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I've been working on ninesui, inspired by k9s see thoughts-633. I want a good flow for making video for the readme and I am using charm.sh's vhs for this....

Date: May 16, 2025

I’ve been working on [4m[38;2;127;187;179mninesui[0m <[38;2;122;132;120mhttps://github.com/WaylonWalker/ninesui/blob/main/README.md[0m>, inspired by k9s see [4m[38;2;127;187;179mthoughts-633[0m <[38;2;122;132;120mhttps://thoughts.waylonwalker.com/post/633[0m>. I want a good flow for making video for the readme and I am using [4m[38;2;127;187;179mcharm.sh[0m <[38;2;122;132;120mhttps://charm.sh/apps/[0m>’s [4m[38;2;127;187;179mvhs[0m <[38;2;122;132;120mhttps://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs[0m> for this. Its running in an archBTW distrobox and looks gawdaweful.

Video: <https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/e86047ed-6881-43f7-8e3a-30411d51afaf.mp4>

The over saturated colors give it a really retro look, seems fine, but not my cup of tea. I tried to change the textual theme to [38;2;167;192;128mtokyo-night[0m and it might have made it a bit better, but still over-saturated.

[1m[38;2;167;192;128mAfter[0m
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What I found is that vhs has themes, setting it to [38;2;167;192;128mdracula[0m made everything much better.

[38;2;122;132;120m[code][0m
  # sort.tape
  Output assets/sort.mp4
  Output assets/sort.gif

  Require echo

  Set Shell "bash"
  Set FontSize 32
  Set Width 1920
  Set Height 1080
  + Set Theme 'Dracula'

Video: <https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/ada8f04d-88ac-41c3-9983-d9e849cc13ad.mp4>

[1m[38;2;167;192;128mNinesUI[0m
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I’m using these in my [4m[38;2;127;187;179mninesui[0m <[38;2;122;132;120mhttps://github.com/WaylonWalker/ninesui[0m> project, right now they are in the readme, but maybe some docs will grow eventually. Right now its hardcore explore phase.