compose-creator-layer
Run
python compose.py --layer layer.mp4 --beats cutlist.aligned.json --creator creator.mp4 \
--out reel.mp4 [--music bed.mp3 --music-db -20] [--head 0.30]
--layer: footage-cutlist cut.py output rendered from the same cut list as
--beats (re-render it after align_beats.py). --draft layers are refused.--creator: create-creator-takes-h3 join_takes.py output, reel time from 0.--audio creator|music|none: the voice (+ ducked --music), the --music bed alone
(voiceless paid ads), or a silent master (organic posts: the track is added in-platform
at upload, which is licensed for organic use only).- The creator track may be shorter than the reel (a 2.3s reaction hook): it only shows
during its own
creator beats.
--head: where the crop sits vertically when the creator is scaled to cover an area
(0 keeps the top, 0.5 centres). 0.30 keeps the head in the upper third.
Rules
- Crop from the take's real size, never a hard-coded height. A hard-coded 1080 once
cropped the top half of an upscaled take and blew it up.
- No grade. Chasing a saturation or warmth reading was tried twice and both looked
wrong. The take goes in as generated.
- The voice leads. A music bed is ducked under the voice (sidechain); the mix is
normalised to -14 LUFS.
- Captions come after this (
caption-burn, transcribed from this output).
