Emit an inverse-alpha background plate alongside the cutout in a single
inference pass. Same source RGB, alpha = 255 − mask. Dual-encoder pipeline
runs in parallel; both outputs share the same --quality preset.
This is a hole-cut plate (subject region transparent), not an inpainted
clean plate — composite something opaque under it to fill the hole.
Docs and skill cover when each is the right tool.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The model removes background from any video with a person — we tested
with avatars because they were convenient, but anyone can bring a
talking-head clip, presenter footage, vlog, etc. Replace avatar-specific
filenames (avatar.mp4 / brandon.mp4) with neutral subject.mp4 (or
presenter.mp4 in the text-behind-subject example) and rephrase
copy that read as if avatars were the only use case.
Touches docs/guides/remove-background.mdx, hyperframes-media SKILL.md,
and hyperframes/patterns.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Skill (hyperframes-cli): three-pattern table (cutout-over-different-scene
vs over-its-own-source vs over-different-take) + the two non-obvious rules
(wrap video in non-timed div for opacity control, both videos data-start=0
for sync). Skill (hyperframes/patterns): worked text-behind-subject example.
Docs: --quality flag, compositing pitfalls section, quality preset table.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Code review found the new hyperframes-media skill was parallel
content with skills/hyperframes/references/tts.md and the "Whisper
Model Guide" section of transcript-guide.md — same voice table, same
.en-translates-non-English warning, same TTS→transcribe chain in
both places. Plus some scope creep in hyperframes-media (audio/video
HTML snippets that duplicate the canonical track docs in
hyperframes/SKILL.md:265+).
Consolidation:
- hyperframes-media is now the single source of truth for CLI
invocation, voice selection, multilingual phonemization, whisper
model selection, and the .en gotcha. Picked up the multilingual
prefix decoding from the deleted tts.md.
- skills/hyperframes/references/tts.md deleted; the bullet in
hyperframes/SKILL.md is removed (no replacement — agents land on
hyperframes-media via its own description).
- skills/hyperframes/references/transcript-guide.md keeps only the
caption-side concerns: input-format table, mandatory quality
check, cleaning JS, external-API import path, and the
"if no transcript exists" flow. The intro bash recipe and Whisper
Model Guide section both moved to hyperframes-media. Top of the
file now points to hyperframes-media for CLI/model details.
Other tightening in hyperframes-media:
- Dropped WHAT-narration filler and the inline <audio>/<video> HTML
snippets — they duplicate the canonical track-attribute docs in
hyperframes/SKILL.md.
- Added the `id` field (`w0`, `w1`, ...) to the transcript output
shape — the actual Word interface in
packages/cli/src/whisper/normalize.ts includes it (optional for
backwards compat), used by caption override logic.
- Compressed the TTS → Transcribe → Captions chain section.
Net: hyperframes-media 147 → 136 lines, transcript-guide.md 152 →
106 lines, tts.md gone (-75 lines).
Move tts/transcribe/remove-background guidance into a new
hyperframes-media sibling skill so the CLI skill stays focused on
the dev loop (init/lint/inspect/preview/render/doctor).
Two motivations:
1. Description bloat. The CLI skill listed every subcommand as a
trigger keyword, which made agents auto-load it for any mention
of audio, transcription, or backgrounds — even when the task
was just rendering a composition.
2. Body bloat. Voice tables, the .en-translates-non-English
whisper rule, and codec selection guidance all loaded on
every CLI invocation. With three preprocessing commands now
in the CLI (tts, transcribe, remove-background), this is only
going to grow.
The split keeps a single sibling (hyperframes-media), not three:
the commands share a workflow (preprocess asset → drop into
composition) and the same first-run-downloads-a-model pattern,
so they belong together. CLI skill now references hyperframes-media
from a one-paragraph "Asset Preprocessing" stub.
Doc references updated in README.md, CLAUDE.md,
docs/quickstart.mdx, and docs/guides/prompting.mdx.
