Can I change the slab colors to match my brand palette?

Yes. The sample build rotates four colors across the six panes - signal red (#e63946), cobalt (#1d4ed8), mustard (#facc15), and black (#0a0a0a). Each slab is a single shape with a fillColor token, so swapping in your brand color palette is a per-pane change. The structure assumes color variety is part of the design - if you want a single color across all panes, you lose some visual tension but the diptych geometry still reads.

How do the cutout figures break the slab boundary on the cover pane?

The cutout image child overlaps the slab shape rect by 5-10% via its translateX offset, so the figure shoulder extends past the 50/50 line into the slab half. This is the visual move that makes the diptych feel composed rather than mechanically split. The cutout sits on a higher parallax depth than the slab, so during navigation the shoulder appears to lift forward of the slab plane.

Do I need to use the same person across all five cutout shots?

Yes for visual continuity, no for the structure. The sample build uses five poses of the same figure (arms folded, pointing, hand on hip, looking up, seated) shot in consistent wardrobe and lighting. You can replace with your own founder or archetypal subject - just keep the wardrobe, lighting, and background consistent across all five generations. If you only have one portrait, repeat it across panes; the slab color shifts carry the variation.

Diptych Split - Slab + Cutout Manifesto Template

A 6-pane manifesto template built on a hard 50/50 vertical split. Solid color slab on one half holds a declaration in white Anton; cutout figure on the other half stands, points, or gestures back toward the slab. Cover pane mirrors the close so the deck opens and ends on the same diptych. Built for brand intros, founder declarations, and bold positioning statements from companies that want to signal "we have a point of view."

#What Makes This Template Stand Out

The defining choice is the color rotation. Most manifesto decks pick one accent color and stick with it. This one rotates four - signal red, cobalt, mustard, black - across six panes so each declaration lands as its own beat. The slab color is the emotional cue: red for the brand cover, cobalt for the first principle (WE BELIEVE), mustard for the second principle (IN DOING THE WORK), black for the pull quote, and red again for the CTA close. The color variety IS the design system.

The cutout-breaks-the-boundary move is what makes the diptych feel composed. The figure on the cutout half overlaps the slab edge by 5-10%, so a shoulder or an arm extends past the 50/50 line into the slab half. The cutout sits at parallax 3 while the slab sits at parallax 0, so during pane transitions the figure appears to lift forward of the slab plane. Without this overlap, the diptych reads as a stuck PowerPoint two-column; with it, the diptych reads as an editorial layout.

Animation is composed. Slab side enters with letter-blur on the headline word, cutout side enters with a slow fade so the figure feels solid and anchored rather than animated in. Pane 4 (three pillars - CRAFT, CARE, COURAGE) breaks the diptych pattern into a column triptych so the rhythm doesn't get monotonous. The CTA close on pane 6 inverts the cover - cutout on left, slab on right - which frames the deck symmetrically.

Hard 50/50 vertical split with solid color slabs rotating red, cobalt, mustard, and black
Cutout figures that break the slab boundary by 5-10% for layered editorial tension
Anton 900 white headlines on slabs, JetBrains Mono micro-meta on every pane
Three-column pillar pane (CRAFT / CARE / COURAGE) breaks the diptych rhythm
Cover pane and CTA close pane mirror each other to frame the manifesto symmetrically
6-pane manifesto arc: cover, two principles, three pillars, pull quote, CTA close

#Who Should Use This Template

Founders writing a brand manifesto for the company site, an investor update, or a Series A intro deck. The diptych reads as conviction rather than corporate filler.
Studios and agencies writing a capabilities statement that doubles as a positioning piece. The CRAFT / CARE / COURAGE pillar structure adapts directly to any three-pillar agency framework.
Mission-driven brands and nonprofits declaring a point of view on a category, a movement, or a moment. The slab colors carry weight that a soft white-on-white manifesto never does.
Operators publishing a company values deck for internal kickoff, new-hire onboarding, or a public values page. Six panes is the right length for values that get read all the way through.

#Best Use Cases

#Brand Manifesto on the Company Homepage

Embed the slideshow as a manifesto block on the company site, anywhere the brand voice needs to land in one scroll. The autoplay walks visitors through the cover, the two-part declaration, the three pillars, the pull quote, and the CTA close in about 24 seconds. Export to HTML for the inline embed, or to MP4 for a hero video that plays muted as the visitor lands. The cutout figure makes the values feel embodied rather than abstract.

#Series A and Brand-Led Investor Intros

Consumer and brand investors look for conviction in the first five minutes. This template's six-pane manifesto sets the founder's point of view before the deck dives into market and traction. Use it as a cold-outbound teaser ahead of a longer pitch deck, or as the opening three minutes of a live pitch. Export to PDF for the email, link the live version for the investor read-along.

#New-Hire Kickoff and Internal Values Decks

When a new hire opens their first-week packet, the values deck either reads as performative or as actually believed. This template's diptych structure - declaration on one side, founder figure on the other - makes the values feel personal because the founder is literally standing in the frame next to them. Export to MP4 for the kickoff video, to HTML for the company wiki, or to PDF for the onboarding packet.

#How to Customize This Template

Open PaneFlow and select "Diptych Split - Slab + Cutout" from the template gallery
Replace the brand wordmark on the cover (MERIDIAN.) with your brand name in white Anton
Swap the five cutout figures with your own founder, archetypal subject, or team portraits (consistent wardrobe and lighting across all five)
Update the two-part declaration on panes 2 and 3 (WE BELIEVE / IN DOING THE WORK) with your manifesto statement
Edit the three pillar words on pane 4 (CRAFT / CARE / COURAGE) to your three core principles
Rewrite the pull quote on pane 5 (THE WORK IS THE POINT) and the attribution caption below
Update the CTA URL on pane 6 (MERIDIAN.STUDIO →) with your domain and call to action
Optionally retune the four slab colors to match your brand palette, then export to MP4, HTML, or PDF

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