Expanding Brain template
The four-panel galaxy-brain escalation. Each step is bigger-brained (or more absurd) than the last.
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Expanding Brain (a.k.a. Galaxy Brain) is a multi-panel template showing a brain growing more enlightened — or more absurd — with each step. Panels ascend from a 'normal' idea to a glowing cosmic brain, usually to mock fake-deep or increasingly ridiculous logic.
Caption positions
- Panel 1: Basic idea The text starts near the top of the image and remains editable.
- Panel 2: Smarter idea The text starts around the middle of the image and remains editable.
- Panel 3: Even smarter The text starts around the middle of the image and remains editable.
- Panel 4: Transcendent (dumb) idea The text starts near the bottom of the image and remains editable.
This template starts at 713 × 1000 pixels. Choose Canvas to change the shape, then Text to edit captions without dragging. Keep labels away from the visual detail that carries the joke. Follow the caption workshop for an example.
Export a still image or capture changing captions in Animate. Save a project file to keep your layers, frames and timing editable. Follow the GIF walkthrough to revise and reorder a sequence.
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