# One hand-drawn touch

Edit / Edit effect / Type and emphasis. Checked 2026-11-13.

A clean animation gets a human mark, so it does not feel sterile.

- Use when: Polished product videos and launch films.
- Phrase: a hand-drawn underline swoops under one word of the headline as it lands
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/effect/hand-drawn-touch
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/effect/hand-drawn-touch.json

## Watch out

- One deliberate touch, in two reference launch clips an underline and a handwritten signature. The same teardown puts the expensive look down to restraint plus craft, not busy effects. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on motion graphics)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
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 one hand-drawn touch: a clean animation gets a human mark, so it does not feel sterile. How it works: a hand-drawn underline swoops under one word of the headline as it lands. It is right for: polished product videos and launch films. One deliberate touch, in two reference launch clips an underline and a handwritten signature. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.
```

## Goes well with

- Live markup: https://directorchair.ai/effect/live-markup
- Words slide up, one after another: https://directorchair.ai/effect/word-slide-up

## Source

Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.