Build Programmatic Videos with Remotion

Create a custom video editor that uses React components to generate and render professional videos programmatically.

Author:Moldable
Category:Developer Tools
React-based videoLive previewMP4 rendering
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Describe your video app

Programmatic video allows you to automate video creation using just words. Describe how you want to manage your video projects and what kind of content you want to generate.

Build me a video editor app using Remotion that:
- Lets me create video projects with React components
- Has a live preview player to see changes in real-time
- Supports adding text overlays, images, animations, and audio
- Renders the final video to MP4 using Remotion's renderer
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Watch Moldable build the studio

Moldable sets up a full Remotion environment, including the player for real-time preview and the rendering engine for exporting files.

From Moldable

I'll create a programmatic video editor using Remotion and React.

Setting up the app...

✓ Initialized Remotion project structure

✓ Integrated @remotion/player for real-time preview

✓ Built project management system for multiple video compositions

✓ Added dynamic text and image property controls

✓ Connected @remotion/renderer for MP4 export

Your video studio is ready! Start by creating your first composition.

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Customize and automate

Since your videos are just React components, you can connect them to any data source or automate the entire production pipeline.

Add data-driven overlays

Connect the video components to an external API to automatically generate personalized welcome videos for new users

Add audio waveforms

Integrate @remotion/media to show animated audio waveforms that sync with a background track

Batch rendering

Add a feature to queue and render multiple versions of a video with different localized text
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Tips for best results

Leverage React's ecosystem

Use any React library for animations (like Framer Motion) or data visualization within your video compositions.

Optimize for rendering

Keep your compositions efficient. Remotion renders frame-by-frame, so complex components will take longer to export.

Use the Player for fast iteration

The live preview player is much faster than rendering. Use it to perfect your animations before starting a full render.

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