{
 "slug": "grid-assemble",
 "name": "Photo grid that assembles",
 "category": "effect",
 "group": "Motion and finish",
 "media": [
  "image",
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "Many images arrive as one composed wall, with one hero among them.",
 "use_when": "Portfolios, case montages, product ranges.",
 "phrase": "a grid of photos assembles tile by tile with a small rise and fade, one tile twice the size of the rest, each photo drifting slowly",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "In our teardown of 30 showreel templates the repeated signatures were staggered spring entrances and a slow drift on every photo.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "ken-burns-still",
  "reel-grid-proof",
  "ease-never-linear"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/grid-assemble",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/grid-assemble.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is photo grid that assembles: many images arrive as one composed wall, with one hero among them. How it works: a grid of photos assembles tile by tile with a small rise and fade, one tile twice the size of the rest, each photo drifting slowly. It is right for: portfolios, case montages, product ranges. In our teardown of 30 showreel templates the repeated signatures were staggered spring entrances and a slow drift on every photo. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}