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<p>The friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.</p>
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<h1 id="reverse">reverse</h1>
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<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p>Reverses the playback of the input video, producing a backward-motion effect.<br />
This simple but powerful manipulation can completely change the emotional or aesthetic tone of footage, turning ordinary actions into surreal rewinds, resets, or temporal loops.</p>
<h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">reverse</code> is designed for creators who want to:</p>
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<li>flip time direction for stylistic emphasis,</li>
<li>generate rewind moments or temporal reversals,</li>
<li>create looping effects by combining forward and reverse sequences,</li>
<li>enhance glitch, montage, or collage workflows,</li>
<li>build playful or cinematic transformations by reversing motion.</li>
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<h2 id="how-it-works">How It Works</h2>
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<li><strong>Frame Order Inversion</strong><br />
All frames in the source video stream are read, then written backwards.</li>
<li><strong>Audio Handling</strong><br />
Depending on global Videobeaux settings and FFmpeg behavior, audio may be reversed or muted.<br />
(Many workflows intentionally mute or replace audio for reverse sequences.)</li>
<li><strong>Encoding</strong><br />
The final reversed output is encoded using global Videobeaux codec, CRF, and pixel-format settings.</li>
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<h2 id="program-template">Program Template</h2>
<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>videobeaux <span class="nt">-P</span> reverse <span class="nt">-i</span> input.mp4 <span class="nt">-o</span> output.mp4
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<h2 id="arguments">Arguments</h2>
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<li><em>(No additional program-specific arguments; uses global videobeaux options only.)</em></li>
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<h2 id="real-world-example">Real World Example</h2>
<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>videobeaux <span class="nt">-P</span> reverse <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-i</span> myvideo.mp4 <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-o</span> reverse_styled.mp4
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<h2 id="program-output">Program Output</h2>
<video controls="" preload="metadata" style="max-width:100%; border-radius:8px; margin:1em 0;">
<source src="https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/74367227-6fee-455f-af36-804a1e6d6cb6" type="video/mp4" />
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
<h2 id="technical-notes">Technical Notes</h2>
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<li>Perfect for reversible motion such as walking, pouring, splashing, spinning, or transitions.</li>
<li>Some codecs do not allow efficient reverse seeking; full decoding may be required.</li>
<li>Audio reversal is often undesirable unless explicitly intended, so many pipelines mute or replace the audio after reversing.</li>
<li>Large files may require significant memory or disk usage during reverse operations.</li>
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<h2 id="recommended-usage">Recommended Usage</h2>
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<li>Rewind effects in music videos or narrative sequences.</li>
<li>Loop creation by combining forward + reversed versions of the same clip.</li>
<li>Glitch-art assemblies where time feels elastic or broken.</li>
<li>Transitions or visual punctuation in experimental edits.</li>
<li>Montage moments where reverse motion provides humor, shock, or surreal tone.</li>
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<h2 id="quality-tips">Quality Tips</h2>
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<li>For crisp reversed motion, use lower CRF values.</li>
<li>Pair with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">looper_pro</code> to generate seamless mirrored loops.</li>
<li>Combine with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">bad_contrast</code> or <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">double_cup</code> for stylized retro or dreamy rewinds.</li>
<li>Apply <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">reverse</code> before heavy effects if you want the <em>effects themselves</em> to accumulate in reverse order.</li>
<li>Apply <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">reverse</code> after stylistic effects if you want the look preserved but motion reversed.</li>
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