Halftone 2D
Halftone
A free Claude skill for moody big-type reels
It reads like a confession at 3 AM. The frame cuts hard between near-black and warm cream, red is the only colour, and every drawing is flat with halftone dots: a hand holding a glowing phone, a phone scrolling faster and faster, red bars climbing from the bottom, one flat line when everything goes quiet, a price tag swinging on its string, a receipt that gets stamped and puppet strings that snap. A small grey line sets up each beat and one huge word slams in under it, while a little clock in the corner creeps on through the night. It ends on your keyword in glowing red.
25–45 s9:16 verticalTikTokInstagram ReelsYouTube Shorts
Free · by Casper
What it makes
- One huge word slammed in on every beat, under a small grey line, in white, black or glowing red
- Halftone-dot drawings: a hand with a glowing phone, a scrolling phone, a price tag, puppet strings
- Red equaliser bars, a flat line for the silence and a receipt that gets stamped
- A mono HUD on every frame: signal bars, a label and a clock that creeps on through the night
- A hushed voice, and a synthesized drone and heartbeat that drops out on the turn
Best for: Short, moody opinion reels: a habit or a price that hurts, a silence, a turn, and a clear ask.
What you need
- Node 22 or newer
- Chrome or Edge
- ffmpeg
- An ElevenLabs API key (the free plan works to try it)
25 to 45 seconds · One voice, with free estimated timings before you spend any credits · Drawn in the browser, about 2.5 minutes for a 37-second reel
How to use it
- Morphy: it's built in. Open Settings → Community → Playground → Content skills and add Halftone to a chat in one click.
- Claude Code: save the file as
~/.claude/skills/halftone/SKILL.md, with the reference frames beside it asreference.jpg, then ask for a video or run/halftone. - Codex or any other agent: add it as a skill, or attach the file to your first message.
Your first video
Make a 35-second Halftone reel: why I stopped paying for AI wrappers and built my own tools.
The agent checks your setup, writes the script, makes the voice, renders a few stills to check and then every frame, and hands you the MP4. Posting it is up to you.
Questions
- Is the Halftone format really free?
- Yes. Download the .md file: no account, no email, no paywall. Use it for as many videos as you like.
- What do the voices cost?
- The voice comes from ElevenLabs. Its free plan is enough to try the format (about 10,000 credits a month, roughly one per character of script). Posting videos that promote anything needs a paid plan for the commercial licence, from $6 a month.
- Does it work with Codex too?
- Yes. It's a standard SKILL.md, the skill format Claude Code and Codex both read, and Morphy has it built in. Any other agent that can run code can follow it if you attach the file.
- Do I have to label the video as AI?
- On Instagram, a reel narrated by a realistic AI voice needs Meta's AI info label; switch it on when you post. On YouTube and TikTok, check the AI disclosure setting when the content looks realistic.
