When to use

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

New project setup

When in an empty folder or workspace with no existing Remotion project, scaffold one using:

npx create-video@latest --yes --blank --no-tailwind my-video

Replace my-video with a suitable project name.

Starting preview

Start the Remotion Studio to preview a video:

npx remotion studio

Optional: one-frame render check

You can render a single frame with the CLI to sanity-check layout, colors, or timing.

Skip it for trivial edits, pure refactors, or when you already have enough confidence from Studio or prior renders.

npx remotion still [composition-id] --scale=0.25 --frame=30

At 30 fps, --frame=30 is the one-second mark (--frame is zero-based).

Captions

When dealing with captions or subtitles, load the ./rules/subtitles.md file for more information.

Using FFmpeg

For some video operations, such as trimming videos or detecting silence, FFmpeg should be used. Load the ./rules/ffmpeg.md file for more information.

Silence detection

When needing to detect and trim silent segments from video or audio files, load the ./rules/silence-detection.md file.

Audio visualization

When needing to visualize audio (spectrum bars, waveforms, bass-reactive effects), load the ./rules/audio-visualization.md file for more information.

Sound effects

When needing to use sound effects, load the ./rules/sfx.md file for more information.

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 (bar, pie, line, stock charts)

• rules/compositions.md - Defining compositions, stills, folders, default props and dynamic metadata

• 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/light-leaks.md - Light leak overlay effects using @remotion/light-leaks

• 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 - Timing with interpolate and Bézier easing, springs

• rules/transitions.md - Scene transition patterns for Remotion

• rules/transparent-videos.md - Rendering out a video with transparency

• 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

• rules/parameters.md - Make a video parametrizable by adding a Zod schema

• rules/maps.md - Add a map using Mapbox and animate it

• rules/silence-detection.md - Adaptive silence detection using FFmpeg loudnorm and silencedetect

• rules/voiceover.md - Adding AI-generated voiceover to Remotion compositions using ElevenLabs TTS