# Video Effects (VFX)

## Video Walkthrough (2 minutes)

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## What VFX effects are available?

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AutoReel currently offers eigth effects to choose from:

<table><thead><tr><th width="187.2265625">Video Effect (VFX)</th><th width="465.26953125">Description</th><th>Supported Images</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Day to Dusk</strong></td><td>Transforms the lighting in a daytime shot into a twilight timelapse video clip.</td><td>Exterior or Interior</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Catch the Sunshine</strong></td><td>Transforms the lighting in a shot into a morning (dawn) to day time time-lapse video clip</td><td>Exterior</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Virtual Staging</strong></td><td>Animates a staged/furnished room, transitioning from an empty room into a fully furnished space.</td><td>Furnished Interior or Exterior</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Lifestyle</strong></td><td>Adds a lived-in, warm feel to scenes to help envision life in the scene.</td><td>Interior or Exterior</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Pencil Sketch</strong></td><td>Gives your photo an artistic, illustrated look.</td><td>Exterior of home or building</td></tr><tr><td><strong>3D Gold Text Drop</strong></td><td>Adds flashy 3D gold text to the front of the home.</td><td>Exterior of home or building.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## **Adding VFX to a New Video**

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### **Step 1: Start a New Project**

Open AutoReel and create a new project. Type in your property address as the project name, then upload your listing photos.
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### **Step 2: Select Your Photos**

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Choose the photos you want to use. For each photo you want to apply an effect to, you will see a VFX option next to it.
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### **Step 3: Pick Your Effect**

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Click on VFX for the clip you want to enhance and select the effect that fits the scene. A quick tip on which effects work best where:

* Day to Dusk, Catch the Sunshine, and Pencil Sketch work best on exterior shots
* Virtual Staging and Lifestyle work best on interior shots
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### **Step 4: Render Your Video**

Once you have your effects selected, go ahead and click Render. Your video will be ready in a few minutes.
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## **Adding VFX to a Video You Already Made**

If you have already created a video and just want to add an effect to it, you do not need to start over.

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### **Step 1: Open Your Existing Video**

Find the video you want to update and click Edit > Quick Edit.
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### **Step 2: Select the Clip You Want to Update**

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Click on the clip you want to apply an effect to and select VFX.
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### **Step 3: Pick Your Effect and Re-render**

Choose your effect and click Render. Everything else in your video stays the same. If you are not happy with how a clip came out, you can redo it up to 2 times.
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## **A Few Things to Keep in Mind**

VFX is a brand new experimental feature and we are still improving it. Here are a few tips to get the best results:

* Try to match the effect to the right type of scene.&#x20;
  * Using a timelapse effect on an exterior scene will give a great result
  * Using a staging effect on an exterior shot, for example, may not give you the result you expect.
* If a clip does not come out the way you wanted, use the redo option to generate it again. Results can vary slightly each time.
* Low resolution images may appear grainy when a VFX effect is applied. For best results, use high quality photos in full resolution.

**How many VFX can I use?**

You can apply up to 3 VFX clips per video when creating a new project. For Quick Edits on existing videos, you get up to 2 redos per clip.

Each VFX clip is generated by a powerful AI video model that runs in real time, which takes significant computing resources to produce. We set these limits so every AutoReel user gets fast, reliable results without long wait times or degraded quality. We wanted to keep VFX included in every plan at no extra charge, and these limits are what make that possible.


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