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Run 1Living halftone film“Halftone-style film with our mountain and city photos, "Print-ready, every time".”
Runs in
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
Generates with
Your agent's model
Tested with
Claude Code 2.1.322Claude Opus 5.51 real run, 9 Nov
Needs
Node 22+Chromeffmpeg
Licence
Recaply licence

Living Halftone Film

Photos turn into living newsprint dots between bold condensed headlines.

$9.99once, yours to keep

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Makes a 15 to 21 s launch film (MP4) from a set recipe. Newsprint in motion: photos break into big halftone dots that breathe, headlines in condensed caps and a magenta spot colour. The recipe sets the scene order, pacing, look and sizes; the person's words, screenshots and logo fill it. Renders locally with Chrome and ffmpeg: no video model, no key and no cost. Use when someone wants print, publishing, events, editorial products, merch or any launch that wants a bold printed feel.

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Living Halftone Film

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

Read https://recaply.co/skills/halftone-canvas-film/install.md and follow it to install the halftone-canvas-film skill from halftone-canvas-film.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 Living Halftone Film is for

What you get

  • An MP4 at 16:9, 4:5
  • 15 to 21 s, in 4 planned scenes
  • A still of every scene, checked before it renders

Good fit

  • When print, publishing, events, editorial products, merch or any launch that wants a bold printed feel

Not for

  • Filmed footage or people on camera
  • Long explainer videos

About this skill

You say

Halftone-style film with our mountain and city photos, "Print-ready, every time".

It said back

I made two halftone films from your mountain and city photos, built around "Print-ready, every time". Both are about 16 s long, with your logo's green (#1F6F5C) as the spot colour instead of the look's default magenta.

| File | Size | Length |

|---|---|---|

| launch-film/halftone-16x9.mp4 | 1920×1080 (YouTube, web, X, LinkedIn) | 15.9 s, 5.5 MB |

| launch-film/halftone-4x5.mp4 | 1080×1350 (Instagram and LinkedIn feeds) | 15.9 s, 3.2 MB |

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What it did in run 1

  1. halftone-canvas-film
  2. find . -not -path './.claude/*' -type f | head -50; node .claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/check.mjs
  3. ./photos/2-peaks.jpg
  4. ./photos/4-city.jpg
  5. ./logo.svg
  6. node .claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs --scenes 2>&1 | sed -n '/^end/,/^$/p;/halftone-photo/,/^$/p' | head -60
  7. node .claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs --scenes
  8. ./launch-film/film.json
  9. cd ./launch-film && node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json --check
  10. ./launch-film/film-check.png
  11. node -e 'const f=require("./film.json");f.size="4:5";f.out="halftone-4x5.mp4";require("fs").writeFileSync("film-4x5.json",JSON.stringify(f,null,2))' && node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film-4x5.json --check && node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json && node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film-4x5.json && for v in halftone-*.mp4; do ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration:stream=width,height -of csv=p=0 $v; ls -lh $v; done
  12. ./launch-film/film-4x5.json
  13. node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film-4x5.json --check
  14. ./launch-film/film-check.png
  15. 4:5|portrait|tall|deco|blob|corner
  16. cat ./.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/looks/halftone.css
  17. f\.css|\.css\b|extraCss|style\b
  18. cd . && cp .claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/looks/halftone.css launch-film/halftone.css.orig && printf '%s\n' '.T .scene::after{right:-10rem;bottom:-10rem;width:26rem;height:26rem}' >> .claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/looks/halftone.css && sed -i '' 's/"Print-ready,", "every time"/"Print\xe2\x80\x91ready,", "every time"/' launch-film/film-4x5.json && grep lines launch-film/film-4x5.json && cd launch-film && node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film-4x5.json --check
  19. cp ./.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/looks/halftone.css ./launch-film/halftone.css.orig && printf '%s\n' '.T .scene::after{right:-10rem;bottom:-10rem;width:26rem;height:26rem}' >> ./.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/looks/halftone.css
  20. ./launch-film/film-4x5.json
  21. ./.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/looks/halftone.css
  22. node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film-4x5.json --check
  23. ./launch-film/film-check.png
  24. ./launch-film/film-4x5.json
  25. node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film-4x5.json --check
  26. ./launch-film/film-check.png
  27. node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json && node ../.claude/skills/halftone-canvas-film/scripts/film.mjs film-4x5.json && ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration:stream=width,height,codec_type -of compact halftone-16x9.mp4 halftone-4x5.mp4; ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration:stream=width,height,codec_type -of compact halftone-4x5.mp4; ls -lh *.mp4
  28. Done

9 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Opus 5.5 · 3 min 23 s · $0.70 of API use

Questions

Is Living Halftone Film free?

No. Living Halftone Film 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 Living Halftone Film?

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

What do I get when I buy Living Halftone Film?

A ZIP of the whole skill folder (79 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 Living Halftone Film?

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 ./halftone-canvas-film with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Living Halftone Film?

An MP4 at 16:9, 4:5. 15 to 21 s, in 4 planned scenes. A still of every scene, checked before it renders.

What does Living Halftone Film need?

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

How big is Living Halftone Film?

13 files, about 57,212 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 1,999 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 3 min 23 s to 3 min 23 s and $0.70 to $0.70 of API use each, in Claude Code with claude-opus-5-5. On a Claude plan, a run counts toward your usage instead.

Do I have to name Living Halftone Film to use it?

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