Oversized Cursor

Oversized-cursor is a house-style technique for HyperFrames launch videos, built around a deliberately large macOS-style pointer (about 7cqw full-frame) that acts as the visual protagonist. It enters from off-screen, glides to the next point of interest, clicks to trigger the following beat, then exits physically rather than fading. The skill spells out concrete rules: tip-targeting with transformOrigin '21% 14%', asymmetric 1:2 click compress/expand, and a cut-the-curve handoff that carries the cursor across scene boundaries. It also allows brand-motif cursors when a product has a recognizable pointer identity. Reach for it when a scene feels static and needs a cheap, single-element motion source. The main caveat is that it is intentionally narrow: the rules are opinionated, so it fits launch-style films better than anything that needs a subtle or neutral UI feel.

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last updated: Oct 26, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add heygen-com/hyperframes --skill oversized-cursor --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Oversized Cursor — the eye-carrier

A deliberately oversized macOS-style pointer that travels the frame as a visible protagonist: it enters from off-screen, walks the viewer's eye to the next point of interest, clicks to cause the next thing that happens, and leaves. Production-proven across multiple launch films.

Why it exists. Big cursor movement is one of the cheapest high-yield motion sources in a launch video: one element, transform-only tweens, and it (1) brings the eye across the screen on scenes that would otherwise read as dead, (2) gives causal ignition to morphs/transitions ("the click did that"), and (3) segments the eye out of a stale state when kicking off a new scene or a complex animation sequence. Bigger is better — an actual-size cursor disappears at video scale.