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

April 16, 2026

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](/content/help/index.html) for the full guide on presets, custom positions, and saving layouts.