---
name: Video Shotcraft
slug: video-shotcraft
category: Automation
description: Turn a frontend project or webpage into a cinematic product video with shot recipe cards, Remotion, real screenshots, 2.5D moves, beat-synced cuts, and sound design. Use when asked to create promos, reproduce the Ink Press template, or build single-shot motions.
github: "https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft"
language: TypeScript
stars: 2554
forks: 218
install: "git clone https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft"
added: 2026-07-24T06:55:26.585Z
last_synced: 2026-07-29T06:36:44.818Z
canonical_url: "https://dirskills.com/skills/video-shotcraft"
---
# Video Shotcraft
Turn a frontend project or webpage into a cinematic product video with shot recipe cards, Remotion, real screenshots, 2.5D moves, beat-synced cuts, and sound design. Use when asked to create promos, reproduce the Ink Press template, or build single-shot motions.
**Install:** `git clone https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft`
## README
**video-shotcraft** is an AI agent skill that turns Claude Code or Codex into a
motion-design studio: point it at your product and it storyboards, animates, and
sound-designs a cinematic promo, marketing, launch, or demo video with
[Remotion](https://www.remotion.dev/) — real page captures, 2.5D camera moves,
beat-synced cuts, and film-grade SFX included.
🖼️ [**Browse all 161 motion previews in the live Gallery »**](https://vincentwei1021.github.io/video-shotcraft/)
## 🎬 Showcase
The 38-second Gallery intro below was itself produced with this skill —
storyboard, shot implementation, and sound design were all done by an agent
following the toolkit's methodology:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cba2df8a-4b2e-4247-bace-d0b1dea9c2bd
▶️ [Watch in HD on YouTube](https://youtu.be/gcVvRM_P3SM)
> Browse every shot card and motion preview online: **[Gallery](https://vincentwei1021.github.io/video-shotcraft/)**
> — search, filter, switch between variants, and copy selected shot-card names.
## 🚀 Quick start
**The most direct way: hand the repo link to your agent.**
In Claude Code / Codex or a similar agent, just say:
```text
Install this skill for me: https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft
```
The agent will clone the repo and link it into your skills directory. Or install
with the [skills](https://skills.sh/) CLI / manually:
```bash
npx skills add Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft
```
```bash
git clone https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft.git
cd video-shotcraft
ln -s "$(pwd)" ~/.claude/skills/video-shotcraft # Claude Code
# or
ln -s "$(pwd)" ~/.codex/skills/video-shotcraft # Codex
```
Then make requests like:
```text
Use video-shotcraft to create a promo for my desktop product.
Use the deck-deal-flyin and row-embed shot cards to present this feature.
Design a product close-up inspired by spotlight-hero-card.
```
If no shot card is specified, the skill introduces the built-in video template
first and asks whether to use it; you can also pick shots in the
[Gallery](https://vincentwei1021.github.io/video-shotcraft/) before starting.
## 📼 Video template: Ink Press
The skill ships with **Ink Press** — a validated, complete promo template:
36.2 seconds, 1920×1080, 30fps, 10 shots in a paper-ink-amber style, with 2.5D
real-page camera moves, title cards, transitions, and a fully pinned cinematic
SFX pass:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4cf5af51-98f3-4af2-8ab2-7267f470513d
▶️ [Watch in HD on YouTube](https://youtu.be/iShab28B_ak)
To use it, just tell your agent:
```text
Use video-shotcraft to make a promo for my product with the Ink Press template.
```
The agent swaps in your product's screenshots, copy, and branding to reproduce
the same quality — the fastest, most reliable path to a finished film.
> More templates are on the way.
### Headless / CI notes
Rendering on a headless Linux box (tested: 2 cores, Node 22) hits three walls
worth knowing:
1. **Concurrency cap** — `remotion still/render` fails with "Maximum for
--concurrency is 2" on low-core machines. Fix: pass `--concurrency=1`.
2. **Old Headless removal** — recent Chrome/Chromium dropped old headless mode;
pointing Remotion at system chromium fails to launch. Fix: use a
chrome-headless-shell binary instead of full Chrome.
3. **Blocked CDN** — if remotion.media is unreachable, the automatic
headless-shell download is rejected. Fix:
`--browser-executable=`.
With these three flags, frame renders from the bundled template work.
