Make a vlog

Re-create the "Day in my life / Week in my life" vlog template with cutcli. Target 30 seconds, ready to clone and tweak.

Full code: examples/30-vlog-day-in-life.

Spec

Time	Content	Visual
0-2s	Centered fade-in title "My day"	Caption entrance
2-10s	Morning scene + "AM 7:00 · morning coffee"	Ken Burns zoom
10-20s	Noon scene + "PM 1:00 · lunch break"	Wipe transition
20-28s	Evening scene + "PM 8:00 · evening walk"	Wipe transition
28-30s	"See you tomorrow ✨" pop-in	Bouncy entrance
Whole	Light BGM volume 0.55	—

Three steps to write it

1. Skeleton

DRAFT_ID=$(cutcli draft create --width 1080 --height 1920 --name "vlog" | jq -r '.draftId')

2. Add the images (with wipe transitions)

Cut the 3 images into 0-10 / 10-20 / 20-30 segments. The first two get transition: "向右擦除" (right wipe):

cutcli images add "$DRAFT_ID" --image-infos @images.json

images.json:

[
  {"imageUrl":"...","width":1080,"height":1920,"start":0,"end":10000000,
   "transition":"向右擦除","transitionDuration":500000},
  ...
]

3. Add the time-label captions

cutcli captions add "$DRAFT_ID" --captions @captions.json \
  --font-size 9 --bold --transform-y -0.7

Each caption uses a different keywordColor so morning / noon / evening have distinct moods (yellow / orange / pink).

Key tricks

• Wipe transitions feel more "vlog" than dissolves; they read like a page turn
• Caption pulled down to -0.7 leaves more screen for the visuals — fits the slower vlog rhythm
• First scene gets a Ken Burns so the opening doesn't feel static

Producing many variants

Rename images.json into images-summer.json / images-winter.json / images-trip.json, and reuse the same run.sh:

bash run.sh images-summer.json
# Inside run.sh: cutcli images add ... --image-infos "@${1:-images.json}"

Easy to crank out 7 themed vlogs a week.

Full code

examples/30-vlog-day-in-life