Matt Loui — Claude + CapCut Pro Motion Graphics (Remotion)
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I’ve been able to create some of the most premium looking motion graphics I’ve ever made, all without actually editing. This video demonstrates how to create premium motion graphics quickly using a tool called Remotion. This step-by-step tutorial covers using AI for animation and the power of Claude for generating these incredible videos. If you want to dive deeper into video editing, this is for you!
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Create engagement motion graphics in Claude, make motion graphics in Claude UI bars, map animations in Claude, documentary timeline in Claude and more! Even viral motion graphics in Claude. This is how to make motion graphics in Claude which you can then use in CapCut.
📍 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:39 What We’re Making 1:24 How to get setup 2:27 How to make Comment Explosion 5:30 How to make Documentary Timeline 7:08 CapCut Tricks to Level-Up 9:37 How to make UI Bar with actual logos 11:13 How to Make Multi Scene Explainer 12:44 Bonus Tricks 13:08 If you want to learn more about Claude + CapCut
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These AI motion graphics are taking over YouTube right now and for a reason. Clean motion graphics, smooth shape animations, that premium After Effects look without ever opening After Effects. They honestly look like you need years of motion design experience and 1,000 software subscription to make. I made these in under 5 minutes simply by talking with Claude and using a free tool called Remotion. No animation, no key frames, no timelines, just conversation. Today, I'm showing you exactly how. And by the end of this video, you'll know how to create your own prolevel motion graphics simply by just describing what you want. Let's dive into it. The first one is a comment pop-up effect and how to automatically apply your brand colors to the comment boxes or any other motion graphic you design. The second one is this UI bar with actual logos. The third is this timeline animation, which is insanely cool for documentaries or cinematic edits. And this last one is this three scene explainer. It's how to combine multiple scenes into just one prompt. So, as I mentioned, we're using two things, Claude and Remotion. And you may be thinking to yourself, Claude is technically a code app. And you'd be right. But the cool thing is we don't actually write any code. Claude does. We just describe what we want. We hit render and then we're done. So go to claude.ai, click this download button and download Claude for your computer. Once you're on Claude, you'll need to go to the bottom here, go to upgrade plan, and choose a paid plan. You'll see the pro plan is 17 a month, and that is more than enough for what you need. You’ll also need Remotion installed directly inside of Claude. So, if I just go back here inside of the clawed code section, which will be enabled once you upgrade to a pro plan, go to the prompt bar and paste in this prompt. You’ll find this prompt in a document that I put together in the description, which contains this prompt and all the prompts that I used to generate my motion graphics. So, if you want to generate some for yourself, go ahead and copy and paste those motion graphic prompts and you’ll be on your way. Before we click enter, go to this section where it says bypass permissions and you’ll natively be set to ask permissions. I changed this to bypass permissions which essentially gives Claude the permissions to run all the background installations so that we can get Remotion installed on our computer. Once Remotion is installed, Claude now has all the tools that it needs to create stunning motion graphics. Let’s start with the first one. We’ll be making this comment pop-up effect, which as an editor I have used in so many different projects. Imagine you have a client that wants a video where they see comments popping up on screen. Done. or you’re making a YouTube video and you’re thanking people for all the engagement that they’ve been sending. Done. There’s so many use cases to having engagement showcase on our screen. So, let’s make it. For our first animation, we’re simply going to speak to Claude. The reason we’re speaking is this is the best way I found to communicate what’s in my head or my creative vision in plain English. Simply by staying selected on Claude code, we’re going to go down and select this microphone button. Hey Claude, please use Remotion best practices to create a comment explosion animation. The animation should last roughly 8 seconds long and have a lot of comments popping up from a slow pace to a much faster pace as we reach the end of the video. Let me know if you have any questions and if those comments and if those questions should inform the aesthetic and overall direction of the animation. Once we’re done speaking, go ahead and click that and we can just remove this extra section. Why I love speaking to Claude is oftentimes I just spitball exactly what’s in my head. And I know this was perfect because I was reading my script of the actual prompt, but you don’t have to be perfect when sp
Chapters
- 11:13 — How to Make Multi Scene Explainer
- 12:44 — Bonus Tricks
- 13:08 — If you want to learn more about Claude + CapCut