Stop applying like this

Left-aligned lower-third: kicker, big headline, quiet sub-line. Stages: “Stop applying your SPF like this, you're wasting it.” You are replacing a common habit with a better method. Fits lines like “Stop slicing onions like this, you're wasting them.”.

Try your own words

Open my video with this hook: "Stop applying like this" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/stop-applying-like-this/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: Stop [doing it this way], you're wasting it.
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: Stop [doing it this way], you're wasting it.
Example lines: Stop applying your SPF like this, you're wasting it. · Stop slicing onions like this, you're wasting them. · Stop packing like this, you're wasting space. · Stop using mock-ups like this, you're wasting pixels.
Beats: 0.0s Kicker 'stop' slides in from the left. → 0.1s Headline 'Applying SPF like this' slides in with an expo ease. → 0.6s Sub-line 'you're wasting it' fades in. → 1.4s First frame is the wrong technique mid-action; a scratch sound halts it and the speaker corrects it.
Technique: Stop doing X hook: Direct command that swaps a habit for a better one.
Footage: Man talking and gesturing, Pexels

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