Cookbook

You know what you want. This page points you straight at it. Each recipe is one task with the shortest path to a working result. For the full story behind a recipe, follow its guide link.

If you would rather learn in order, start with your first video and the twelve runnable lessons in the example app.

Text and motion

• Fade or slide a title in. See Animating elements for the one motion list and the preset menu.
• Type text out like a terminal. Use Typewriter; see Text and typography.
• Count a number up. Use Counter; see Charts and data.
• Stagger a list of items. Use Stagger; see Animating elements.

Scenes and timing

• Play scenes one after another. See Scenes and transitions.
• Wipe or fade between scenes. Use Transition; see Scenes and transitions.
• Start an animation when another finishes. Use a Trigger and an Anchor; see Timing and triggers.
• Carry one element across a scene cut. Use SharedElement; see Scenes and transitions.

Media

• Show a photo or a logo. Use Image; see Images and video clips.
• Embed an existing video clip. Use Clip; see Images and video clips.
• Pan and zoom across the frame. Use Camera; see Scenes and transitions.

Data and developer scenes

• Reveal a bar, line, or pie chart. See Charts and data.
• Show typed, highlighted code. Use Code and CodeReveal; see Code and terminal videos.
• Animate a code diff. See Code and terminal videos.
• Render a Mermaid diagram or a web page. See Diagrams and web views.

Audio and captions

• Add a music bed or a sound effect. Use Audio; see Audio and captions.
• React to the beat. Use beat detection; see Audio and captions.
• Burn in subtitles from an SRT or VTT file. Use Captions; see Audio and captions.

Look and feel

• Brand a video from one palette. Use FluvieTheme; see Theming.
• Add grain, particles, or a shader. See Shaders and effects.
• Reuse one design across data rows. Use a template; see Templates.

Export

• Render to MP4, GIF, an image sequence, or transparent WebM. See Exporting your video.
• Export the same video as reels, square, and landscape. Use Adaptive; see Multi-aspect.
• Write a poster frame. Pass --poster; see Exporting your video.
• Render in CI or on a server. See Rendering on a server.

Let AI do it

• Author a whole video from a prompt. See AI and MCP.
• Refine a video by describing the change. See AI and MCP.

Where to next

• Animating elements: the motion model in full.
• Cheatsheet: the whole public surface on one page.
• FAQ: the questions newcomers ask first.