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Run 1Photo through the decades“Restyle our city photo through 1920s, 1970s, 1990s and today.”
Runs in
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
Generates with
Your agent's model
Tested with
Claude Code 2.1.322Claude Sonnet 5.51 real run, 10 Nov
Needs
Node 22+Chromeffmpeg
Licence
Recaply licence

Photo Through the Decades

One photo restyles through eras (1920s, 1970s, 1990s, today), each named.

$9.99once, yours to keep

Every premium skill and prompt, one plan$19.99 a month. Cancel any time. What you get when you buy

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One photo steps through the looks of different decades, each with a tag naming the era. A 4 to 10 second clip in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5, as an MP4 on its own or as one scene of a longer launch film. Renders locally with Chrome and ffmpeg: no video model, no key and no cost. Use when an AI restyle, retro filter or history product wants a fun time-travel moment.

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Photo Through the Decades

After the download, ask your agent to add it, or run the line yourself.

Read https://recaply.co/skills/era-restyle-scene/install.md and follow it to install the era-restyle-scene skill from era-restyle-scene.zip.

Paste it into your agent. It reads our install steps, finds the ZIP you downloaded and adds the skill for you.

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Who Photo Through the Decades is for

What you get

  • An MP4 scene at 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5
  • One photo steps through the looks of different decades, each with a tag naming the era
  • Works alone or as one scene in a longer film

Good fit

  • When an AI restyle, retro filter or history product wants a fun time-travel moment

Not for

  • A whole launch film in one go (use a launch film)
  • Filmed footage or people on camera

About this skill

You say

Restyle our city photo through 1920s, 1970s, 1990s and today.

It said back

I made the clip. Your city photo steps through 1920s, 1970s, 1990s and today, and each look wipes in with its era tag.

  • File: launch-scene/era-restyle.mp4
  • Format: 1920×1080 (16:9), 5.7 s, 30 fps, 1.3 MB
  • Look: swiss, a modernist grid poster. I picked it since you didn't name one.
  • Your material: photos/4-city.jpg and logo.svg. The logo is the red square at top right.
  • Not set: I added no brand name, URL, caption or accent colour, because I didn't have any from you.
  • Check: the layout check found no problems. I looked at the settled "today" frame, and the tag is readable and nothing is cut off. I didn't view the 1920s, 1970s or 1990s frames, so the middle of the clip is unchecked.
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What it did in run 1

  1. era-restyle-scene
  2. cd .; find . -path ./.claude -prune -o -type f -print | head -50; node .claude/skills/era-restyle-scene/scripts/check.mjs
  3. cd .; mkdir launch-scene; cp logo.svg launch-scene/; cp photos/4-city.jpg launch-scene/city.jpg cat > launch-scene/film.json <<'E' {"look":"swiss","size":"16:9","logo":"logo.svg","out":"era-restyle.mp4", "scenes":[{"scene":"style-reel","image":"city.jpg","styles":["1920s","1970s","1990s","today"]}]} E node .claude/skills/era-restyle-scene/scripts/film.mjs launch-scene/film.json --check
  4. ./launch-scene/film.json
  5. cd .; ls launch-scene; node .claude/skills/era-restyle-scene/scripts/film.mjs launch-scene/film.json --check
  6. cd .; cp logo.svg launch-scene/; cp photos/4-city.jpg launch-scene/city.jpg; node .claude/skills/era-restyle-scene/scripts/film.mjs launch-scene/film.json --check
  7. ./launch-scene/film-check.png
  8. cd .; node .claude/skills/era-restyle-scene/scripts/film.mjs launch-scene/film.json && ls -l launch-scene/*.mp4
  9. Done

10 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 40 s · $0.09 of API use

Questions

Is Photo Through the Decades free?

No. Photo Through the Decades costs $9.99 once and stays in your Recaply account, or it comes with the Recaply plan ($19.99 a month), which opens every premium skill and prompt.

Which agents can use Photo Through the Decades?

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

What do I get when I buy Photo Through the Decades?

A ZIP of the whole skill folder (60 KB): the SKILL.md your agent follows and its 12 other files, the references, templates and scripts it uses. You download it from this page whenever you need it, and install it in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. The Recaply plan opens it too, with every other premium skill and prompt.

How do I install Photo Through the Decades?

Buy it, then download the ZIP from this page. For Claude Code, unzip it into .claude/skills/ in your project. For Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI, unzip it and run npx skills add ./era-restyle-scene with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Photo Through the Decades?

An MP4 scene at 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5. One photo steps through the looks of different decades, each with a tag naming the era. Works alone or as one scene in a longer film.

What does Photo Through the Decades need?

Node 22+, Chrome and ffmpeg, and no API key. Each use costs nothing beyond your agent.

How big is Photo Through the Decades?

13 files, about 40,669 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 1,660 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 40 s to 40 s and $0.09 to $0.09 of API use each, in Claude Code with claude-sonnet-5-5. On a Claude plan, a run counts toward your usage instead.

Do I have to name Photo Through the Decades to use it?

Type /era-restyle-scene first to make sure it loads. Without it, Claude Code may judge a small job simple enough to do without the skill.