# Open Animate
> Open Animate — the creative suite for AI agents. Create professional motion graphics, generate images, and render MP4 videos. Use when the user wants to make videos, animations, motion graphics, social clips, product launches, explainers, or any visual content. Supports asset generation (images, backgrounds, upscaling) and video composition with animation presets, transitions, and components.
- Skill: `modbender/open-animate` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 12 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add modbender/open-animate`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/modbender/open-animate/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- License: Apache-2.0
- Author: modbender (https://skillmd.com/u/modbender)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/modbender/open-animate
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# Open Animate — Creative Suite for Agents
Create professional motion graphics and generate visual assets. Describe what you want. Get an MP4.
## Prerequisites
This skill builds on **Remotion skills** for core Remotion API patterns:
```bash
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills
```
## Workflow
### 1. Initialize project
```bash
npx oanim init my-video
cd my-video
```
### 2. Compose using `@oanim/core`
```tsx
import { fadeUp, popIn, Background, SafeArea, palettes } from '@oanim/core';
```
See `references/animation-cookbook.md` for the full presets reference.
### 3. Preview
```bash
npx remotion studio
```
### 4. Render to MP4
```bash
npx oanim render
```
### 5. Generate and use media assets (optional)
```bash
# Generate image, video, or audio
npx oanim assets gen-image --prompt "dark gradient abstract" --out public/bg.png
npx oanim assets run --model fal-ai/kling-video/v1/standard/text-to-video \
--input '{"prompt":"cinematic abstract motion","duration":"5"}' --out public/clip.mp4
npx oanim assets run --model fal-ai/stable-audio \
--input '{"prompt":"ambient electronic, no vocals","duration_in_seconds":30}' --out public/music.mp3
```
Then use in your composition:
```tsx
import { Img, OffthreadVideo, Audio, staticFile } from 'remotion';
})
```
## Capabilities
| Capability | Tool |
|------------|------|
| Project scaffolding | `oanim init` |
| Animation presets (fadeUp, popIn, springs) | `@oanim/core` |
| Components (Terminal, Card, Badge, GlowOrb) | `@oanim/core` |
| Scene transitions (fadeBlur, clipCircle, wipe) | `@oanim/core` |
| Typography (AnimatedCharacters, TypewriterText, CountUp) | `@oanim/core` |
| Design tokens (5 palettes, fonts, spacing) | `@oanim/core` |
| Rendering to video | `oanim render` |
| Cloud rendering | `oanim render --cloud` |
| AI image generation | `oanim assets gen-image` |
| AI video generation | `oanim assets run` (kling, minimax, hunyuan models) |
| AI audio generation | `oanim assets run` (stable-audio model) |
| Media compositing | `![]()
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