Timeline

Build a video from scenes

Sequential segments instead of tracks. Each scene holds its own clips and an optional transition into it, which is the shape most edits actually have.

Shown on Two scenes, each with a title

After · rendered from the request below

The entry

Put it on the clip itself, beside its asset.

{
  "duration": 3,
  "transition": {
    "transition": "crossfade",
    "duration": 0.8
  },
  "clips": []
}

Every setting and default is in the docs

Run it

The whole request behind the render above. Paste it as it is, or swap the file for your own.

job.ts
import { createClient, outputUrl } from "@rendobar/sdk";


const rb = createClient({ apiKey: process.env.RENDOBAR_API_KEY });


const job = await rb.jobs.run({
  type: "compose",
  params: {
    schemaVersion: 1,
    output: {
      format: "mp4",
      resolution: {
        width: 960,
        height: 540
      }
    },
    timeline: {
      scenes: [
        {
          duration: 3,
          clips: [
            {
              asset: {
                type: "video",
                src: "https://cdn.rendobar.com/compose/showcase/media/coast-a.mp4"
              },
              start: 0
            },
            {
              asset: {
                type: "text",
                text: "ONE",
                style: {
                  font: "Bebas Neue",
                  size: 88,
                  color: "#FFFFFF",
                  shadow: {}
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          duration: 3,
          transition: {
            transition: "crossfade",
            duration: 0.8
          },
          clips: [
            {
              asset: {
                type: "video",
                src: "https://cdn.rendobar.com/compose/showcase/media/coast-b.mp4"
              }
            },
            {
              asset: {
                type: "text",
                text: "TWO",
                style: {
                  font: "Bebas Neue",
                  size: 88,
                  color: "#FFFFFF",
                  shadow: {}
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
});


console.log(outputUrl(job));

Install with npm i @rendobar/sdk. jobs.run() submits and waits, so it returns the finished job in one call.

terminal
curl https://api.rendobar.com/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDOBAR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type":"compose","params":{"schemaVersion":1,"output":{"format":"mp4","resolution":{"width":960,"height":540}},"timeline":{"scenes":[{"duration":3,"clips":[{"asset":{"type":"video","src":"https://cdn.rendobar.com/compose/showcase/media/coast-a.mp4"},"start":0},{"asset":{"type":"text","text":"ONE","style":{"font":"Bebas Neue","size":88,"color":"#FFFFFF","shadow":{}}}}]},{"duration":3,"transition":{"transition":"crossfade","duration":0.8},"clips":[{"asset":{"type":"video","src":"https://cdn.rendobar.com/compose/showcase/media/coast-b.mp4"}},{"asset":{"type":"text","text":"TWO","style":{"font":"Bebas Neue","size":88,"color":"#FFFFFF","shadow":{}}}}]}]}}}'

Returns immediately with a job id. Poll GET /jobs/{id} or register a webhook rather than blocking on the request.

Questions

What does the scenes effect do in compose?

Sequential segments instead of tracks. Each scene holds its own clips and an optional transition into it, which is the shape most edits actually have.

How do I add scenes to a video with an API?

Send a compose job to the Rendobar API with this entry in the timeline: {"duration":3,"transition":{"transition":"crossfade","duration":0.8},"clips":[]}. Put it on the clip itself, beside its asset. The request on this page is complete and renders as shown.

Footage and sound

More features

Overlays Clips drawn over the WHOLE video however it is cut, so a watermark spans every scene without being repeated in each one. Composition A whole timeline used as one clip, so a group of layers moves, scales and fades together instead of one at a time. Background The colour behind every clip, wherever nothing else is drawn. Here a wide shot in a tall box leaves bars, and the background decides what colour they are. Color A warm cinematic grade: the light pulled towards gold, contrast and color lifted a little, skin left believable. LUT A film grade from a LUT file: shadows toward teal, skin and highlights toward orange, the look a colourist hands over as a .cube. Looks The whole archive look in one word: sepia, grain, dust, scratches, projector flicker and a vignette together.

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