editor-camera-directing
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Use when adding zooms, pans or Ken Burns moves to a Scrollmark editor video, or a first recut that should feel directed rather than static.
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Do not: a move on every keep-range.
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Files
Editor Camera Directing
Requires
A running Scrollmark editor whose commands you can call: the SocialGPT editor chat, or scrollmark mcp from @scrollmark/cli for a coding agent. Without it the moves can't be applied; the rule for when a move is earned holds in any editor.
Directing, not a quota
This is directing, not a one-zoom quota and not a move on every clip.
Find beats in this order:
- Transcript — punchlines, reveals, "look at this," named objects, joke landings.
- The project's
semanticBriefscenes (in the project snapshot) — silent B-roll, gestures, look-aways, props. media_inspectSourceFramesat 1–3 file seconds on those candidates. After apply,preview_inspectFramesat the timeline seconds.
A move only if the line is motivated and the subject (or a face, for a joke beat) is in the picture. If inspect cannot show it, skip. Several moves per video is fine. No count cap.
Applying a move
element_applyCameraMove on video/image only. Named kinds: zoom_in / zoom_out / pan_left / pan_right / tilt_up / tilt_down. Default amount 0.15. startS/endS are clip-local and cover the beat, not the whole take.
Stills/B-roll that would sit dead get a slow Ken Burns (zoom_in or a pan) over the hold. Talking-head: punch in on the beat; do not Ken Burns the entire speech. Match pan/tilt to where the subject is. Never element_setParams for motion (that clears camera keys). To take a move off a clip without undoing other edits, element_clearCameraMove.
Do not: a move on every keep-range; filmstrip the whole tape; animate captions/stickers.
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