Zencastr Produce is a paid feature that enhances and mixes together the separate audio (and video) files for you and your guests into a combined file.

Running postproduction for a recording done in the ‘Record Audio and Video’ recording mode has the Video Layout options shown below.

Note: Users on free plans will have a Zencastr watermark on the final video mix. Users on paid plans can remove the Zencastr watermark and also add their own watermark/logo.

In this article:

Zen Layout

Active Speaker Layout

Vertical Layout

Horizontal Layout

Side Grid Layout

Side Grid 2 Focused Layout

Symmetry Layout

Cover Art Layout

Custom Layout

Aspect Ratios

Related Questions

For 1 to 6 participants.

Uses AI technology to detect the active speaker and displays that participant in a larger screen while placing the other participant(s) in smaller screens. When the active speaker changes, the participant who is on the larger screen automatically switches.

Note: The switch between speaking participants is an effect that is applied after the postproduction is run. As such, at this time, the switch is not viewable on the Produce Page preview, but it will be seen in the final video mix.

For 2 to 6 participants.

Uses AI technology to detect the active speaker and displays that participant in a larger screen. When the active speaker changes, the participant who is on the larger screen automatically switches.

Note: The switch between speaking participants is an effect that is applied after the postproduction is run. As such, at this time, the switch is not viewable on the Produce Page preview, but it will be seen in the final video mix.

For 2 participants.

Arranges the videos in a vertical, stacked orientation and crops them (i.e. removes the left and right spacing) as needed for the selected aspect ratio.

For 2 participants.

Arranges the videos in a horizontal, side-by-side orientation and crops them (i.e. removes the left and right spacing) as needed for the selected aspect ratio.

For 3 to 6 participants.

Arranges videos asymmetrically so one participant’s video is larger and the rest of the participants’ videos are smaller and equally sized.

For 5 or 6 participants.

Arranges videos asymmetrically so two participants’ videos are larger and the rest of the participants’ videos are smaller and equally sized.

For 4 or 6 participants.

Arranges the videos symmetrically with all participants’ videos equally sized.

For 1 to 6 participants.

Uses your podcast’s cover art as the video image instead of the participants’ videos.

For 1 to 6 participants.

Uses an uploaded image as the video image instead of the participants’ videos.

All video layouts can be downloaded in one of three aspect ratios:

To run a postproduction for a recording done in the ‘Record Audio. No Video’ or ‘Record Audio. Show Video’ modes, see this guide. To run a postproduction for a recording done in the ‘Record Audio and Video’ mode, see this guide.

See this article for troubleshooting for common Automatic postproduction issues.

Check out our Produce With Zencastr video podcast for short tutorials on specific features of Produce.