JamesandClaude Fable 5
267b289bb8
Ninth PR of the template-variables stack: the promote-a-property gesture.
Select an element on the canvas/timeline, open the Variables tab, and the
panel offers per-property bind actions.
- "Bind selected" card in the Variables panel, built from the selection:
image/media source (img/video/audio), text, text color, background, and
font. Each action declares a variable whose default is the element's
CURRENT value (promoting never changes the render — computed rgb colors
convert to hex, the first computed font family becomes the font default)
and writes the declarative binding the runtime resolves: data-var-src /
data-var-text attributes or `<prop>: var(--id)` styles. Declare + bind
run as one batched schema edit (one undo step); binding to an
already-declared id skips the declare and just binds.
- guarded to selections from the composition the session models — a
selection in another source file never writes bindings into this one.
- core: extract readVariablesForElement into runtime/variableScope.ts,
shared by color grading and the declarative bindings (was duplicated).
- fix(studio-server): buildSubCompositionHtml's extractElementAttrs
rebuilt html/body attributes without HTML-escaping values, shredding
quote-bearing attributes — data-composition-variables (a JSON array)
came out as mangled bogus attributes, so getVariables() silently
returned {} on every /preview/comp/* page (no declared defaults, no
runtime bindings). Pre-existing bug surfaced by live-testing this
feature; regression test added.
Verified end-to-end in a live session: select headline → Bind text color
→ declaration + var(--headline-color) written to disk → override in the
panel → runtime applies the custom prop and the element renders the
override.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
hyperframes
CLI for creating, previewing, and rendering HTML video compositions.
Install
npm install -g hyperframes
Or use directly with npx:
npx hyperframes <command>
Requirements: Node.js >= 22, FFmpeg
Commands
init
Scaffold a new Hyperframes project from a template:
npx hyperframes init my-video
cd my-video
preview
Start the live preview studio in your browser:
npx hyperframes preview
# Studio running at http://localhost:3002
npx hyperframes preview --port 4567
render
Render a composition to MP4. Run from the project directory; the positional
argument is the project directory (not a file), so render the project's
index.html directly, or point at a specific composition file with -c:
npx hyperframes render -o output.mp4
npx hyperframes render -c ./my-composition.html -o output.mp4
lint
Validate your Hyperframes HTML:
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --json # JSON output for CI/tooling
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --verbose # Include info-level findings
By default only errors and warnings are shown. Use --verbose to also display informational findings (e.g., external script dependency notices). Use --json for machine-readable output with errorCount, warningCount, infoCount, and a findings array.
compositions
List compositions found in the current project:
npx hyperframes compositions
benchmark
Run rendering benchmarks:
npx hyperframes benchmark ./my-composition.html
doctor
Check your environment for required dependencies (Chrome, FFmpeg, Node.js):
npx hyperframes doctor
browser
Manage the bundled Chrome/Chromium installation:
npx hyperframes browser
info
Print version and environment info:
npx hyperframes info
docs
Open the documentation in your browser:
npx hyperframes docs
upgrade
Check for updates and show upgrade instructions:
npx hyperframes upgrade
npx hyperframes upgrade --check --json # machine-readable for agents
Documentation
Full documentation: hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/cli
Related packages
@hyperframes/core— types, parsers, frame adapters@hyperframes/engine— rendering engine@hyperframes/producer— render pipeline@hyperframes/studio— composition editor UI