's own music, footage or voice go in only when the person asks for them.
19	- Their version is theirs: when they want their own content, every part carries their topic, product, words and
20	material, and a part they have nothing for takes a job that fits their film. A template with new words in it is not
21	done.
22	- It holds up next to the reference, as well made at every moment. Watch the whole film as a viewer would, and keep
23	refining until it does.
24
25	## What you have
26
27	`references/` sits beside the film but not in it: `assets/` holds only what the film uses. Anything you can make
28	pictures, motion and sound with: the web platform and any library on it, renderers whose output becomes a clip, the
29	person's footage and photos, any font whose license allows it, images, video, music and voice from `npx openfilm get`,
30	your own built-in tools, and services the person has keys for. OpenFilm's own rules still hold: the picture at t
31	depends on t alone, a page has no sound, and what you render elsewhere enters as a clip under `assets/` with the script
32	that made it. Ask before downloading anything large onto the person's computer.
33
34	## With the person
35
36	What they ask for comes before anything here. The reference (a file, or a link you can download), how close they want
37	it, what their version is about and the material they have (footage, product shots, a logo, their voice), and where it
38	will be posted. Ask without holding up the work. When done, tell them in a few lines what was kept, what changed and
39	why, how close it is, and, if they will post it, which parts belong to someone else (footage, music, voice, faces, a
40	logo, words, typefaces).
41