# Product walkthrough

Recipes / Preset / Motion graphics. Checked 2026-11-13.

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
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-product-walkthrough
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/preset/preset-product-walkthrough.json

## Watch out

- Three to five steps per 10 seconds, a confirmation at the end, then zoom out and reset so the loop closes. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on motion graphics)
- 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. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on motion graphics)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
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.
```

## Goes well with

- Spotlight and numbered tooltip: https://directorchair.ai/effect/spotlight-and-tooltip
- The interface carries it: https://directorchair.ai/format/format-screen-led
- Loop back to frame one: https://directorchair.ai/transition/loop-close
- POV phone scroll: https://directorchair.ai/hook/pov-phone-scroll

## 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.