## 📦 What's included
| Content | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 104 shot recipe cards | Purpose, energy, suggested duration, parameters, implementation notes, and known pitfalls |
| 161 motion previews | Covering 161 styles; searchable and filterable in the online Gallery |
| Remotion implementations | Tuned TSX demos containing the actual easing and timing parameters for each card |
| Complete video template | A validated 36.2-second, 1920×1080, 30fps product promo with 10 shots |
| Components and assets | 2.5D page camera, captions, flash cuts, digit rolls, SFX, and capture scripts |
| Production methodology | Capture, visual direction, storyboarding, sound design, beat sync, and final QA |
The toolkit primarily targets web and desktop product promos, while individual
shot cards can also be used in feature demos, brand films, launch videos, and
other motion projects.
## 🗂 Repository structure
```text
video-shotcraft/
├── SKILL.md # Agent entry point and core production rules
├── references/
│ ├── pipeline.md # End-to-end production workflow
│ ├── shots/ # 104 shot recipe cards in 10 functional categories
│ ├── sequences/ # Reusable full-video structures and sequence patterns
│ ├── aesthetic-rules.md # Visual QA criteria
│ ├── music-beat-sync.md # BGM analysis and beat-sync methodology
│ └── sound-design.md # Sound-design guidance and examples
├── demos/ # Remotion reference implementations (same categories)
├── gallery/ # Static motion-preview Gallery
├── template/ # Runnable complete video template
└── assets/
├── lib/ # Reusable Remotion components
├── scripts/ # Page-asset capture scripts
└── audio/ # Audio assets
├── bgm/ # 5 BGM options
└── sfx// # 149 SFX across 16 scene categories
```
For the complete workflow and implementation requirements, see [SKILL.md](SKILL.md),
the [production pipeline](references/pipeline.md), and the
[visual QA criteria](references/aesthetic-rules.md).
## 🔊 Audio and asset notes
Audio files under `assets/audio/` may be used according to their respective license terms.
See [ATTRIBUTION.md](assets/audio/ATTRIBUTION.md) for sources and license details.
SFX are organized into 16 scene/material categories (`transition` `impact` `riser`
`camera` `ui` `text` `paper` `film` `light` `data` `scifi` `mech` `glass` `fluid`
`crowd` `counter`) — **pick the category first, then the timbre**. See
[sound-design.md](references/sound-design.md) for the category index and per-file usage.
Product screenshots bundled with the template are demonstration assets. Replace them with
screenshots from the target product before publishing, and verify whether any product,
customer, or personal data needs to be anonymized.
## 📝 Changelog
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | Restructured the audio library into `bgm/` + `sfx//`, with SFX grouped into 16 scene/material categories; expanded the library to 149 SFX (added previously missing texture layers: paper/print, typewriter, handwriting, film projector, counters/gauges, ink/fluid, glass) ; deduplicated the library by md5 and recovered original license URLs for 7 files |
| 2026-07-27 | Gallery cards support multi-category tags; flat, alphabetically sorted All view; recovered GridWaveFlip and WireframeDrawOn sources |
| 2026-07-26 | Gallery auto-deploys to GitHub Pages; preview mp4s moved out of git to a release, slimming the repo |
## 🙏 Acknowledgements
Many shot recipes in this library were distilled by studying the motion language
of outstanding official product films — including promos from **ClickUp,
Perplexity, Slack, Notion, Figma, Framer, Bear, Raycast, Pitch, Miro, Superhuman,
and Loom**. The cards document motion techniques (timing, easing, choreography)
re-implemented from scratch; no footage, artwork, or brand assets from these
films are included in this repository. All trademarks belong to their respective
owners, and none of these companies are affiliated with or endorse this project.
Special thanks to:
- **[Remotion](https://www.remotion.dev/)** — the React-based video framework
that powers every demo and template here. Note that Remotion has its own
[license](https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/blob/main/LICENSE.md)
(free for individuals and small teams; companies may need a paid license).
- **[Mixkit](https://mixkit.co/)** — source of the SFX and music assets bundled
under their free commercial license.
- The game-feel and animation communities whose published principles (e.g.
Vlambeer's screenshake talks, classic animation timing) inform several cards.
- **Claude Code** — this library itself was built, iterated, and QA'd with an
AI coding agent, using the same workflow the skill teaches.
## ⭐ Star history
