Edit default props visually

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Visual editing

You can edit the default props of a component visually, first register a schema with your <Composition>.

Opening the default props editor

To open the default props editor, press the icon in the top right corner of the Remotion Studio to open the right sidebar. Alternatively, press Cmd/Ctrl + J to toggle the sidebar. Select the Props tab.

Editing default props

Use the controls in the props editor to live-update the default props of your composition. If you have changes, an undo ↩️ button will appear which you can use to revert to your changes in the code.

Supported controls

Controls are implemented for:

• z.object()
• z.string()
• z.date()
• z.number()
• z.boolean()
• z.array()
• z.union() (only unions of two types, one of them being z.null() or z.undefined())
• z.optional()
• z.nullable()
• z.enum()
• zColor() (from @remotion/zod-types)
• zTextarea() (from @remotion/zod-types)
• staticFile() assets by typing as z.string() and using staticFile() in your code
• .default()

Editing JSON

Alternatively, you can edit the JSON schema directly by pressing JSON in the props editor. Changes will not apply if the schema is invalid.

Saving default props to your code

Remotion can statically analyze your root file and allow you to save props back to the code via the 💾 button. For this to work, your default props must be inlined into your <Composition>:

Inlined defaultProps
tsx
import React from "react";
import { Composition } from "remotion";
import { MyComponent, myCompSchema } from "./MyComponent";
 
export const RemotionRoot: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <Composition
      id="my-video"
      component={MyComponent}
      durationInFrames={100}
      fps={30}
      width={1920}
      height={1080}
      schema={myCompSchema}
      defaultProps={{
        propOne: "Hello World",
        propTwo: "Welcome to Remotion",
      }}
    />
  );
};

Inlined defaultProps
tsx
import React from "react";
import { Composition } from "remotion";
import { MyComponent, myCompSchema } from "./MyComponent";
 
export const RemotionRoot: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <Composition
      id="my-video"
      component={MyComponent}
      durationInFrames={100}
      fps={30}
      width={1920}
      height={1080}
      schema={myCompSchema}
      defaultProps={{
        propOne: "Hello World",
        propTwo: "Welcome to Remotion",
      }}
    />
  );
};

Rendering videos from your input

If you would like to render a video based on your input in the controls, then you don't need to save the props back to the code. Use the Render button to open a render dialog where your modified default props are filled in as input props.

Changing input props visually

In the Props editor, you can only edit the default props visually. You then have the chance to override them using the calculateMetadata() function.
In the Render dialog, you have the chance to change the input props.__ They can also be overridden using calculateMetadata().