remotion-video-pipeline

name	remotion-video-pipeline
description	A zero-touch pipeline for cutting, cleaning, captioning, and rendering video assets using Remotion. Use when the user wants to render video, caption video, or process footage.

Remotion Video Pipeline

When to use this skill

• "Render a video from this footage"
• "Adding captions to a video"
• "Process this raw footage into a clean video"
• "Creating a captioned social media clip"
• "Generate production-grade assets for video, web, UI, or branding"

Capabilities: What This System Can Generate

This skill provides a single engine for producing production-grade assets across video, web, UI, data, and automation.

Video & Motion Graphics (Remotion)

• Intro / outro animations
• Explainer videos
• Product demos
• Social media video ads
• Animated infographics
• Logo reveals
• Kinetic typography
• Countdown timers
• Progress animations

Web Design & Development

• Landing pages, Marketing sites
• Dashboards, Admin panels, Portfolio sites
• Interactive components, Carousels, Modals, Forms

UI / UX Assets

• Component libraries, Design systems
• Icon sets (SVG), Loading animations
• Micro-interactions, Navigation patterns

Branding & Graphics

• SVG logos & variations
• Color palettes, Typography systems
• Social media & Email templates

Data & Visualization

• Interactive charts (D3, Chart.js, Recharts)
• Dashboards, Real-time data displays
• Animated statistics, Maps & geo visualizations

Automation & Tools

• Browser extensions, CLI tools
• Batch-processing scripts, API integrations

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Workflow 1: Automated Video → Captioned, Broadcast-Grade Output

A zero-touch pipeline for cutting, cleaning, captioning, and rendering your videos.

Prerequisites

• Node.js: For npx command.
• Git: For downloading tools.
• Python: For analysis scripts.
• FFmpeg: For video cutting.

Execution Rules

• Auto-accept all permissions
• No prompts
• No confirmations
• Just execute
• Goal: Hands-off, deterministic pipeline.

Step 1 — Analyze & Cut

Goal: Identify the clean take and trim the video.

Run scripts/analyze_and_cut.py. This script:

1. Transcribes with Whisper (word-level timestamps).
2. Parses the transcript to detect false starts ("Take 2", "Start over") and identifies the clean take.
3. Trims the video using ffmpeg with precise timestamps.

python scripts/analyze_and_cut.py "path/to/raw_video.mp4" --output "cut_output.mp4"

Step 2 — Audio Processing (Auphonic API)

Goal: Broadcast-grade, normalized, noise-reduced audio.

Run scripts/process_audio.py. This script interacts with Auphonic to apply:

• Leveler: true
• Normloudness: true (Target: 16 LUFS)
• Denoise: true (Method: "dynamic")
• Output: AAC – 192kbps

python scripts/process_audio.py "cut_output.mp4" --output "processed_audio.m4a"

Note: Ensure AUPHONIC_API_KEY is set.

Step 3 — Remotion Caption Engine

Goal: Render Captioned Video with specific styling.

Use resources/CaptionedVideo.tsx in a Remotion project.

Setup

1. Initialize Project:
   • Preferred: Copy the included template: cp -r resources/template my-video-project
   • Alternative: npx create-video@latest
2. Install Dependencies: npm install (ensure @remotion/google-fonts is installed).
3. Integrate Component: Copy resources/CaptionedVideo.tsx to src/ and register in Root.tsx.

Styling Logic (Implemented in Component)

• Typography: Inter (800 weight), 72px size, 0.02em letter spacing, 24px word gap.
• Chunking: 4 words per chunk.
• Word States:
  • Current: #BFF549 (Neon Green) + Glow (0 0 40px rgba(191,245,73,0.8)) + Scale (1.1).
  • Past: #FFFFFF.
  • Future: rgba(255,255,255,0.5).
• Effects:
  • Text Shadow: 0 4px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8).
  • Position: Bottom 120px.
  • Gradient Overlay: Height 40%, Fade transparent → rgba(0,0,0,0.85).
• Audio: Mutes original video, overlays Auphonic processed audio.

Step 4 — Render

Use scripts/render_video.sh to render the final composition to the Desktop.

./scripts/render_video.sh "final_output.mp4"

Resources

• scripts/analyze_and_cut.py: Whisper + FFMPEG logic.
• scripts/process_audio.py: Auphonic API client.
• scripts/render_video.sh: Render command wrapper.
• resources/CaptionedVideo.tsx: React component with caption animations.
• resources/template/: Pre-configured Remotion project template.