Tutorials
Learning-oriented lessons that take you from an empty terminal to a finished CineCode documentary.
Tutorials are lessons. They take you by the hand through a series of steps to build something. Their job is to get you started and give you confidence — not to cover every option (that's what the reference is for).
Work through them in order. Each one ends with a real video that you rendered.
1. Install CineCode
Get the engine and ffmpeg working, and render the bundled example.
2. Your first video
Create a project from scratch and render a title card.
3. Animating code
Type code on screen, then spotlight and dim lines like a documentary.
4. Your first simulation
Bring a living terrain diagram to life beside its code.
5. A complete documentary
Stitch scenes together with transitions, camera moves, and audio.
Before you start
You'll need:
- Rust (stable) — install from rustup.rs
- ffmpeg on your
PATH—brew install ffmpeg,apt install ffmpeg, or a download
That's it. CineCode bundles its fonts and needs nothing else.
Prefer to look things up rather than follow a lesson? Jump to the How-to guides or the Reference.