Reverse

In plain words

Turn time backwards for a feeling of magic, rewinding or assembling.

When to use it

Scattered parts gathering into a product, a spill flowing back.

Example videos

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In AI video, like this

Useful when the model is bad at scenes where something comes into being. Generate a scene where things scatter or drain away, then flip it with reverse,areverse. Avoid walking people and smoke, which look obviously reversed.

One-click prompt

Generate the scene breaking apart (a glass vase shatters and the shards fly away in slow motion), then play it backward so the pieces fly together: ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf reverse -af areverse out.mp4. Avoid walking people or smoke, which look wrong in reverse.

See it in real films and ads

Coldplay — The Scientist (reverse-playback music video)

AI-made examples

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