# Live markup

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

A hand-drawn circle or arrow points at the exact thing being talked about.

- Use when: Screenshots, buttons, a detail in the frame.
- Phrase: a red hand-drawn circle is drawn around the button as she names it, stroke by stroke
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/effect/live-markup
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/effect/live-markup.json

## Watch out

- In the measured board tutorial a hand-drawn circle goes around any button or field the speaker describes. (practitioner; Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026)

## 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 live markup: a hand-drawn circle or arrow points at the exact thing being talked about. How it works: a red hand-drawn circle is drawn around the button as she names it, stroke by stroke. It is right for: screenshots, buttons, a detail in the frame. In the measured board tutorial a hand-drawn circle goes around any button or field the speaker describes. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.
```

## Goes well with

- Drawn as it is said: https://directorchair.ai/effect/drawn-as-spoken
- Insert on the word: https://directorchair.ai/effect/insert-on-the-word

## Source

Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026 and Director Chair notes on Reel Kit (Justyn The AI Guy) (described from the frames of two clips; no result per effect was measured)

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