Guide
How to make a launch video with Claude
You can make a launch video by describing it to Claude Opus and rendering the code it writes with Remotion or HyperFrames. This guide walks through the workflow.
Published 2026-10-15
1. Write the brief before you open a tool
Decide the one thing the video must say, who it is for and how long it should run. Collect the product name, the exact copy you want on screen, your brand colors and fonts, and any real screenshots. A short, specific brief gives Claude something concrete to build from.
2. Ask Claude Opus for a storyboard
Give Claude the brief and ask for a shot list: what appears on screen, for how many seconds, and how each shot moves into the next. Review it as you would a human storyboard and cut anything that does not serve the one message.
3. Pick a renderer and have Claude write the scenes
Claude does not render video by itself. It writes code, and a renderer turns that code into frames. Remotion builds videos from React components. HyperFrames builds them from HTML. Either way the video is source code you can read, version and change by editing text.
4. Preview, then iterate in small steps
Play the result, then ask for one change at a time, such as timing, easing, type size or color. Changing one thing per request makes it easy to see what helped and to undo what did not. Keep the project in version control so you can roll back.
5. Render, check, and share
Render at the size the destination expects, check the result without sound as well as with it, and read every line of on-screen text for typos. When you post it on X, add the prompt or a short note on how it was made, since that is what other makers look for.
Learn from real examples
Every video on MotionHunt is an X post with the prompt or source behind it. Browse the Claude Opus, Remotion and HyperFrames pages, or start with the top-ranked videos:
- Résumé showreel motion graphics video made with Claude Opus
A 15-second motion graphics video framed as a résumé showreel, meant to show off the creator as a motion designer. The author says it was made with Opus 5.5 on Max effort from a single text prompt. The post gives no aspect ratio or other specs.
- UI morph motion design video made with Claude Opus 5.5
A UI-motion piece in which one shape morphs through a sequence of interface states (button, loader, check, dynamic island, music player, slider, toggle, tabs, chart, ⌘K, toast) on a 120 BPM beat grid. The author says the whole video is code with no After Effects, and the post is a reusable prompt template for recreating it.
- Model comparison test: 15-second motion graphics showreel made with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT 6 Astra
A 15-second motion graphics video meant as a showreel-style piece, generated from a single prompt. The author ran the same prompt through Opus 5.5 and GPT 6 Astra and argues the Opus result is much better. The post does not state the aspect ratio or describe the scenes.
- Text post promoting a prompt for a Claude-built Apple-style launch film
A planned 2D, square 1440x1440 launch film in an Apple-keynote style, built as one continuous take where each scene morphs out of the last. The author describes 54 beats at 120 BPM, which works out to about 27 seconds.
- Recipe explainer motion graphic test rendered in HTML with Claude Opus
An explainer-style motion graphic of a cocktail recipe, going from an empty glass to a completed drink, with ingredients and measurements shown as they are added to the cup. The author says Opus 5.5 rendered it in HTML from one image, and the prompt asked for a 30-second video.
- Product sting video for Frame by Frame made with Claude Opus
A 12-second square (1080x1080) product sting, shown as a side-by-side with @thednyx's original. The author says the right side is Opus 5.5's rebuild using their own brand, with the same motion, cuts and timing.