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Core Components

This page lists the main primitives used in FrameScript projects.

Project and Timeline​

<Project>​

Root of the render tree. Provides a fixed render surface.

import { Project } from "../src/lib/project"

export const PROJECT = () => (
  <Project>
    {/* scenes/clips */}
  </Project>
)

<TimeLine>​

Registers clips and visualizes them in the Timeline UI.

import { TimeLine } from "../src/lib/timeline"

export const PROJECT = () => (
  <Project>
    <TimeLine>
      {/* Clip / ClipSequence */}
    </TimeLine>
  </Project>
)

Clips​

<Clip>​

Determines its length from children or the duration prop. Inactive clips are not rendered. If you omit duration, it will use the length of child elements such as <Video/> or <Sound/>.

<Clip label="Intro" duration={seconds(3.5)}>
  <IntroScene durationFrames={seconds(3.5)} />
</Clip>

<ClipSequence>​

Chains multiple <Clip> on a single lane. Start positions are calculated automatically.

<ClipSequence>
  <Clip label="Intro" duration={introFrames}>
    <IntroScene durationFrames={introFrames} />
  </Clip>
  <Clip label="Features" duration={featureFrames}>
    <FeaturesScene durationFrames={featureFrames} />
  </Clip>
</ClipSequence>

Clip utilities​

useClipStart()​

Returns the start frame of the current clip.

const start = useClipStart()

useClipRange()​

Returns the frame range of the current clip.

const range = useClipRange()
const start = range.start
const end   = range.end

useClipId()​

Returns the current clip ID.

const id = useClipId()

useClipDepth()​

Returns the nesting depth of the current clip.

const depth = useClipDepth()

useClipActive()​

Returns true when the current clip is active and visible.

const active = useClipActive()

<ClipStatic>​

Explicit start/end clip. Useful when you need strict boundaries.

<ClipStatic start={0} end={119} label="Custom Range">
  <MyScene />
</ClipStatic>

<Serial>​

Utility to place <ClipStatic> elements back-to-back while preserving their length.

<Serial>
  <ClipStatic start={0} end={89} label="A">
    <SceneA />
  </ClipStatic>
  <ClipStatic start={0} end={59} label="B">
    <SceneB />
  </ClipStatic>
</Serial>

Frame utilities​

useCurrentFrame()​

Returns the current frame. Inside a <Clip>, the value is relative to the clip start.

// Current local frame
const currentFrame = useCurrentFrame()
// Current global frame
const globalCurrentFrame = useGlobalCurrentFrame()

seconds()​

Converts seconds to frames.

const introFrames = seconds(3.5)

Layout​

<FillFrame>​

Full-frame absolute container.

<FillFrame>
  <Background />
  <Foreground />
</FillFrame>