THE DOPE SHEET CARD · acting turned into frame numbers
WAKES WHEN an animation looks robotic or floaty, or a gag needs its timing to land
THE LOOP
new · the shot, its rate, its parts
beat, key, offset · the acting in frames
lint · stock timing named by frame
bake · CSS, Lottie, glTF, Blender, CSV
chart · the spacing to read and keep
NEVER
Time every part to start on one frame
Stop a big move dead with no settle
Flash, strobe or cut light on and off
IT MAKES new — an empty exposure sheet; key — one key and its spacing; beat — a stock acting beat as keys; offset — overlap: a part dragged behind; hold — a hold, or a moving hold; say — a line and its sounds by frame; bake — per-frame values for a tool; lint — STOCK TIMING flags by frame, or CLEAN; chart — the spacing chart.
THE STANDARD frames, not feelings; ease what lives; anticipate, overshoot, settle; overlap; hold to read; no flashes.
PROOF SELFTEST 14/14 · witnessed in Claude 2026-10-12 · Edition 1.
THE SEAL 98 of 100 · LEGENDARY · WITNESSED · Trigger 5 · Machinery 5 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 5
IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong and can invent a number, a rule, a name or a date; check what matters against your own records and the source; the risk is yours. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · C0EC7152B8616ED168C2BB22
CITE THIS CARDTHE DOPE SHEET CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=dope-sheet-card. Punch C0EC7152B8616ED168C2BB22. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
What it is.
Acting turned into frame numbers. new opens an exposure sheet for a shot; key sets a key with its spacing (even, slow-in, slow-out, slow-in-out, favour-start, favour-end, or a chart) on ones or twos; beat writes a stock acting beat (take, double-take, anticipate-and-dash, slow-burn, settle, overshoot); offset drags a part behind the part it hangs from; hold and say add holds and dialogue sounds; bake writes per-frame values as CSS keyframes, Lottie, glTF, a Blender script or CSV; lint flags stock timing by frame number; chart draws the spacing.
It carries a machine that shows its working: new — an empty exposure sheet; key — one key and its spacing; beat — a stock acting beat as keys; offset — overlap: a part dragged behind; hold — a hold, or a moving hold; say — a line and its sounds by frame; bake — per-frame values for a tool; lint — STOCK TIMING flags by frame, or CLEAN; chart — the spacing chart — 14 checks in its selftest, every command on the record. It will never time every part to start on one frame; never stop a big move dead with no settle; never flash, strobe or cut light on and off.
Six laws, written into the card.
They are in the card itself, so the AI follows them.
FRAMES, NOT FEELINGSTiming is written as frame numbers on a sheet before any key is set in a tool.
EASE WHAT LIVESLiving motion slows in and out; even spacing is for machines, and the lint says so.
ANTICIPATE, OVERSHOOT, SETTLEA big move gets a small move the other way first, and a settle after.
OVERLAPParts that hang from others start a few frames later and finish later.
HOLD TO READAfter a big stop the pose rests at least a quarter of a second so the audience reads it.
NO FLASHESNothing it writes flashes or strobes; light changes are eased like any other move.
What rides in the card.
In the card’s own voice, with a machine that shows its working.
THE GUIDEreferences/THE-XSHEET.md
THE MACHINEdopesheet.py · 9 commandsnew — an empty exposure sheet; key — one key and its spacing; beat — a stock acting beat as keys; offset — overlap: a part dragged behind; hold — a hold, or a moving hold; say — a line and its sounds by frame; bake — per-frame values for a tool; lint — STOCK TIMING flags by frame, or CLEAN; chart — the spacing chart. Every command prints its working and refuses a bad input; 14 checks in its selftest, every command on the record.
What it does once your AI has it.
new An empty exposure sheet
key One key and its spacing
beat A stock acting beat as keys
offset Overlap: a part dragged behind
hold A hold, or a moving hold
say A line and its sounds by frame
bake Per-frame values for a tool
lint STOCK TIMING flags by frame, or CLEAN
chart The spacing chart
On the record The stock jump (even spacing, every part starting on frame 1, no anticipation, a dead stop) is flagged on every count; the same jump built from the anticipate-and-dash beat, with the tail two frames behind, a moving hold and a timed line, lints CLEAN and bakes to CSS, Lottie (2 layers at 24 fps), glTF, Blender and CSV; a key past the end of the shot is refused.
What it will never do.
It will never time every part to start on one frame; never stop a big move dead with no settle; never flash, strobe or cut light on and off.
It times values, not drawings: each part is a number or a list that a rig, a layer or a property reads. The Blender output is a script to run in Blender, which the card never opens; the lint applies the principles as rules and a person still judges the acting. It is an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong, so check what matters against your own records and the source.
What’s in the buy.
CARD.md — the whole card: who it is, its laws, when it says no, what it carries · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes, for you
THE-XSHEET.md — the guide in references/, in the card's own voice
scripts/dopesheet.py — the machine: new · key · beat · offset · hold · say · bake · lint · chart, standard library only, selftest 14/14
WITNESS.md + SELFTEST.md — every command on the record, as it printed · MANIFEST.md, every file hashed · AUDIT.md, the twelve checks
MY-LEDGER.md — the card's memory, on your own machine · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · HOSTS.md
card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html, the card as one offline file · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Claude Code and MCP hosts (rules/, system/, mcp/)
PROOF · SELFTEST 14/14 · 9 COMMANDS ON THE RECORD · WITNESSED IN CLAUDE 2026-10-12 · EDITION 1 · PUNCH C0EC7152B8616ED168C2BB22
ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER
In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →
Take it.
