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A punch-in makes your camera fill more of the frame for a moment, adding emphasis without changing the recording itself. In Tella it is the Punch-in option on a full-frame camera layout under Layout, not a zoom in the Effect tool, which works on screen content.

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Add a camera punch-in

  1. Open your video and click Layout.
  2. Drag across the moment you want to emphasize. You can also select the matching words in the transcript row.
  3. Choose the full-frame camera layout:
    • For a screen-and-camera recording, find it under Camera-only.
    • For a camera-only recording, choose the full-frame camera preset.
  4. In the layout’s inline controls, enable Punch-in.
  5. Play the section to preview the effect.
Tella creates a layout card for the selected range. Drag the card to move the punch-in, or drag either edge to adjust when it starts and ends.

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Make the punch-in smooth or a hard cut

  1. Select the punch-in card and open Customize layout.
  2. Under Animations, set Intro and Outro to Smooth or Hard cut.
Intro is unavailable if the punch-in is the first layout, and Outro is unavailable if it is the last. Use Smooth for a gradual camera move or Hard cut for an immediate change.
Select the words you want to emphasize before choosing the layout. The card will snap to those word boundaries, which makes spoken punchlines easy to time.
For more ways to move, resize, split, or copy the section, see Layouts.
Last modified on October 26, 2026