# 14-step AI execution breakdown

## Purpose
This is the detailed AI-facing execution breakdown derived from the uploaded screen recording. It is intended for a coding agent or implementation assistant, not for human presentation.

## Source context
- Recording shows a Layerpath dashboard screenshot being edited in CleanShot X
- Goal is to transform a raw screenshot into a more presentation-ready, annotated briefing asset
- The visible operations focus on selection, annotation styling, numbered callouts, directional emphasis, and final framing/layout polish

## Important note
This breakdown is based primarily on visible on-screen actions and resulting states. It does **not** rely on a verbatim narration transcript.

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## 14-step execution breakdown

### Step 1. Start from the Layerpath dashboard screenshot inside the editor
- Load the screenshot/canvas containing the Layerpath dashboard in dark mode
- Preserve the original screenshot as the base visual layer
- Keep the browser/app context visible enough that the dashboard still reads as a real product screen, not a cropped abstract graphic

### Step 2. Clear transient overlays or dialogs that are not part of the final explanation
- Remove or dismiss temporary system/UI overlays, such as save dialogs or floating system elements, if they obstruct the working area
- The editable screenshot should become the main focus

### Step 3. Establish the screenshot as the primary target for annotation
- Ensure the screenshot is the active object on the canvas
- At one point, a lower-left demo card region appears selected with a blue bounding box
- Preserve the idea that a specific content area is being targeted, not random freehand markup over the whole page

### Step 4. Open annotation controls and prepare the visual language
- Enter annotation/edit mode
- Use shape/callout controls rather than relying only on raw drawing
- The final result should feel deliberate and systematized, not messy or improvised

### Step 5. Choose numbered callouts as the main explanatory device
- Open the numbered marker/callout menu
- Prefer sequential numbering rather than arbitrary labels
- The visual evidence suggests a numbered series is central to the explanation structure

### Step 6. Configure callout style and size for readability
- Adjust callout style settings before placing all markers
- A size menu is visibly explored with options including 11 pt, 14 pt, 20 pt, 24 pt, 31 pt, and 45 pt
- Final chosen size should be readable without overpowering the screenshot
- Consistency matters more than decorative variation

### Step 7. Place callout 1 near the workspace/sidebar area
- Add marker `1` near the upper-left working context, around the workspace/sidebar region
- This establishes the explanation starting point near the product shell rather than deep inside the content grid

### Step 8. Place callout 2 near the left navigation
- Add marker `2` near the left navigation area around items like Dashboard / My demos
- This indicates the navigation structure is part of what the viewer should understand

### Step 9. Place callout 3 on the top-left demo card
- Add marker `3` on or near the top-left card in the main content grid
- This shifts the explanation from chrome/navigation into the actual content region

### Step 10. Place callout 4 near “My demos”
- Add marker `4` near the “My demos” area
- This suggests the section title or content grouping itself matters, not only individual cards

### Step 11. Place callout 5 near the lower-left target card
- Add marker `5` near the lower-left card area, which visually becomes a major point of emphasis later
- This area appears to be the destination of the large red arrow and should read as a focal target

### Step 12. Draw a large red directional arrow toward the lower-left card area
- Add a bold diagonal red arrow from the upper-right region toward the lower-left target area
- The arrow should create an unmistakable directional cue
- The purpose is emphasis and visual hierarchy, not decoration
- The arrow makes the lower-left card feel like the key object or takeaway

### Step 13. Open framing/background controls and convert the screenshot into a presentation asset
- Transition from raw annotation into layout polish
- Open the styling/framing panel with options such as Presets, Gradients, Wallpapers, Blurred, Plain color, Padding, Inset, Auto-balance, Shadow, Corners, Alignment, Ratio
- Apply a green/teal presentation background behind the screenshot
- Keep the screenshot centered as the primary subject inside this framed composition

### Step 14. Fine-tune layout values until the composition feels balanced
- Adjust padding and related framing controls
- Auto-balance appears enabled and should guide a centered composition
- Ratio is shown as 4:3 in the later state and can be treated as the target presentation ratio
- Final output should preserve:
  - the screenshot
  - markers 1 through 5
  - the large red arrow
  - a centered framed layout
  - a clean green/teal background
- End state should look like a shareable explanatory visual, not merely an editing workspace mid-process

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## Final visual target
The final artifact should communicate all of the following at once:
- a real product screenshot is the base
- the explanation is structured with sequential numbered points
- one lower-left content region is strongly emphasized
- directional guidance is explicit via a bold red arrow
- the entire composition has been elevated into a polished, presentation-ready frame

## Output philosophy
For AI implementation purposes:
- treat numbered callouts as the structured narrative layer
- treat the arrow as the attention-directing layer
- treat the background/frame as the presentation layer
- treat the screenshot itself as the truth-preserving reference layer

## Suggested hierarchy
1. Source screenshot
2. Numbered annotation system
3. Directional emphasis
4. Framing and polish
5. Final balanced composition
