Effect 3: The Viral Chair Spin — Match-Cut on the Knee, Reverse-Edit One Full Turn, Ramp to 8x Through the Cut, Hide It With Sparks

Tripod or stable surface, still for the whole shot. Frame full body with room around the subject - shot on a phone in 0.5x. Put the chair on a high-friction surface such as a rug. Record, get in position, spin at least five times (if interrupted, keep spinning - it is cut anyway). Stand up carefully without shifting the chair, change from outfit one to outfit two, sit back down in the exact spot, spin five more times looking dizzy and confused. Pausing recording during the change is fine as long as the camera is untouched. Suggested treatment: work clothes at a desk -> dinner clothes -> walk off -> a shot eating at a restaurant.

Cut clip one immediately after one full 360. For clip two, start at the reaction shot and work backwards exactly one spin ('reverse editing'); then step frames until a landmark - the knee - lines up between the outgoing last frame and the incoming first frame. Confirm the same spin count on both sides. Then the ramp: the outgoing clip accelerates from 1x to 8x and holds 8x right up to the cut; the incoming clip begins at 8x and decelerates to 1x. If the outgoing ramp tapers before the cut, or the incoming clip starts slow, the eye catches the edit. Sparks and a whoosh sit on the cut as a second disguise.

Desktop: mute the audio line, Split after the first full spin, delete the rest; Split clip two at the matching knee frame (Down arrow to the last frame, Tab to step). Speed > Curve > Custom: point 1 where the ramp starts, drag point 2 up to 8x (live readout), then drag the trailing point to the clip's right edge so speed holds. Incoming clip: Up arrow to frame one, Custom, drag the first point to 8x hugging the left edge, place a second point further along back at 1x. Finish: Content Creator Templates > 'cartoon' > Cartoon Sparks fx onto the cut, drag its handle to the body centre, Adjustment: temperature, exposure and tint down for blue; whoosh aligned to the peak, Split the tail, fade in, -9.4. Mobile: same curve with draggable dots, two-thumb precision, tick to confirm (twice on the last one); the mobile lesson ends after the ramp - no sparks or whoosh taught.

Cut after the first 360; reverse-edit clip two; match the knee with Left/Right arrows. Right-click the clip > Time Remapping > Speed; press P (Pen) and click to drop a keyframe where the ramp starts; V (Selection) and drag the band up to 800%; drag the segment edges to lengthen the ramp; click the keyframe's small 3-dot handle and pull the top lever sideways for an S-curve. Mirror it on clip two around the 180-degree mark. Cartoon Sparks: Effect Controls position to the body, size 110; Lumetri temperature down, tint down, exposure slightly down. Whoosh at -10 with Pen-keyframed fades; drag the original audio down.

Set the project frame rate; Blade after the first 360, Selection delete, ripple; reverse-edit clip two; Up/Down arrows jump to a clip's first/last frame, Left/Right to step onto the knee. Right-click > Retime Curve; the curve window defaults to a 300% cap - extend it to 800% or 1000%. Keyframe at the ramp start, drag the post-ramp segment to 300%, select the keyframe and use the tangent/handle button for an S-curve, then push to 800%. Mirror on clip two. Sparks: position and size; Color page wheels: temperature toward blue, lift down, tint toward green. Whoosh: extend the audio track height, align the peak, -5.2, fade in, Blade the excess.

New Event and Project ('Chair Spin'); Blade (B) after the first 360; reverse-edit clip two; Zoom in. Where the spin has momentum, Range Selection from the playhead to the clip end, Retime > Fast - 8x; drag the ramp's handles to set how quickly it enters top speed. Inverse on clip two, ending as the person slows. Sparks: Transform > Show > X/Y sliders to centre; a 'Color adjustment' effect, Highlights Warmth and Tint down, exposure slightly down. Whoosh -11 with fade in/out; original audio to the floor.