Layout Regions: Split-Screen, Side-by-Side, and Custom Arrangements

We've shipped one of the most requested features: Layout Regions. You can now arrange your screen recording and camera feed in split-screen, side-by-side, or any custom arrangement — directly on the timeline.

Why Layout Regions?

The default camera overlay works great for traditional screencasts — a small circle floating over your recording. But if you're creating content for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or Instagram Reels, you often need something different: video on top, camera on bottom. Or side by side. Or camera taking up most of the frame with a small screen recording in the corner.

Layout Regions make all of this possible without leaving the editor.

How it works

Layout Regions live on the timeline, just like zoom regions. Add one from the right-click menu on any clip (Add Effect → Layout) or from the Layout tab in the sidebar. Each region defines where your video and camera sit on the canvas for that time range.

Pick from 9 built-in presets:

• Split Top/Bottom — The classic TikTok tutorial layout
• Split Left/Right — Side-by-side for reactions and commentary
• Camera Focus — Camera dominates, screen recording tucked in a corner
• Video Focus — Screen recording large, camera small
• Camera Only / Video Only — Full frame, one source
• Custom — Place both rectangles wherever you want

After picking a preset, fine-tune everything with sliders: position, size, corner radius, and padding. Each layout region can override the project's global padding — set it to zero for edge-to-edge splits with no gap.

Save and reuse

Built a layout you love? Save it as a custom preset. It shows up in the preset picker for every future layout region, across all your projects. One click to apply.

Works with everything

Layout regions don't exist in isolation. During a layout region:

• Zoom regions still apply — zooms happen inside the video rectangle
• Cursor overlay tracks within the video's layout position
• Annotations render on top of both video and camera
• Subtitles display over the full canvas

The export pipeline renders layout regions with full GPU acceleration through Metal — what you see in the preview is exactly what you get in the export, including camera flip, padding, and corner radius.

Subtitle improvements

This update also brings two improvements to subtitles:

Words per subtitle — A new slider in subtitle settings lets you control how many words appear at a time. Set it to 3-5 words for punchy, TikTok-style captions that advance with the speaker. Set it to 0 to show the full segment as before. Works with both standard and word-by-word karaoke mode.

Font family picker — You can now choose from 18 curated fonts for your subtitles, including SF Pro, Helvetica Neue, Futura, Georgia, Courier New, and more. Previously subtitles were locked to SF Pro.

CLI automation

Layout regions are fully supported through the CLI command server. Add, list, update, and delete layout regions programmatically — or let an AI agent handle it. The welcome screen now includes a dedicated CLI setup sheet with quick-start instructions, available commands, and links to the full documentation.

Canvas zoom by default

New zoom regions now default to canvas zoom instead of video-only zoom. Canvas zoom scales the entire output frame (video + background + padding) which produces a more natural, cinematic zoom effect. You can still switch individual regions to video-only zoom in the settings.

Get started

Layout Regions are available now. Open any project with a camera recording, add a layout region, and start arranging. Check the help center for the full guide on presets, custom positions, and saving layouts.