Customize the layout of your videos during a live studio session, tailoring the visual experience to meet your needs. Highlight the active speaker for presentations or interviews, provide equal visibility for all participants during group discussions, or use split view for co-hosted events.
Who: Hosts and producers
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser
Step by step
- Join a studio as the host or producer.
- At the bottom of the studio, click Layout.
- In the Layout panel, choose from the available layout options. The options depend on the session setup (number of participants, screen share active, etc.) and include:
- Full screen: Shows one speaker in the full frame. Displays 1 participant.
- Grid fill: Shows all participants equally, with each video filling its frame. Displays up to 9 participants.
- Split screen: Displays one speaker in a larger frame beside another in a narrower frame. Displays up to 9 participants.
- Grid fit: Shows all participants equally, with each video fit to the screen (no cropping). Displays up to 9 participants.
- Picture-in-picture circle: Displays the active speaker or screen share in full screen, with others in small circular insets. Displays 1 participant.
- Picture-in-picture portrait: Displays the active speaker or screen share in full screen, with others in small vertical portrait frames. Displays 1 participant.
- Picture-in-picture side: Shows the active speaker or screen share in full screen, with others in a horizontal strip on the side. Displays up to 8 participants.
Or use the keyboard shortcuts to switch between layouts.
Expand and pin a participant's video tile
- Join a studio as the host or producer.
- Hover over the participant's tile you want to fill the screen with.
- Click the
Pin icon.
The selected speaker is displayed prominently, with the other participants shown in a narrow column on the right. - Click the
Unpin icon to revert.
View a participant's video tile in full screen
- Join a studio as the host or producer.
- Right-click or Ctrl-click on one of the video tiles.
- Click Full screen view.
If you view your own video in full screen, it displays the video without mirroring.
This view does not apply to uploaded presentations. - Press the esc key to exit the full screen.
Good to know
- Click the
- Layout changes are reflected in the All participants cloud recording. They do not carry over to the editor or the recording preview.
- When you end a screen share, the studio automatically returns to the layout you were using before sharing your screen.
- Grid Fill, Split Screen, and Grid Fit layouts are disabled when sharing your screen, as they are not compatible with screen sharing.
- When you change your layout, the change is applied to your guest's views by default. Guests can choose to override this by selecting their own layout. In that case, your layout changes will no longer affect them unless they return to following your layout.