# Layout switch

Edit / Transition / Motion graphics. Checked 2026-11-13.

The frame itself changes shape when the content changes mode, from talking to showing.

- Use when: Walkthroughs that start as a conversation and turn into a build.
- Phrase: when she says let me draw it, the two large call tiles shrink to a strip on top and a shared drawing board fills the space below
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/transition/layout-switch
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/transition/layout-switch.json

## Watch out

- In the measured reference the layout switches when the build starts. Real scene changes stay at about one every 7 seconds; the captions carry the faster rhythm of 4.31 changes per 10 seconds. (measured; Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026)

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: when the subject says let me draw it, the two large call tiles shrink to a strip on top and a shared drawing board fills the space below
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot. Cut: when the subject says let me draw it, the two large call tiles shrink to a strip on top and a shared drawing board fills the space below
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. When the subject says let me draw it, the two large call tiles shrink to a strip on top and a shared drawing board fills the space below.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. When the subject says let me draw it, the two large call tiles shrink to a strip on top and a shared drawing board fills the space below. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Goes well with

- Speaker over a board: https://directorchair.ai/effect/stacked-speaker-board
- Mock client call: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-mock-client-call

## Source

Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026

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