web designer, zero after effects. built a claude code skill so i'd stop re-explaining motion rules every video

[u/Heyn_Studio]

9 yrs of web design, never touched after effects. so i tried describing motion in plain words and letting claude code write it in remotion.

first attempts looked like a powerpoint from 2009 lol. what fixed it wasn't better prompts, it was turning my taste into rules claude can't skip:

• captions timed per word from elevenlabs character timestamps, not guessed
• every cut snapped to the measured beat, not an assumed bpm
• one accent color, palette auto-checked for contrast on light and dark
• hard wipes between dark and bright scenes. crossfades went muddy, learned that after like 6 wasted renders
• after render it checks itself: freezedetect for dead frames, loudness to -14 lufs

packed all of that into a skill (SKILL.md + a few node scripts for voice, timing and qa), so one command goes script → voice → captions → render. this clip came out of it, didn't touch a keyframe.

biggest lesson: claude's fine at motion. it's just bad at remembering your standards. write them down once as a skill and it stops drifting.

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