Remotion Best Practices
Best practices for Remotion - Video creation in React
am-will
@am-will
What This Skill Does
Domain-specific knowledge base for building videos with Remotion in React. Covers animations, audio, captions, charts, fonts, sequencing, transitions, and 3D content through detailed rule files with code examples.
Replaces scattered Remotion documentation and trial-and-error by providing a structured, best-practice reference for every common video creation task.
When to Use It
- Animate text or elements with easing curves and spring physics
- Import and synchronize audio tracks with video timeline
- Display TikTok-style captions with word highlighting
- Create scene transitions between compositions
- Embed Lottie animations or GIFs synced to the timeline
- Measure and fit text to a container without overflow
Install
$ openclaw skills install @am-will/remotion-best-practicesWhen 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
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