# Auto Zoom on Every Click — effect skill for cursors & clicks

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The camera eases in toward each upcoming click, trails the cursor on a spring, and eases out after.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Cursors & clicks](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/cursors.md)
- **Slug:** `auto-zoom-on-click`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/cursor-zoom-follow
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client, varg Studio
- **Requires:** ffmpeg, HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), Remotion, CapCut (by hand)
- **Cost:** Free — the take renders locally; generated footage, if any, bills by the model

## What it does

Built on [Zoom Follow Cursor](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/cursor-zoom-follow) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Zoom begins slightly before the click, the frame follows the cursor smoothly, each click gets a ring; between actions the camera returns to full view.

**When:** Any cursor-driven screen recording; it is the default polish for SaaS demos.

**Watch out:** Do not track every mouse jitter; smooth the path and only re-target when the cursor dwells.

**Timing:** Lead the click by 0.3–0.5 s, zoom 1.5–2×, follow spring damping ~20, ease out 0.6 s.

**Also called:** screen studio zoom, zoom to cursor, click zoom

### In FFmpeg

```bash
# zoom around a known click (x=1380,y=420) from 4.0 s to 6.0 s
-vf "zoompan=z='if(between(it,3.6,6),min(zoom+0.04,1.8),max(zoom-0.04,1))':x='1380-iw/zoom/2':y='420-ih/zoom/2':d=1:s=1920x1080:fps=60"
```

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add cursor-zoom-follow
```
Set slots: `image`, `zoom` (1.8), `click1_x/y`, `click2_x/y`, `click3_x/y`, `accent`.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/cursor
const z = clicks.reduce((acc,c)=> acc + interpolate(frame,[c.f-15,c.f,c.f+40,c.f+58],[0,0.8,0.8,0],{extrapolateLeft:'clamp',extrapolateRight:'clamp'}),1);
const origin = `${smoothX}px ${smoothY}px`;
```

### In CapCut

Desktop: select the recording → Video → Basic → keyframe Scale/Position around each click; use Graphs → "Ease in-out".

### Ready-made components

- [Zoom Follow Cursor](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.cursor-zoom-follow/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add cursor-zoom-follow
- [UI Cursor](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.cursor/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/cursor
- [UI Focus Zoom](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.ui-focus-zoom/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add ui-focus-zoom

### Where this comes from

- [Screen Studio: auto zoom, cursor smoothing, click effects](https://screen.studio/)
- [OpenScreen docs: creating demos (zoom regions from cursor dwell)](https://www.mintlify.com/siddharthvaddem/openscreen/guides/creating-demos)
- [zero on X: Apple-keynote launch film prompt (Screen Studio zoom, no crossfades)](https://x.com/twoclipping/status/2103835273813496100)

## Use when

- Any cursor-driven screen recording; it is the default polish for SaaS demos.

## Not for

- Do not track every mouse jitter; smooth the path and only re-target when the cursor dwells.

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`
- Codex: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a codex -y`
- Cursor: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a cursor -y`

## Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/e57251ca12d3/take-auto-zoom-on-click.mp4 — The Zoom Follow Cursor component rendered as installed (npx hyperframes add cursor-zoom-follow), defaults only (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Zoom Follow Cursor, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/cursor-zoom-follow)

## More cursors & clicks skills

- [Oversized Look-Here Cursor](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/oversized-look-here-cursor.md): A macOS arrow at ~3–4× normal size glides in and lands its tip on what matters.
- [Click Ripple and Button Press](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/click-ripple-press.md): Every click shows a quiet expanding ring while the clicked button presses in and responds.
- [Shortcut Keycaps Overlay](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/shortcut-keycaps-overlay.md): Physical-looking keycaps rise at the bottom of the frame and press in the real order when a shortcut is used.
- [Named Agent Cursor](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/named-agent-cursor.md): A cursor with an accent name tag ("Claude", "Agent") moves and clicks on its own, typing each step.
- [Multiplayer Cursors Drift In](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/multiplayer-cursors-drift.md): Several labeled cursors in different colors drift in from the edges and gather on the canvas.
- [Drag a Card Across Columns](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/drag-card-across.md): The cursor grabs a card, lifts and tilts it while carrying, and drops it into a new column with a settle.

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- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
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