Locked-Layout ReskinTransitions
Match Cut
One object is replaced by another at the same anchor point, so the viewer's gaze never moves.
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Why it works
The new subject appears exactly where the eye already is, so the viewer never has to search the frame. The product stopping at the spot where it is worn ties object and person together without a visible cut.
Spec
- Timing
- Film 10s. Hard cuts at 2.0, 3.0, 3.75, 4.4 and 5.05s. Scene 1 push-in 0-1.3s then drift to 2.0s; popover opens 2.0s; status swap 3.3s; badge lands 3.75s; mic swap 4.6s; scene 6 cards from 5.2s, cursor 6.25-6.8s, click swap 6.85s; product fades 7.4s; avatar to center 7.45-8.55s; wordmark 8.1s; hold to 10s
- Easing
- Cuts are hard (opacity flips in one frame, no cross-fade); scene 1 push-in
expo.out1.3s; every scene then drifts 3% (scene 6: 5%) withease: "none"; popoverexpo.out0.4s; badge scale 0.6 to 1expo.out0.35s; cardsexpo.out0.5s, 0.16s stagger; cursorexpo.out0.55s; press scale 0.88power2.out0.08s; avatar to centerexpo.out1.1s - Camera
- Each scene is a UI sheet whose own avatar is scaled to exactly 112px and centered on the shared anchor (780, 450), so the face stays still while everything around it changes; only the opening wide shot scales (0.55x to 1x); end card holds the avatar at 1.45x drifting to 1.5x
- Subject
- One orange avatar (
#e8734a, 112px, initials MC) fixed at the anchor through six app scenes: team chat, calendar invite, issue tracker, pull request review, video call, and the product Kite, where cards fade up and a cursor clicks Approve. In the end card the avatar moves 40px right and 90px down, scales to 1.45x, swaps its initials for a gem glyph and becomes the mark beside the wordmark - Sync
- Every cut lands with the new avatar exactly at the old avatar's position and size; each in-scene change is a one-frame swap placed after the cut (reaction 1.15s, status 3.3s, mic 4.6s, Approve to Approved 6.85s)
- Style
- Backgrounds per scene: blue radial (
#6d83c9to#2e2f6b), white,#0b0c0d, white,#141416, warm dark radial (#3a2219to#09090a); accent#e8734a; Inter UI text and JetBrains Mono metadata. Wordmark Inter 600 128px, letter-spacing -0.035em,#f4f4f5
Prompt
Build a transition called Match Cut, 10s. Anchor one orange avatar (#e8734a, 112px, initials MC) at the same center (780, 450) for the whole film, and build six app scenes as UI sheets, each scaled so its own avatar is exactly 112px at that anchor: a team chat on a blue radial background (0-2.0s), a calendar invite on white (2.0-3.0s), an issue tracker in near-black (3.0-3.75s), a pull request review on white (3.75-4.4s), a video call in dark gray (4.4-5.05s) and the product on a warm dark gradient (5.05-7.4s). Cut hard between scenes by flipping scene opacity on a single frame with no cross-fade. The opening wide shot pushes from 0.55x to 1x over 1.3s with expo.out, then every scene drifts 3% (scene 6: 5%) with ease: "none". Inside scenes, use one-frame swaps for state (status at 3.3s, mic at 4.6s, Approve to Approved at 6.85s) and small expo.out entrances (popover 0.4s, badge 0.35s, cards 0.5s with 0.16s stagger from 5.2s, a cursor in 0.55s at 6.25s). At 7.4s fade the product out over 0.45s, move the avatar 40px right and 90px down at 1.45x over 1.1s with expo.out, swap its initials for a gem glyph, set the wordmark in at 8.1s (0.7s expo.out, 128px Inter 600) and hold to 10s.
People describe it as
- The product shrinks back into place and becomes worn on a face
- Something else takes the same position
- A pin on a map becomes a pin in real street view
Often confused with
- Foreground Wipe & FlashForeground Wipe & Flash uses a large object or white light to cover the frame before changing scenes; Match Cut keeps the anchor point still.
- Glass LensGlass Lens flips the background on the frame where the lens fills the screen; Match Cut keeps the composition position unchanged.
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