remotion-best-practices

name	remotion-best-practices
description	Best practices for Remotion video creation in React. Use when creating video compositions, animations, or media processing with Remotion. Covers timing, sequencing, audio, captions, transitions, 3D content, asset handling, and rendering. Triggers on Remotion components, useCurrentFrame, interpolate, Composition, Sequence, or AbsoluteFill.

When to use

Use this skills whenever you are dealing with Remotion code to obtain the domain-specific knowledge.

How to use

Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:

• rules/3d.md - 3D content in Remotion using Three.js and React Three Fiber
• rules/animations.md - Fundamental animation skills for Remotion
• rules/assets.md - Importing images, videos, audio, and fonts into Remotion
• rules/audio.md - Using audio and sound in Remotion - importing, trimming, volume, speed, pitch
• rules/calculate-metadata.md - Dynamically set composition duration, dimensions, and props
• rules/can-decode.md - Check if a video can be decoded by the browser using Mediabunny
• rules/charts.md - Chart and data visualization patterns for Remotion
• rules/compositions.md - Defining compositions, stills, folders, default props and dynamic metadata
• rules/display-captions.md - Displaying captions in Remotion with TikTok-style pages and word highlighting
• rules/extract-frames.md - Extract frames from videos at specific timestamps using Mediabunny
• rules/fonts.md - Loading Google Fonts and local fonts in Remotion
• rules/get-audio-duration.md - Getting the duration of an audio file in seconds with Mediabunny
• rules/get-video-dimensions.md - Getting the width and height of a video file with Mediabunny
• rules/get-video-duration.md - Getting the duration of a video file in seconds with Mediabunny
• rules/gifs.md - Displaying GIFs synchronized with Remotion's timeline
• rules/images.md - Embedding images in Remotion using the Img component
• rules/import-srt-captions.md - Importing .srt subtitle files into Remotion using @remotion/captions
• rules/lottie.md - Embedding Lottie animations in Remotion
• rules/measuring-dom-nodes.md - Measuring DOM element dimensions in Remotion
• rules/measuring-text.md - Measuring text dimensions, fitting text to containers, and checking overflow
• rules/sequencing.md - Sequencing patterns for Remotion - delay, trim, limit duration of items
• rules/tailwind.md - Using TailwindCSS in Remotion
• rules/text-animations.md - Typography and text animation patterns for Remotion
• rules/timing.md - Interpolation curves in Remotion - linear, easing, spring animations
• rules/transcribe-captions.md - Transcribing audio to generate captions in Remotion
• rules/transitions.md - Scene transition patterns for Remotion
• rules/trimming.md - Trimming patterns for Remotion - cut the beginning or end of animations
• rules/videos.md - Embedding videos in Remotion - trimming, volume, speed, looping, pitch