Director Chair
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Everything dims except the publish button, a numbered tooltip names the step, the cursor glides in and clicks.

Edit effects

Spotlight and numbered tooltip

The eye goes to one control and knows which step this is.

Use when
Product walkthroughs and onboarding videos.

Prompt instructions

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 spotlight and numbered tooltip: the eye goes to one control and knows which step this is. How it works: everything dims except the publish button, a numbered tooltip names the step, the cursor glides in and clicks. It is right for: product walkthroughs and onboarding videos. Three to five steps per 10 seconds, the state change shown on screen, then zoom out and reset so the loop closes. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.

The same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

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Related

Sources

Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics (walkthroughs studied frame by frame, 28 Oct 2026) Checked 2026-11-13.

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