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Render titles outside Resolve and review with eyes, not renders

Render titles outside Resolve and review with eyes, not renders

Coming

Titles render headless outside Resolve with a content-hash cache and land as one overlay track; the AI sees the cut through ffmpeg frames, strips and contact sheets instead of renders; OGraf native titles install as a Fusion Titles category; an external model returns findings-only reviews; exports pass 8 mechanical gates and happen only on the client's word.

Kit

video-offline-tools, shell-library

You need

AccountWhyFree or paidPlan
DaVinci Resolve StudioThe NLE for long-form and podcast cuts. Claude drives it through the Resolve scripting API and the davinci-resolve MCP: additive plates on V2+, offline titles, OGraf native titles, exports.PaidStudio (295 USD one-time) is required: the free version has no external scripting, no OGraf loader and no hardware encode options used here. Version 21.1 or newer.
Playwright + headless Chrome (and Safari for the final check)Renders pages to PNG for visual QA, drives the dashboard verification protocol, captures library stills, renders HTML titles and animations offline.FreeFree. Google Chrome installed for headless screenshots; Playwright installs its own Chromium and WebKit.
ffmpeg + ffprobeEvery cut, mux, loudness pass, proxy, contact sheet and platform encode. The delivery encoder uses h264_videotoolbox on Apple Silicon.FreeFree (Homebrew build includes VideoToolbox).
Google AI Studio (Gemini API)Image generation (gemini-2.5-flash-image) for slides, blog images and placeholders; video analysis in the n8n research agent; the external second-eyes review of video rounds.Free tier availableFree tier works (rate limited, roughly 5 to 15 requests per minute). Add billing for volume image generation.

What you bring

  • Your Resolve project with a rough cut in it
  • Your raw footage, on folder paths that do not move
  • Your word before any export

The steps

  1. Install the native title templates
  2. Write the titles spec and render them offline
  3. Render the title-free proxy once
  4. Look, never render: stills, strips, sheet
  5. Place the overlay track and check the timeline plays
  6. One review copy per round, then the final on your word

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