Features
Reference style matching: make your footage look like a video you love
Attach a reference video and tell Vyra what to copy. Pacing, captions, music behavior, color. It applies that to your own footage.
By Sulan Zhang, co-founder of Vyra · Updated 2026-09-24
Attach the video you want yours to feel like, say what to copy, and Vyra applies that video's cut rhythm, caption style, music behavior, and color to your footage. Your clips, your order, their style. Attaching it isn't enough on its own. You have to tell it what to take.
How it works
- Attach a reference video to the project. Vyra analyzes it separately from your footage.
- Ask the agent to describe the reference first. Pacing, captions, music, color. Correct anything it got wrong.
- Say what to match and what to leave alone. "Pacing and captions yes, length and content no."
- Vyra builds the edit from your footage with those properties.
- If your instructions and the reference disagree, say which wins.
What you can ask for
| You say | Vyra does |
|---|---|
| "Describe the reference in three lines" | Reports cut rhythm, caption style, music behavior |
| "Match the cut rhythm" | Same cut frequency by section |
| "Copy the caption style, blocky, all caps, drop shadow" | Matches weight, case, effects, placement |
| "Match how the music drops out on the punchline" | Does the same thing against your speech |
| "Same warm grade" | Applies a similar color treatment |
| "Don't match its length or content" | Keeps your duration and story |
Prompts to paste
Look at the attached reference. Copy its cut rhythm, caption style, and where the text sits on screen. Use only my footage, keep my order of points, and target 45 seconds.
Use the attached reference as the style guide. Match the pace of cuts, the caption font weight and placement, the way music drops out when the speaker makes a point, and the warm grade. Do not match its length or content. Where my instructions and the reference disagree, follow my instructions.
Describe the reference video's pacing, captions, and music in three lines before you edit. Then apply those three things to my studio vlog footage and show me frames at 0:02 and 0:15.
Compared to the usual way
| Traditional editor | Template AI tool | Vyra | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copying a style | Watch, take notes, rebuild by hand | Pick the closest template | Attach and describe |
| Partial matching | Manual | No | "Pacing yes, color no" |
| On your real clips | Yes, hours of work | Often not | Yes, minutes |
Limits
- The agent matches what it can see. Rhythm, text, music behavior, grade. It won't copy the reference's footage or effects it can't reproduce.
- "Make it cinematic" matches vaguely. Name the properties.
- If you attach a reference and say nothing, the agent may not use it.
FAQ
Does the agent look at the reference automatically? It has access to it. Tell it what to copy, or ask it to describe the reference first so you know it looked.
My prompt and the reference conflicted. Which wins? Whichever you say. Add "where they disagree, follow my instructions."
Can I match only the captions? Yes. "Copy the caption style only. Keep my pacing and music."
Related
- /prompts/reference-style
- /prompts/troubleshooting
- /features/ai-captions
- /formats/talking-head