# Zoom through

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

The viewer flies into the product, and the next scene starts from inside it.

- Use when: From an overview into one feature; the punchiest change in a montage.
- Phrase: the dashboard card scales up past the edges of the frame, blurred at the midpoint, and the next scene grows from small behind it
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/transition/zoom-through
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/transition/zoom-through.json

## Watch out

- Put motion blur on the one or two fastest frames only; blur on every frame multiplies the render time. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on motion graphics)
- Land the peak of the move on a whoosh or an impact. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on motion graphics)

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: the dashboard card scales up past the edges of the frame, blurred at the midpoint, and the next scene grows from small behind it
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot. Cut: the dashboard card scales up past the edges of the frame, blurred at the midpoint, and the next scene grows from small behind it
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. The dashboard card scales up past the edges of the frame, blurred at the midpoint, and the next scene grows from small behind it.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. The dashboard card scales up past the edges of the frame, blurred at the midpoint, and the next scene grows from small behind it. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Goes well with

- Shape morph (every shot becomes the next): https://directorchair.ai/transition/shape-morph
- Sound on the peak, not the start: https://directorchair.ai/sound/sfx-on-the-peak
- Crash zoom: https://directorchair.ai/move/crash-zoom

## 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.