{
 "slug": "preset-product-walkthrough",
 "name": "Product walkthrough",
 "category": "preset",
 "group": "Motion graphics",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The viewer watches one task done from start to finish and could repeat it.",
 "use_when": "Feature education, onboarding, help content, 20 to 45 seconds.",
 "phrase": "a cursor travels a path through one task; the camera zooms onto each control, a spotlight dims the rest, a numbered tooltip names the step and the state changes on screen",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Three to five steps per 10 seconds, a confirmation at the end, then zoom out and reset so the loop closes.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  },
  {
   "text": "Use the product's real screens or a recording; with a recording, the cursor and the click sound land on the recording's own click.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "spotlight-and-tooltip",
  "format-screen-led",
  "loop-close",
  "pov-phone-scroll"
 ],
 "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/preset/preset-product-walkthrough",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-product-walkthrough.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a production plan: the shots or scenes in order, what each one needs, and the edit settings, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is product walkthrough: the viewer watches one task done from start to finish and could repeat it. How it works: a cursor travels a path through one task; the camera zooms onto each control, a spotlight dims the rest, a numbered tooltip names the step and the state changes on screen. It is right for: feature education, onboarding, help content, 20 to 45 seconds. Three to five steps per 10 seconds, a confirmation at the end, then zoom out and reset so the loop closes. Use the product's real screens or a recording; with a recording, the cursor and the click sound land on the recording's own click. 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."
 }
}