Nº 1189 PROPOSED — LAUNCHING SOON
Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not medical, legal, tax or financial advice, never the person’s boss, and not a licence to practise. The terms →
One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.
A TERM, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION: NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF AND NOBODY IS CHARGED AGAIN. WHEN A TERM ENDS THE FILES STAY ON YOUR COMPUTER AND STAY READABLE — FREEZE, NOT LOSS.
THE MACHINE · IN THE OPEN · FROM THE WITNESSED RUN OF 2026-10-12
dopesheet.py, every command showing its working.
A small Python program, standard library only. Your AI runs it; you can too. Every block below is pasted from the card’s own WITNESS.md, as printed.
new
an empty exposure sheet
key
one key and its spacing
beat
a stock acting beat as keys
offset
overlap: a part dragged behind
hold
a hold, or a moving hold
say
a line and its sounds by frame
bake
per-frame values for a tool
lint
STOCK TIMING flags by frame, or CLEAN
chart
the spacing chart
selftest
14 checks that prove the machine; it must print 14/14
new · AN EMPTY EXPOSURE SHEET
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py new --fps 24 --frames 48 --parts body,tail --shot SQ010_SH0020 --slot 48 --out stock.xsheet.json
new · SQ010_SH0020 · 48 frames at 24 fps (2.00s) · parts body, tail → stock.xsheet.json
key · ONE KEY AND ITS SPACING
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py key stock.xsheet.json body --at 1 --value 0 --spacing even
key · body frame 1 = 0 · even
key · ONE KEY AND ITS SPACING
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py key stock.xsheet.json body --at 9 --value 10 --spacing even
key · body frame 9 = 10 · even
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py lint stock.xsheet.json
FLAG · SAME START every part starts moving on frame 1; offset the ones that hang from others (overlap)
FLAG · EVEN SPACING body 1→9 moves at an even rate; living motion eases (slow-in, slow-out)
FLAG · NO ANTICIPATION body 1→9 is a big, fast move with no small move the other way before it
FLAG · NO SETTLE body stops dead on frame 9 after a big move; add an overshoot and a settle
FLAG · EVEN SPACING tail 1→12 moves at an even rate; living motion eases (slow-in, slow-out)
FLAG · NO ANTICIPATION tail 1→12 is a big, fast move with no small move the other way before it
FLAG · NO SETTLE tail stops dead on frame 12 after a big move; add an overshoot and a settle
STOCK TIMING · SQ010_SH0020 · 7 flags
new · AN EMPTY EXPOSURE SHEET
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py new --fps 24 --frames 48 --parts body,tail --shot SQ010_SH0020 --slot 48 --out pell-jump.xsheet.json
new · SQ010_SH0020 · 48 frames at 24 fps (2.00s) · parts body, tail → pell-jump.xsheet.json
beat · A STOCK ACTING BEAT AS KEYS
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py beat pell-jump.xsheet.json body --kind anticipate-and-dash --at 5 --from 0 --to 10
beat · anticipate-and-dash on body · frames 5 to 15 (0.42s) · keys 5=0 slow-in · 9=-2 favour-start · 12=10.8 slow-in · 15=10 slow-in-out
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py offset pell-jump.xsheet.json --parts tail --by 2
offset · tail shifted +2 frames (overlap: they drag behind what they hang from)
hold · A HOLD, OR A MOVING HOLD
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py hold pell-jump.xsheet.json body --from 22 --to 32 --moving
hold · body frames 22 to 32 (moving: it drifts, never freezes)
say · A LINE AND ITS SOUNDS BY FRAME
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py say pell-jump.xsheet.json --from 34 --to 42 --text "up we go" --phones "AH:2,P:2,W:2,OW:2"
say · "up we go" frames 34 to 42 · AH 34-36 P 36-38 W 38-40 OW 40-42
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py chart pell-jump.xsheet.json body --out pell-jump-body-chart.svg
chart · body · 3 spacing rows → pell-jump-body-chart.svg
key · ONE KEY AND ITS SPACING
$ python3 scripts/dopesheet.py key pell-jump.xsheet.json body --at 60 --value 1
refused: frame 60 is outside the shot (1 to 48)
THE NUMBERS, NAMES AND DATES IN THESE RUNS ARE THE STUDIO’S OWN EXAMPLES, INVENTED FOR THE RECORD; NO REAL COMPANY, PERSON OR PROPERTY IS NAMED.
QUESTIONS AT THE TABLE
Asked before the wire.
What does it need from me?
New · the shot, its rate, its parts. It asks first for the shot's rate, length and animatic slot, the parts that move, and what each part does when; the dialogue line and its sounds if it talks.
Does it send anything anywhere?
No. The machine is a standard-library Python program that runs on your own computer and sends nothing anywhere; the words run wherever an AI reads Markdown. No server, no account, no key.
What is on the record?
The self-test (14/14) and every command run on real example inputs, pasted into WITNESS.md as they printed; the punch on the face is the SHA-256 of SKILL.md, so a downloaded copy can be checked against this room.
Can it be wrong?
Yes — it is an AI reading a text file. It times values, not drawings: each part is a number or a list that a rig, a layer or a property reads. The Blender output is a script to run in Blender, which the card never opens; the lint applies the principles as rules and a person still judges the acting.
What will it never do?
It will never time every part to start on one frame; never stop a big move dead with no settle; never flash, strobe or cut light on and off.
