Working with scene layouts

Scene layouts decide how each scene looks. Combine them with your brand kit elements to build fast — and swap a layout right inside the scene.

Written By David Kettner

Last updated 1 day ago

A scene layout decides how a single scene is composed — what goes where. Every scene in a template is built on one, so choosing layouts is how you shape a video without designing anything from scratch. This follows on from how video templates work.

What a scene layout is

A scene layout is the arrangement of one scene — footage, text, and logo, and how they sit together. Pick a layout and you start from a proven composition, then drop your content in. Because layouts are modular, you can combine different ones across a template to build exactly the format you need.

The standard layouts

When you add or edit a scene, you choose from a set of Standard layouts:

  • Video without Graphics — full-frame footage, no overlays.
  • Video with Lower Third — footage with a lower third for name, role, or title.
  • Text Slide — a text-only slide.
  • Logo Slide — a branded logo slide, ideal for intros and outros.
  • Split Screen — two sources side by side.
  • Interview — an interview composition.
  • Thumbnail — a cover/thumbnail frame.

You'll also see a Custom tab. Custom layouts cover branding needs the standard layouts can't — Mozaik's brand and design team sets them up for you when your requirements call for something special. You don't build custom layouts in the editor yourself.

Layouts and brand kit elements

A layout sets the composition; your brand kit elements — logo, colors, transitions, intro/outro, and lower thirds — are applied on top automatically. Combining a layout with your brand kit is how you set up a scene, and a whole template or project, in seconds and on-brand every time.

Good to know: Mozaik remembers the graphics you last used with a layout. If you replace the lower third in a Video with Lower Third scene with a different one, the next time you pick that layout Mozaik applies your updated lower third automatically.

Change a scene's layout

You're not locked in. To swap a scene's layout, open the scene's ⋯ menu and choose Change scene, then pick a different layout — Split Screen instead of Video without Graphics, say. You don't have to rebuild the scene from scratch.

Why layouts matter for volume

Good to know: Because layouts are modular and consistent, the same scene structure produces the same on-brand result every time. That consistency is exactly what lets Mozaik automate branding, editing, and captions across many videos.