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Prompt to Motion Graphics SaaS Starter Kit

We made a Next.js starter template for building AI-powered motion graphics products.
Users describe an animation in natural language, and the app generates and previews it in real-time.

Prompt to Motion Graphics SaaS Starter Kit

Getting Started​

Scaffold a new project:

npx create-video@latest --template prompt-to-motion-graphics

Then create a .env file:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

Start the development server:

npm run dev

Visit http://localhost:3000 to start generating animations.

Difference to Remotion Agent Skills​

Use this template if you want to build a SaaS with Remotion and AI.
Use Agent Skills if you want to prompt videos for yourself.

Unlike the Agent Skills workflow, this template does not have access to an operating system or the filesystem.

What's Included​

  • Chat interface with conversation history for iterative refinement
  • Live preview - instant rendering in the Remotion Player
  • Smart editing - the LLM decides between targeted edits or full replacement
  • Input Validation - prevents end-user misuse
  • Sanitation - cleans nondeterministic LLM outputs
  • Self-correction - automatically retries on compilation errors

It streams generated code and compiles it in the browser using just-in-time compilation.

Images​

There is an important difference between attaching images to the prompt and mentioning image URLs in the prompt.

  • Attaching images: The assistant will try to replicate in code whatever you attach to the prompt, for example an abstract spiral.
  • Providing image URLs: The assistant will embed the provided image within the animation based on the file URL. For example: "Create a DVD screensaver animation of this image https://example.com/logo.png"

Lambda Rendering​

To enable video exporting with Remotion Lambda:

  1. Set up Remotion Lambda following the Lambda guide
  2. Add AWS credentials to .env
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

# Add AWS credentials for Lambda rendering
REMOTION_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=...
REMOTION_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...
  1. Deploy with npm run deploy.

See Also​