Echoed title, marker chips, torn-paper exit
A distressed block title stacks three times behind the subject (one solid, two outlines), marker-style chip captions follow the words, and at 4.7-5.3 s a torn-paper swipe lands on a parchment card. Coach and educator intros that name the subject up top and promise a quote card.
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Open my video with this hook: "Echoed title, marker chips, torn-paper exit" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/echo-title-chip-captions-tear-hook-e2x/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, fg }: 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 3s 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.
This look needs a cut-out of the person: fg is a second copy of my video with the background removed (video with alpha, e.g. WebM VP9 or HEVC with alpha; e.g. npx hyperframes remove-background clip.mp4 -o clip.fg.webm, or any person-segmentation tool such as rembg or MediaPipe), stacked above the other clips.
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: [ROLE OR TOPIC WORD] x3 in distressed block type behind the head, chip captions 'take [name], for instance, [outcome]'
Pair with captions preset handwriting-chips-yellow-emphasis (https://24fps.dev/video-editor/captions/handwriting-chips-yellow-emphasis/preset.json); the captions kind takes script as [{ w, s, e, emph }], plus karaoke and activeColor.
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
- [ROLE OR TOPIC WORD] x3 in distressed block type behind the head, chip captions 'take [name], for instance, [outcome]'
- Example lines
- take sarah, for instance, she felt overwhelmed · when i was learning pattern making i realized that just reading wasn't enough · honestly wouldn't be here without my mentor
- Beats
- 0.0s plain take, no graphics → 0.3s first chip caption word pops in on the chest (dark chip, white or yellow text) → 0.3s title masks up three times in a column behind the head, 0.15 s stagger, lines 2 and 3 are outlines → 1.1s chips follow the speech one or two words at a time; emphasis words flip to yellow text → 4.7s torn-paper swipe to parchment card (not in the first 3 s but sets up the hook)
- Same idea
- Also called: Chalk (AI Edit)
- Technique
- Common AI-edit hook: echoed distressed title plus marker chip captions
- Footage
- Man talking and gesturing, Pexels