New release / What's changed

Welcome to
Director
Mode.

Now you can control how your video ends.

FasterRender times AudioBaked in SameNo extra credits
Ending Prompt
He pulls a gem from a wormhole. He pulls an alchemy book from a wormhole. He pulls a test tube from a wormhole.
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01 The story

Director Mode started as a single thread of feedback - "I want more control" - and it grew into the biggest update we've shipped this year.

Now you get to control how the animation plays out in your videos.

Behind it: faster rendering, audio perfectly synced in every video, and everything you already love still baked in.

02 What's new

Six things, noticeably better.

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Audio, baked in.

Every scene comes with sound. Choose between SFX or Music to match the mood you're after.

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Faster renders.

Videos come back quicker, so you can iterate without losing your train of thought.

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More control.

Direct exactly how the scene should resolve. A wave, a spill, a dance, anything you can describe.

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Everything you already love.

Multiple outputs, private generations, free regenerations. Director Mode adds on top, it doesn't replace.

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Built into Animate.

One dropdown away. No new tab to learn.

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Smart suggestions.

Not sure what to write? When you're creating your video, we'll auto-suggest endings tailored to your scene.

Generating suggestions Try a suggestion
๐ŸŒง๏ธ Rain ๐Ÿฆ Melting ๐ŸŒฎ Spilling ๐ŸŽ‰ Confetti ๐Ÿ‘‹ Wave ๐Ÿ’ƒ Dance

More videos. Same credits.

Pick 2 outputs Uses same credits as only 1 video
Pick 4 outputs Uses same credits as only 2 videos

All videos render at the same time. Compare variations, pick your favourite, disregard the rest. The extras didn't cost you anything. Every video includes 1 free regeneration.

03 Where to find it

One step in. Right where you'd look.

Director Mode lives at the Animate step. Open the Select Mode dropdown and it's right there, ready to roll.

Prompt Layout Animate Download
Select Mode
Director Mode
How would you like this scene to end?
He spray paints the wall
here
04 See it in action

Real prompts. Real endings.

When you remix a video, the original creator's prompt is pre-filled. Use it, tweak it, or write your own.

Pro tip

Write your prompt like you're explaining it to a five-year-old. Step by step, in order, with details about what each thing does.

Vague: "He pulls out a gem."

Better: "At the end, he draws a circle on the bottom area, and it turns into a wormhole. He pulls out a gem with green smoke coming out of it."

The more sequence you give Director Mode, the more it can deliver. Specify where things happen, what they do, and in what order.

