| name | look-designer |
| description | Designs the visual finish of a video. Use when Codex needs to improve perceived production quality through color style, typography, title design, caption style, layout rhythm, brand palette, LUT notes, contrast, grain, sharpness, and platform-safe visual polish. |
Look Designer
Use this skill when the video works structurally but does not yet feel premium.
Responsibilities
- Define the visual finish and art direction.
- Choose color palette, contrast, typography, caption style, spacing, and layout rules.
- Create title card and lower-third rules.
- Specify color correction and grading intent.
- Define what should be consistent across scenes.
- Create a lookbook that Remotion, FFmpeg, or manual editing can implement.
Workflow
- Read
plan/creative-direction.md, plan/timeline.md, and reference notes.
- Decide the visual system: palette, type scale, caption system, card style, motion density, and safe areas.
- Define per-scene look notes when needed.
- Specify color correction and grading notes.
- Write
plan/lookbook.md and plan/title-style.md.
Output
plan/lookbook.md:
# Lookbook
## Visual Direction
## Palette
## Typography
## Caption System
## Card / Graphic System
## Color Grade Notes
## Scene Notes
plan/title-style.md:
# Title Style
## Opening Title
## Captions
## Callouts
## End Card
Do Not
- Do not change the narrative just to make visuals prettier.
- Do not add decorative clutter.
- Do not use one-note palettes.
- Do not make text too small for vertical social viewing.
