Create a project

Goal

Start a new video project with a working scene you can render immediately.

Scaffold it

cinecode new my-video

This creates:

my-video/
├── assets/              # images, audio, and other media
├── codescene.toml      # manifest: scenes, theme, output settings
├── scenes/
│   └── intro.ccs       # a starter scene (Rhai script)
├── shaders/             # optional WGSL effects
└── src/
    └── main.rs         # sample source code shown in the scene

What each part is for

Add a scene

Create and register a scene in one command:

cinecode add scene outro --project my-video

Choose a starter with --template blank, code-walkthrough, or before-after-diff:

cinecode add scene refactor --project my-video --template before-after-diff

The command creates scenes/<name>.ccs, appends its path to the manifest while preserving comments, validates the whole project, and rolls back on failure. Scenes remain ordered by their entries in the manifest:

scenes = ["scenes/intro.ccs", "scenes/outro.ccs"]

Validate before rendering

cinecode check my-video

check parses the manifest and every scene script and reports errors without rendering — fast feedback while you write.

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