01
The handover
A clean ending. Literally.
Prompt At the end, she brushes her teeth, and then hands the viewer the toothbrush.
Direct handovers create participation. The character finishes the action, then passes the object to the camera so the viewer feels invited in.
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Audio + action
Sound and motion, in sync.
Prompt At the end, it meows and waves at the camera.
Audio is baked in now. Prompt for the sound and the gesture together and they land together. A meow with the wave. A bark with the head tilt.
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Conjure from empty
Objects can now appear out of nothing.
Prompt An astronaut swims out of the wormhole and swims breaststroke until he reaches the bottom area.
Use for product reveals, mascot intros, or any moment where you want something to materialise into the scene.
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Conjure from empty
A wave you weren't expecting.
Prompt A realistic wave crashes, and a huge scary shark breaks through the wave biting the viewer.
Big swings stop the scroll. Use for shock hooks, dramatic intros, or any creative that needs to grab attention in the first second.
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Screen FX
Cracks in the camera. On purpose this time.
Prompt At the end, the cat uses it's paw to knock on the camera lens and it cracks and then shatters the glass, and he says "Meow" afterwards.
Pattern-interrupt territory. Great for stopping the scroll on jump scares, reveals, and high-energy hooks.
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Holiday-themed
Lean into the calendar. Every holiday, a hook.
Prompt He spills gold coins out, and green 4 leaf clovers appear to rain down over the bottom area.
Perfect for St. Patrick's Day. The same trick works for Christmas, Valentine's, Halloween, Black Friday, anything with a visual signature.
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Top performer
Recreate the moves that already work.
Prompt At the end, the turtle turns up north, revealing its belly to the viewer and swims out of view.
Got an ad that's printing? Reverse-engineer the ending and reproduce it across new creatives. Your best-performing motion, on tap.
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Hero shot
A squirrel. On a motorcycle. Taking off his helmet.
Prompt He pulls off to the side, and takes his helmet off.
Yes, really. Director Mode lets you put characters in worlds they don't belong in, and have them act like they always did. Wild premises become hero shots.
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Product handoff
Hand it over. Literally.
Prompt The man rips the sandwich in half, and offers it to the viewer with one hand.
Built for DTC, food, and any product that benefits from a "this is yours now" moment. Direct address, no narration needed.
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Branded payoff
The chameleon, finishing the job.
Prompt He spray paints the bottom text area with graffiti.
End on your message. Have the character paint, write, or place your CTA in the scene so the brand moment feels earned, not bolted on.
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Multi-step
Three actions, one prompt.
Prompt At the end, he draws a circle on the bottom area, and it turns into a wormhole. He pulls out a gem with green smoke coming out of it.
This is the Pro Tip in action. Three sequential beats, written in order, executed in order. The more steps you spell out, the more Director Mode can choreograph.
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Classic three-beat
A rabbit, on cue.
Prompt At the end, he takes off his hat and places it upside down on the bottom area. Then, he sticks his hand into the hat, and pulls out a white rabbit.
Setup, action, payoff - the cleanest way to direct a reveal. Think outside the box: a realtor reaching into the hat and pulling out the keys to your dream home. A barista pulling out the perfect latte. The structure works for anything you want to unveil.
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Scroll-stopper
An influencer doing her makeup? Boring. A kitten doing it? Viral.
Prompt Petals scatter over the bottom area as the kitten playfully does its makeup routine.
Real people doing real things gets scrolled past. Cast a character no one expects in the role, add your brand, and watch the share count tick. Director Mode makes the absurd cast possible.
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Micro-gestures
Gestures, now under your control.
Prompt At the end, she smiles at the viewer and takes off her sunglasses.
The small stuff is now directable. Tilting the head, running a hand through hair, smirking, taking glasses off, leaning in. Pick the gesture that fits the beat.
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Out there
First contact: tacos.
Prompt The green monster takes a big bite of the taco and the taco's ingredients spill over the bottom area.
Unexpected pairings (monster + taco, robot + ramen) make scenes memorable. Director Mode handles the absurd just as well as the realistic.
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Swarm FX
One becomes many. Many becomes chaos.
Prompt One squirrel becomes two. Two becomes a swarm. They start dismantling the entire UI piece by piece as if it were paper.
Multiplication is its own effect. Use swarms to escalate energy and really take scroll-stopping to a new level.
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Break the frame
When the screen is the dirt.
Prompt The dog begins tearing up the bottom text area like digging up dirt, as if it were paper, revealing a tennis ball.
"As if it were paper" is the magic phrase. Tell Director Mode the screen is a real, physical thing and characters can dig through it, tear it, or push it aside.
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Screen FX
Acknowledge the fourth wall. Lick it.
Prompt Dog walks towards the camera and licks it, like it's licking a glass wall. It starts fogging up.
Treating the lens as a real surface unlocks intimate, weirdly engaging moments. Try licks, breath fog, smudges, raindrops.
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Brand reveal
Tear away the curtain.
Prompt The squirrel begins tearing up the bottom text area like digging up dirt, as if it were paper, revealing the words BREAKOUTCLIPS.COM.
The strongest brand reveals feel earned. Have a character physically uncover your URL or tagline instead of pasting it on top.
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Environment FX
Real physics, on call.
Prompt He starts digging up the bottom area as if it were paper.
Sand, water, dust, snow, smoke. Treat physical materials as a directable effect and pair them with a character action for max impact.
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Gesture control
Two actions, one smooth move.
Prompt At the end, he serves the coffee to the camera and takes off his hat.
Combine actions for layered character moments. A handover plus a tip of the hat reads as effort, not effect.
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Out there
Subverted, on purpose.
Prompt At the end, he sticks his tongue out and groans.
Sound and gesture together. The groan + tongue combo is the kind of weird specific moment the feed remembers.
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Out there
Three aliens. The pyramids. Synchronised.
Prompt All the aliens dance in sync over the bottom area.
Set up an absurd scene, then choreograph it. Multiple characters moving in sync against an iconic backdrop is the kind of frame people stop to watch and want to share.
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Product showcase
Your product, delivered by a character.
Prompt The bee floats down with the spoon, green blobs scattering.
A character handing over the product beats a static hero shot every time. Add scatter, splash, or steam for movement.
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Product showcase
Let the scene match the product.
Prompt Blue ice cream melts as ice freezes down the bottom area.
Direct the world to behave like your product. Frozen treats get frost. Hot drinks get steam. Skin care gets a soft glow. The environment becomes part of the message.
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Product showcase
Elegant motion, your product.
Prompt Soil and leaves scatter as it lands mid-frame, at the end, it discharges a puff of the scent.
Slow it down, dress it up. Luxury and beauty products earn attention through deliberate, weighted motion. Let the environment react to the product, not the other way around.

Your scene. Your call.

Open the Animate step, switch to Director Mode, and tell the scene how to end.

Try Director Mode โ†’