Available now
Two standalone tools you can open and use today. Both are early versions.
Available now · early prototype
Chess Cinema
A cinematic chess visualization tool, built by the founder, that turns chess positions and moves into cinematic visual sequences and exportable clips.
- Interactive chessboard
- PGN import, with a move timeline and Prev / Next / Live navigation
- Play Animation to watch moves unfold
- Arrows, highlights, move classification and notes
- Story Targets that guide the camera framing
- Cinematic capture effects
- Single-move WebM export: 1080×1080, 30 fps, VP9
Exports one move at a time. It does not render a whole game as a single finished video. Export uses your browser's video recorder, so a recent Chromium-based browser such as Chrome is recommended.
Open Chess Cinema
Source (pinned version)
Available now · early version
Video Effects Lab
Deterministic, frame-accurate visual effects for short clips.
- More than 25 effects, including Screen Shake, Punch Zoom, Speed Ramp, Freeze, Glitch Burst, Lens Flare and Whip Pan
- Effect windows are anchored to source-video time
- Optional hook text burned into the start of the clip
- Preview, then export as WebM
- Runs entirely in your browser tab; your source file is never modified
Works best in desktop Chrome (needs WebCodecs). Exports are video-only for now: audio is not carried over.
Open Video Effects Lab
Source
Planned
Not built yet.
Planned
Integrated editing workflow
A way to bring clips from these tools into one editing workflow. Nothing of this exists yet: today the two tools are separate.
How the tools work
Browser-first
Nothing to install. Chess Cinema and Video Effects Lab run in a normal browser tab.
Your files stay on your device
Neither tool uploads your games or clips, and neither contains analytics. Chess Cinema loads one third-party script, the chess.js library, from cdnjs.
Code and projects
Everything is public on GitHub.
About
Chess Cinema Studio is a solo, bootstrapped project from an independent builder based in India. It started as a way to make better chess videos faster.
Both tools are early and have rough edges. Feedback from chess creators and coaches is very welcome.