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Introduction

Welcome to the Twick documentation! This documentation site provides comprehensive guides and API references for all Twick packages.

What is Twick?

Twick is a collection of TypeScript packages designed to help developers build modern web applications. Our packages are:

  • Type-safe: Built with TypeScript for better developer experience
  • Modular: Each package focuses on a specific functionality
  • Well-documented: Comprehensive documentation and examples
  • Maintained: Regular updates and bug fixes

Twick SDK for Video Editing

Twick includes a powerful React-based video editing SDK that makes it easy to add video editing capabilities to any frontend app.

The goal is to offer high-level editing functions that can be triggered with simple function calls — ideal for building powerful media experiences without reinventing the wheel.

Modules and Features

Media Utils

  • Access audio, video, and image metadata
  • Adjust image and video fit/layout
  • Extract audio from video
  • Generate audio visualizers

Media Parser

  • Convert .mov and .webm to .mp4
  • Compress video files

Lambda

  • Export videos and store them in cloud storage

Timelines

  • Arrange and trim media, text, and visual elements on a timeline
  • Split audio and video

Captions

  • Generate captions from videos using AI
  • Apply predefined caption styles

Video Edit Canvas

  • Live edit of media and text elements
  • Move, resize, and rotate elements directly

UI Visualizer

  • Live preview synced with edit mode
  • Panels for adding and editing content
  • Internal state management
  • Undo/redo support

Effects

  • Media effects: pop, pulse, flicker, rise, fade, zoom
  • Text animations: typewriter, elastic, staggered, stream-word
  • Filters for both images and video

Available Packages

  • @twick/media-utils: Utilities for handling media files (images, audio, video)
  • @twick/canvas: React-based canvas library for video and image editing
  • @twick/live-player: React component for video playback and control
  • @twick/visualizer: Video visualization and animation toolkit
  • @twick/examples: Example implementations and usage demonstrations
  • More packages coming soon...

Getting Started

To get started with any package, check out its specific documentation in the sidebar. Each package's documentation includes:

  • Installation instructions
  • Basic usage examples
  • API reference
  • Advanced usage patterns

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please check out our GitHub repository for more information on how to contribute.