From 182560992a30def06fe7a030fa45e5b79e701c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lance Curtis <69400491+imprimisxo@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 11:27:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs(skills): correct zoom-through total and drop redundant keyword bracket Section 1 stated Total ~0.4s while its own table gives 0.2s exit + 0.5s entry (sequential across the hard swap) = 0.7s. Section 2 carries the same durations and states 0.7s correctly. The frontmatter description's 25-tag bracket was 285 of 949 chars; 17 tags already appear verbatim in the prose above it, 1 as a variant, and 7 appear nowhere in the skill. --- .agents/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/.agents/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md index 6e3c08e4eb..d9d8b7de06 100644 --- a/.agents/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md +++ b/.agents/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- name: cut-the-curve -description: "The technique catalog: five velocity-matched SEAMS (zoom-through, INVERSE zoom-through, cut-the-curve, waterfall cut, rack-focus blur-cut) plus the two in-scene techniques — waterfall ENTRY (staggered arrival cascades for title cards / segment openers) and the nudge curve (slow-fast-slow three-phase group slides). Covers partial-travel (~12% of frame) velocity matching via mirrored power4 eases, the Z scale-sign rule, size-scaled blur (10px text / 18-20px full-frame), word-by-word staggered cuts, cascade pacing by element weight, and the 10/65/25 slide ratio. Read before authoring any transition, text-beat handoff, kinetic text entry, or group reposition. [depth, zoom, inverse-zoom, scale-sign, mirrored-zoom, rack-focus, pacing, velocity, cut-the-curve, waterfall, stagger, cascade, kinetic-text, title-card, segment-opener, nudge, slide, easing, group-motion, z-depth, motion-graphics, cinematic, transition, blur, directional-continuity]" +description: "The technique catalog: five velocity-matched SEAMS (zoom-through, INVERSE zoom-through, cut-the-curve, waterfall cut, rack-focus blur-cut) plus the two in-scene techniques — waterfall ENTRY (staggered arrival cascades for title cards / segment openers) and the nudge curve (slow-fast-slow three-phase group slides). Covers partial-travel (~12% of frame) velocity matching via mirrored power4 eases, the Z scale-sign rule, size-scaled blur (10px text / 18-20px full-frame), word-by-word staggered cuts, cascade pacing by element weight, and the 10/65/25 slide ratio. Read before authoring any transition, text-beat handoff, kinetic text entry, or group reposition." --- # Cut the Curve — the technique catalog @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Same peak blur on both sides at the swap frame. Blur the WRAPPER, never children Z-axis velocity-matched cut; **never both texts visible.** Everything GROWS: the outgoing text accelerates toward camera, a hard swap hides at peak blur, the incoming text keeps -growing into the focal plane. Headlines and short phrases only. Total ≈ 0.4s. +growing into the focal plane. Headlines and short phrases only. Total ≈ 0.7s. | Phase | Scale | Blur | Opacity | Ease | Duration | | -------------- | -------- | -------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------- | From 1c5f04bfa347c1a68679a23f4fa6eb303706eb0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lance Curtis <69400491+imprimisxo@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 11:27:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs(skills): correct zoom-through total and drop redundant keyword bracket Section 1 stated Total ~0.4s while its own table gives 0.2s exit + 0.5s entry (sequential across the hard swap) = 0.7s. Section 2 carries the same durations and states 0.7s correctly. The frontmatter description's 25-tag bracket was 285 of 949 chars; 17 tags already appear verbatim in the prose above it, 1 as a variant, and 7 appear nowhere in the skill. --- .claude/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/.claude/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md index 6e3c08e4eb..d9d8b7de06 100644 --- a/.claude/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md +++ b/.claude/skills/cut-the-curve/SKILL.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- name: cut-the-curve -description: "The technique catalog: five velocity-matched SEAMS (zoom-through, INVERSE zoom-through, cut-the-curve, waterfall cut, rack-focus blur-cut) plus the two in-scene techniques — waterfall ENTRY (staggered arrival cascades for title cards / segment openers) and the nudge curve (slow-fast-slow three-phase group slides). Covers partial-travel (~12% of frame) velocity matching via mirrored power4 eases, the Z scale-sign rule, size-scaled blur (10px text / 18-20px full-frame), word-by-word staggered cuts, cascade pacing by element weight, and the 10/65/25 slide ratio. Read before authoring any transition, text-beat handoff, kinetic text entry, or group reposition. [depth, zoom, inverse-zoom, scale-sign, mirrored-zoom, rack-focus, pacing, velocity, cut-the-curve, waterfall, stagger, cascade, kinetic-text, title-card, segment-opener, nudge, slide, easing, group-motion, z-depth, motion-graphics, cinematic, transition, blur, directional-continuity]" +description: "The technique catalog: five velocity-matched SEAMS (zoom-through, INVERSE zoom-through, cut-the-curve, waterfall cut, rack-focus blur-cut) plus the two in-scene techniques — waterfall ENTRY (staggered arrival cascades for title cards / segment openers) and the nudge curve (slow-fast-slow three-phase group slides). Covers partial-travel (~12% of frame) velocity matching via mirrored power4 eases, the Z scale-sign rule, size-scaled blur (10px text / 18-20px full-frame), word-by-word staggered cuts, cascade pacing by element weight, and the 10/65/25 slide ratio. Read before authoring any transition, text-beat handoff, kinetic text entry, or group reposition." --- # Cut the Curve — the technique catalog @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Same peak blur on both sides at the swap frame. Blur the WRAPPER, never children Z-axis velocity-matched cut; **never both texts visible.** Everything GROWS: the outgoing text accelerates toward camera, a hard swap hides at peak blur, the incoming text keeps -growing into the focal plane. Headlines and short phrases only. Total ≈ 0.4s. +growing into the focal plane. Headlines and short phrases only. Total ≈ 0.7s. | Phase | Scale | Blur | Opacity | Ease | Duration | | -------------- | -------- | -------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------- |