Layered Video Composition

A cinematic edit built entirely from layered elements: two full-frame video tracks carry different looks, a bordered PiP clip drops in mid-timeline, and four text elements each use a different motion preset to land, blend, overlay, and dissolve on cue. Features used: vintage / camera_lens_blur effects, video positioning & borders, fade / difference / overlay / evaporate motion presets

{
  "width": 3840,
  "height": 2160,
  "elements": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "id": "vid2",
      "source_url": "https://cdn-assets.framelane.io/shared/videos/clip6.mp4",
      "in_point": 0,
      "out_point": 60,
      "effects": [
        {
          "type": "vintage",
          "intensity": 100
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "video",
      "id": "vid1",
      "source_url": "https://cdn-assets.framelane.io/shared/videos/clip5.mp4",
      "in_point": 0,
      "out_point": 60,
      "volume": 50,
      "effects": [
        {
          "type": "camera_lens_blur",
          "intensity": 100
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "video",
      "id": "vid3",
      "source_url": "https://cdn-assets.framelane.io/shared/videos/clip1.mp4",
      "in_point": 0,
      "out_point": 30,
      "time": 30,
      "fade_in_duration": 1,
      "fade_out_duration": 1,
      "x": "85%",
      "y": "85%",
      "width": "20%",
      "height": "20%",
      "border_radius": 48,
      "border_width": 6,
      "border_color": "#000000",
      "z_index": 1
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "t1",
      "text": "We destroy the world?!",
      "font_family": "Komika Axis",
      "text_color": "#FFFFFF",
      "stroke_color": "#000000",
      "stroke_width": 0.1,
      "font_size": 360,
      "text_align": "left",
      "x": "20%",
      "y": "50%",
      "width": "50%",
      "time": 5,
      "duration": 10,
      "motion": [
        { "type": "fade", "time": 5, "duration": 5 }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "t2",
      "text": "Albert",
      "font_family": "Alfa Slab One",
      "text_color": "#FFFFFF",
      "font_size": 380,
      "x": "20%",
      "y": "80%",
      "time": 30,
      "duration": 15,
      "motion": [
        {
          "type": "difference",
          "time": 30,
          "duration": 15
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "t3",
      "text": "we thoughtwe might start a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world",
      "font_family": "Alfa Slab One",
      "text_color": "#FFFFFF",
      "font_size": 140,
      "x": "50%",
      "y": "40%",
      "width": "80%",
      "time": 35,
      "duration": 10,
      "motion": [
        {
          "type": "overlay",
          "time": 35,
          "duration": 10
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "t4",
      "text": "I believe we did!",
      "font_family": "Poppins",
      "font_weight": 700,
      "text_color": "#FFFFFF",
      "font_size": 360,
      "duration": 10,
      "x": "50%",
      "y": "50%",
      "time": 50,
      "motion": [
        {
          "type": "evaporate",
          "time": 58,
          "duration": 2
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

How the video layers stack

vid2 and vid1 are both full-frame clips that play from the start — vid2 carries a vintage effect while vid1 sits on top at 50% volume with a camera_lens_blur. At second 30, vid3 fades in as a picture-in-picture in the bottom-right corner (x/y/width/height as percentages), with rounded corners and a black border via border_radius, border_width, and border_color. border_radius and border_width are pixel values on video and image elements (on shape the equivalent field is corner_radius, already a 0–1 fraction). At 4K a 20% PiP is 432px tall, so a 1px border would be invisible.

Text motion by beat

Text	`motion.type`	Effect
”We destroy the world?!”	`fade`	Fades in over 5 seconds starting at second 5
”Albert”	`difference`	Difference-blend mode for the full 15-second window
Chain reaction quote	`overlay`	Overlay blend across the element’s own 35–45 s window
”I believe we did!”	`evaporate`	Dissolves away character-by-character over the last 2 seconds

Each text element uses time and duration to control when it appears and how long the motion runs. See the motion presets page for all available types.

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How the video layers stack

Text motion by beat