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Expand Up @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ pip install movielite

## Requirements

- Python 3.10+
- Python 3.10-3.13
- FFmpeg (must be installed and available in PATH)
- NumPy
- OpenCV (opencv-python)
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video.close()
```

### Gradient background

```python
from movielite import ImageClip, VideoWriter
from pictex import Canvas, LinearGradient

WIDTH = 1920
HEIGHT = 1080

# Create canvas with gradient background
canvas = (
Canvas()
.background_color(
LinearGradient(
colors=["#ff0000", "#0000ff"],
start_point=(0.0, 0.0), # top-left corner
end_point=(1.0, 1.0) # bottom-right corner
)
)
.size(WIDTH, HEIGHT)
)

# Render to ImageClip
background_clip = (
ImageClip(canvas.render().to_numpy())
.set_duration(10)
)

writer = VideoWriter("output.mp4", fps=30)
writer.add_clip(background_clip)
writer.write()
```

### Text in column

```python
from movielite import ImageClip, VideoWriter
from pictex import Canvas, Column, Text

WIDTH = 1920
HEIGHT = 1080

# Create background canvas
canvas = (
Canvas()
.background_color("white")
.size(WIDTH, HEIGHT)
)

# Create column with texts
column = (
Column(
Text("Hello, world!").font_size(50).color("blue"),
Text("This will be the bottom text.").font_size(30).color("green")
)
.gap(20)
.align_items("center")
.background_color("lightgray")
.place("center", "center")
)

# Render to ImageClip
background_clip = (
ImageClip(canvas.render(column).to_numpy())
.set_duration(10)
)

writer = VideoWriter("output.mp4", fps=30)
writer.add_clip(background_clip)
writer.write()
```

### Concatenating Videos

```python
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