Record a Figma prototype walkthrough that sells the design

Short answer: a Figma share-link makes your reviewer do the navigating; a recorded walkthrough does it for them. Present the prototype fullscreen, record with cursor-follow zoom on, click through the golden path at a deliberate pace, and send a 60–90 second video that shows the design the way you meant it to be seen.

Setup (2 minutes)

1. In Figma, open Present mode; hide the Figma UI (options → hide UI) so only the design shows.
2. Set the prototype to actual-size or fit, avoid mid-zoom blurriness.
3. Start the recorder on that window with a 3-2-1 countdown so your first click isn't rushed.

The pacing rule that changes everything

Prototype demos die from clicking at working speed. Click, then hold still for a beat, that pause is where the auto-zoom lands and where the viewer's eye reads the screen. Two seconds per state minimum. Your walkthrough will feel slower to record and dramatically clearer to watch.

Polish that earns sign-off

• Zoom follows the flow: each hotspot click becomes a camera move, the reviewer never hunts for what changed.
• Text overlays as scene titles: "Onboarding, step 2 of 3" scoped to just that section.
• A backdrop instead of dead pixels: the prototype frame floating on a brand-colour stage reads as intentional, not screen-dumped.
• Mic + captions: narrate the why ("we moved the CTA above the fold"), auto-caption for the mute-scrollers.

Honest limits

A recording shows the golden path, it can't answer "what if I tap here?". For usability testing, still send the live prototype. The video's job is alignment and sign-off, and for that it beats the link every time.

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