How to make a fake group chat, on every phone

Make the chat a group

1. 1Open Studio and press Scene settings (the sliders button in the top bar).
2. 2Under Chat, choose Group, and give the group its name.
3. 3The group starts with three members besides you: type their names, remove one with its ×, or press Add person for more. Pick the app the group is in under Look — WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Discord, Instagram, Snapchat or Messenger.
4. 4Give yourself a name too: click You under People. The other members’ phones show it beside your messages, and otherwise they read “You”.

You can skip the settings: write the chat as a script with more than one name (Sam: who’s bringing snacks, Priya: not me) and Studio adds the people for you.

Write who says what

Each message has a Sender on the right: pick which member says it, or you. In the screenshot, each run of messages from one person gets their name and picture, as the app shows it. A whole chat is quicker as a script — press Edit as a script and write one line a message:

Sam: who's bringing snacks tonight
Priya: not me, I brought them last time
Me: I'll get chips
Sam: and drinks?
Me: don't push it
Priya: 😂

Give every member a phone

A view is the same chat on another person’s phone. Views are linked: change a message in any of them and it changes in all of them; Undo takes it back in all of them too.

1. 1In Scene settings, find Views.
2. 2Press A view for everyone. Each member gets a scene of their own, seen from their phone; the Scenes list marks them with a link.
3. 3Open a view and give that phone its own look: another app, phone model, light or dark, or language. Those stay with each phone; the messages stay shared.

To edit one phone on its own, open it and press Unlink this view in Scene settings. It becomes an ordinary scene; the others stay linked.

Play them side by side

Press Video, pick a style, then Preview: every view plays side by side on one clock. When Sam sends a message, Sam’s phone types it on the keyboard while the others show the typing dots, and it lands on every screen at the same moment.

Type & send, Open chat and Appear all keep the phones in step. Scroll through is not offered while views are linked.

Export a video per phone

1. 1Press Export. Under Phones, keep All 3 · ZIP (it counts your phones) to export every view, or choose This view for one.
2. 2Choose the format and size, then export. You get a ZIP with a clip for each phone, all exactly the same length, so they line up in any video editor.

Views and video export are part of Pro. For the basics of the video itself — styles, pace and sound — see how to make a fake text message video.