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Three checks before a reel ships.
Reading time / every text holds at least 0.25 s per word + 0.5 s, measured frame by frame (78/78 pass).
Safe zones / every vertical text clear of the Reels interface.
Loudness / the same level on every master (≈ −15 LUFS).
Clients never see these checks. They feel them.
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The reading-time check is the one that stood out to me — holding every text at least 0.25 seconds per word plus 0.5, measured frame by frame, is exactly the kind of invisible detail that keeps a reel from feeling rushed. Pairing that with clear safe zones and consistent −15 LUFS...
Thanks Quan! If the viewer feels like they have to pause to finish reading, the reel is already failing. Really appreciate you stopping by to leave this feedback!
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Clean ending. That A feels solid, nice weight to it. Perfect for a showreel closer.
WHIP: the hyper-motion ad every product drop deserves
A product launch gets about two seconds in someone’s feed. Most of the work goes into the product, and the ad ends up as a still image with a price on it.
WHIP is built for those two seconds. The headline slams in, the shoe whips across the screen, stat tiles snap into a grid, callouts point at the details, and the whole thing ends on a clean brand card. It’s four scenes, loops in 15 seconds, and holds the same energy from start to finish.
I built it as one SVGator template, then dropped in three brands to show that it adapts without breaking:
👟 VOLTA, a cream court sneaker
🔥 KILN, a black and ember hi-top
🥾 HARROW, a full-grain leather Chelsea boot
The animation is the same every time. To make it yours, retype the text, swap one product image and change four colours. Every layer is named, the motion sits on wrapper groups, and you never touch a keyframe. A new brand takes under a minute.
All artwork was made for this template, the brands are fictional and the fonts are open source (Anton and Archivo), so it’s free to give away.
If you launch products, this one’s for you. What should WHIP sell next? 👇
Template: https://app.svgator.com/editor#/d10eaa341c0b4fcbbcde1d5d8f5f18a3
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VELOCITY turns a single drop of water into a hero launch for audio products. Built using the SVGator MCP and designing the products manually with Blender, the template pours water onto any headphone image and floods it into shape, because water takes the form of whatever it fills. That fluidity is the point: creators can swap the product render, brand colours and copy while the animation stays the same, making it ideal for product drops, colourway launches and pre-order campaigns.
Water taking the form of whatever it fills is a gorgeous concept for a launch template, Prajin. Pouring water over a headphone image and flooding it into shape is the kind of fluid drama that stops the scroll. Swapping renders while the animation stays the same is clever engineering too.