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One clay diagram grows across the lesson: steps become stops on a clay rope, key sentences become medallions.

Document: Hand washing; Wikipedia, “Hand washing” (CC BY-SA 4.0); the product's pipeline wrote and narrated the lesson in English. Kind: steps and rules; Clay figures suits this kind. In the showcase video the Zıpır team chose the format.

Clay figures across the eight document kinds

It suits 1 kind; for the other 7, another format works better. The sentence on a row that does not suit is the note the panel shows on that document.

Steps and rulessuitsConcepts and processesbetter: WhiteboardNumbers and databetter: Summary presentationDates and order of eventsbetter: TimelinePlaces and layoutsbetter: Illustrated explainerParts and structurebetter: WhiteboardContracts and legislationbetter: Document walk-throughProducts and featuresbetter: Showcase

  1. Steps and rules — suits

    ordered steps, a recipe, usage instructions, a workplace safety rule, a statute article saying who must do what.

  2. Concepts and processes — does not suit

    “This document explains a concept; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Whiteboard

  3. Numbers and data — does not suit

    “This document explains numbers and data; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Summary presentation

  4. Dates and order of events — does not suit

    “This document explains dates and an order of events; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Timeline

  5. Places and layouts — does not suit

    “This document explains places and layouts; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Illustrated explainer

  6. Parts and structure — does not suit

    “This document explains the inner structure of something; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Whiteboard

  7. Contracts and legislation — does not suit

    “This document is a text such as a contract or legislation; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Document walk-through

  8. Products and features — does not suit

    “This document presents the features of a product; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Showcase

If you choose the format

The same format, with a document it does not suit: Photosynthesis is about concepts and processes. The choice is not blocked and the video is produced; the panel shows this note on the job page: “This document explains a concept; Clay figures works better on step-and-rule documents. You can still continue.”

If you choose the format Document: Photosynthesis; Wikipedia, “Photosynthesis” (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Two rules hold in every format: every sentence on screen is a verbatim quote from your document, shown with its page and line; no video is produced until you approve the scene plan. See it in a video

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If you leave the format to Zıpır, it picks the one that suits your document. If you choose, no option is closed; if the document does not suit it, you see a short warning in the panel.

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