Prompts

All-nighter painting vlog rough cut prompts

These prompts cut raw footage into an all-nighter painting vlog (45-90s, 6 beats in order), with the pacing and the usual mistakes written in.

By Sulan Zhang, co-founder of Vyra · Updated 2026-09-24

Format: All-nighter painting vlog
Step: Rough cut
Length: 45-90s
Aspect: 9:16
Platforms: TikTok, Reels, Shorts, YouTube

Real examples from @sulansart

At a glance


Target length	45-90s
Beat order	0-4s: the time, the blank canvas, the deadline; 4-25s: 11pm to 1am, setup and block-in, quick timestamps; 25-45s: 2am to 4am, the dip, music quieter, a tired check-in; 45-60s: 4am to 6am, the push, fast canvas progress; 60-75s: dawn, the window, the piece in real light; 75-90s: one honest closing line, piece held still
Pacing	A timestamp every 8-12 seconds, faster as the night goes, slow at dawn
Hook	The time and the state of the canvas ("11:40 pm, it's blank, it's due at 9")
Avoid	Only canvas, no you; Skipping the low point; Ending before dawn

Prompt it in Vyra

Minimal:

Make a 90-second all-nighter painting vlog from these clips. Best takes only.

Standard:

Cut my clips into a 90-second all-nighter painting vlog for TikTok. Follow this order.
- 0-4s: the time, the blank canvas, the deadline
- 4-25s: 11pm to 1am, setup and block-in, quick timestamps
- 25-45s: 2am to 4am, the dip, music quieter, a tired check-in
- 45-60s: 4am to 6am, the push, fast canvas progress
- 60-75s: dawn, the window, the piece in real light
- 75-90s: one honest closing line, piece held still
Pacing: a timestamp every 8-12 seconds, faster as the night goes, slow at dawn.
Keep the strongest clip or take for each part and cut the rest. No captions or music yet.

Full:

Cut my clips into a 90-second all-nighter painting vlog for TikTok. Follow this order.
- 0-4s: the time, the blank canvas, the deadline
- 4-25s: 11pm to 1am, setup and block-in, quick timestamps
- 25-45s: 2am to 4am, the dip, music quieter, a tired check-in
- 45-60s: 4am to 6am, the push, fast canvas progress
- 60-75s: dawn, the window, the piece in real light
- 75-90s: one honest closing line, piece held still
Pacing: a timestamp every 8-12 seconds, faster as the night goes, slow at dawn.
Keep the strongest clip or take for each part and cut the rest. No captions or music yet.
Open with this. The time and the state of the canvas ("11:40 pm, it's blank, it's due at 9")
Avoid these. Only canvas, no you. Skipping the low point. Ending before dawn.
Export 9:16. When you're done, list what you cut with timestamps so I can check.

Why these settings

A numbered beat list gives the agent an order to follow. Leave it out and it picks one for you.
All-nighter painting vlogs usually run 45-90s on TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and YouTube.
The pacing line (a timestamp every 8-12 seconds, faster as the night goes, slow at dawn) sets how long each clip stays on screen.
The full prompt names the common mistakes up front, so you're less likely to see them in the first cut.
Asking for a list of cuts with timestamps makes the first pass quick to check.

Fixes

Too long. "Cut it to 70 seconds. Drop the weakest part first."
Parts out of order. "Follow the order from my first message exactly."
Wrong clip in a part. "For the 4-25s part, show me other clips I could use, with timestamps."
Something you wanted got cut. "Put back the part where [describe it]." It can find the moment from a description.

FAQ

How long should an all-nighter painting vlog be? Short versions run 45-90s. Put the number in the first sentence of the prompt so the cut is built around it.

Do I need to trim my clips before uploading? No. Upload the raw clips. Vyra transcribes and describes every scene on upload, so it can find the part that fits each beat.