# Blurred Product Behind Text — effect skill for backdrops

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The product UI itself, heavily blurred and dimmed, becomes the backdrop for a title or quote.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Backdrops](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/backdrops.md)
- **Slug:** `blurred-product-behind`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Kapish Dima · remocn (community)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://remocn.dev/r/backdrop.json
- **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 [Backdrop](https://remocn.dev/r/backdrop.json) by Kapish Dima (remocn), MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

A screenshot at 20–40 px blur and 50–60% brightness with a vignette; title sharp on top; the UI shape is still recognizable.

**When:** Transitions between demo and title so the film stays inside the product's colors.

**Watch out:** Do not blur so little that UI text is half-readable; it distracts more than either sharp or fully soft.

**Timing:** Blur in 0.4–0.6 s from the sharp shot (rack focus), hold, unblur into the next demo.

**Also called:** blur of UI, frosted product, UI as backdrop

### In FFmpeg

```bash
-vf "gblur=sigma=24,eq=brightness=-0.25,vignette=PI/5"
```

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add vignette
```
`tl.to("#ui",{filter:"blur(28px) brightness(0.55)",duration:0.5,ease:"power2.inOut"},t)` then fade the title in.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/backdrop
const b = interpolate(frame,[0,15],[0,28],{extrapolateRight:'clamp'});
<Img src={ui} style={{filter:`blur(${b}px) brightness(${1-b/60})`}}/>
```

### In CapCut

Duplicate the UI clip; on the copy apply Effects → "Blur" (strong) + Adjust → Brightness −30; put the title on top.

### Ready-made components

- [Backdrop](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.backdrop/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/backdrop
- [Vignette](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.vignette/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add vignette
- [Background Emphasis Type](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.mk-emphasis-type/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add mk-emphasis-type

### Where this comes from

- [UX Design Bootcamp: the rise of Linear style design](https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/the-rise-of-linear-style-design-origins-trends-and-techniques-4fd96aab7646)
- [Lago: we killed our motion design job (Linear-style films, Remotion)](https://getlago.com/blog/we-killed-our-motion-design-job)

## Use when

- Transitions between demo and title so the film stays inside the product's colors.

## Not for

- Do not blur so little that UI text is half-readable; it distracts more than either sharp or fully soft.

## 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`

## More backdrops skills

- [Slow Mesh Gradient](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/slow-mesh-gradient.md): Soft brand-colored fields blend and drift slowly behind titles and UI.
- [Aurora Behind the Title](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/aurora-behind-title.md): Blurred light streaks drift sideways across a dark frame behind a centered title.
- [Faint Grid or Dot Field](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/faint-grid-field.md): A very faint line grid or dot field gives structure behind UI and code, with a soft radial fade.
- [Spotlight From Above](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/spotlight-from-above.md): Soft light cones fall from the top of a dark frame onto the product or title.
- [Film Grain Over Gradient](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/film-grain-over-gradient.md): A fine animated grain sits over the gradient so it feels printed, removes banding and looks less digital.
- [Perspective Grid Tunnel](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/perspective-grid-tunnel.md): A card or title floats in a perspective tunnel or floor grid while light streaks race along the lines.

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- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt