Catch the object
Tilted sticker labels, white then accent colour. Stages: “Catch. This changed my mornings.” The first frame needs to look different from the feed. Fits lines like “Here. Try this before you buy it.”.
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Open my video with this hook: "Catch the object" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/catch-the-object/preset.json (pass its "preset" to the engine).
Engine (MIT, no dependencies, ES module): https://24fps.dev/editor/engine.js. Download the engine next to your page (curl -O) rather than importing cross-origin, then import { mount } from "./engine.js" in a <script type="module"> served over http.
Wiring: root = a position:relative box at the video's size. media = { main }: main is a wrapper holding my video, filling the root. Then const fx = mount(root, { kind: "text", preset, media }) and call fx.render(seconds) every frame. The preset runs 4s from t = 0; offset t to place it later. It is seek-safe: drive it from the GSAP timeline in HyperFrames or call render(frame / fps) in Remotion. Before capturing frames, await (fx.ready ?? document.fonts.ready). Check it on my footage: if text is hidden behind the subject or doesn't read against my colours, nudge the layer positions or colours.
Replace the demo text with mine: set preset.layers[n].text (use \n for line breaks); if none given, write lines that fit my footage and tell me.
Hook formula: An object flies into frame; the speaker catches it and starts talking.
Field reference: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/llms.txt. Keep sizes as fractions of the frame height so it works at any resolution. Credit: 24fps.dev/video-editor- Formula
- An object flies into frame; the speaker catches it and starts talking.
- Example lines
- Catch. This changed my mornings. · Here. Try this before you buy it. · Catch. Free tool, no signup. · Heads up: this is the best $5 I've spent.
- Beats
- 0.1s White sticker 'catch' pops in, tilted left. → 0.3s Accent sticker 'this changed my mornings' pops in, tilted right. → 1.4s Object tossed in from off-screen at 0.1 s with a thud; the speaker catches it on the word 'catch'.
- Technique
- Visual pattern interrupt hook: Break feed rhythm with an unexpected visual, sound or staging paired with a line.
- Footage
- Man talking and gesturing, Pexels