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Install the Recharm video effects skill: download https://recharm-growth-staging.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/website/downloads/recharm-video-effects.zip and unzip it into ~/.claude/skillsAsk for the effect
Add a camera shake to input.mp4 How far the frame jumps at the start, in pixels: 14 Seconds until it settles: 0.6
Several videos, several effects, one ask
Put your clips in the folder, mention them with @, and ask for everything at once. Claude runs one tested script after another on each clip, then joins them.
Add a camera shake to @clip1.mp4, put a sale badge on @clip2.mp4, give @clip3.mp4 a VHS look, then join all three with crossfades.
Settings you can change
Ask Claude to change any of these, or edit them at the top of the command.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
AMOUNT | 14 | How far the frame jumps at the start, in pixels. |
LENGTH | 0.6 | Seconds until it settles. |
In other editors
From each editor’s own help pages, in our words. We haven’t run these ourselves.
Built in: AI movement (Shake) · desktop
- Import the clip and drag it onto the timeline.
- In the Video section of the right panel, switch on AI movement.
- Pick Shake from Dynamic, Zoom, Shake or Soft.
- Tune scale, rotation and distance.
Source: AI Movement Tracking: Enhance Videos with Effects (CapCut), checked October 22, 2026.
Closest built-in: Shake Zoom · desktop and mobile
- Select the video clip in your design.
- Click Animate on the toolbar to open the animation options.
- Under Featured, pick Shake Zoom and set its intensity with the slider.
- Choose whether it plays On enter, On exit or Both.
Page doesn't describe the Shake Zoom motion, so a jolt that settles isn't confirmed; subscribers only.
Source: Shader animations for videos (Canva), checked October 22, 2026.
Without the skill
Don’t want to install the skill? Paste this prompt into Claude Code and Claude writes the command itself.
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Add a camera shake to the first 0.6 seconds of input.mp4: the frame jolts about 14 pixels in changing directions and settles to still by 0.6 seconds. Don't show black edges (scale up slightly first). Keep the size and audio. Use ffmpeg and save it as output.mp4.Run it without Claude
This is the exact command we tested. Save it as camera-shake.sh and run:
sh camera-shake.sh input.mp4 output.mp4Show the command
#!/bin/sh
# Camera shake: a hard jolt in the first 0.6s that settles to still, like an impact on the first beat.
# Usage: sh camera-shake.sh input.mp4 output.mp4
set -e
IN="$1"; OUT="$2"
AMOUNT=14 # how far the frame jumps, in pixels at the start
LENGTH=0.6 # seconds until it settles
SIZE=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=width,height -of csv=s=x:p=0 "$IN")
W=${SIZE%x*}; H=${SIZE#*x}
# scale up 8% so the moving crop never shows an edge, then move the crop window and let it die down
ffmpeg -y -i "$IN" -vf "scale=trunc(iw*1.08/2)*2:-2,\
crop=$W:$H:x='(in_w-out_w)/2+if(lt(t,$LENGTH),$AMOUNT*sin(t*83)*(1-t/$LENGTH),0)':y='(in_h-out_h)/2+if(lt(t,$LENGTH),$AMOUNT*0.8*cos(t*61)*(1-t/$LENGTH),0)'" \
-c:v libx264 -crf 18 -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy "$OUT"
