Newsletter to Video
Warm newsletter recap; swap the sections[] array, issue label, sponsor toggle, CTA and cover image.
- Type
- Video
- Format
- TikTok · 9:16
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Duration
- 18.6s
- Scenes
- 5
- Render cost
- $0.00465 / render
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Customize Newsletter to Video
Newsletter to Video is a ready-to-render Content creator / social video design formatted for TikTok · 9:16 with 5 scenes and support for variables, data-driven repeat, conditional scenes. Open it in the editor to replace its copy and media, then render variations through the Zvid API.
15 variables: Every value below is a variable you can override — send them in the variables field of the render request (or edit them in the editor) to generate on-brand versions at scale.
newsletterNameTextissueLabelTexthookTitleTexthookSubTextcoverImageMedia URLinkColoraccentColorpaperColorsectionsList · 3showSponsorTogglesponsorLabelTextsponsorNameTextctaTitleTextctaTextTextmusicUrlMedia URLThe exact JSON payload
This is the full render config — POST it to the API, or open it in the editor to tweak.
{
"name": "social-newsletter-to-video",
"resolution": "tiktok",
"frameRate": 30,
"backgroundColor": "#FBF4E9",
"outputFormat": "mp4",
"variables": {
"newsletterName": "THE MONDAY MEMO",
"issueLabel": "ISSUE #47",
"hookTitle": "This week's<br>3-minute recap",
"hookSub": "Everything worth knowing, no inbox required.",
"coverImage": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/6152745/pexels-photo-6152745.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940",
"ink": "#2A2016",
"accent": "#E1622A",
"paper": "#FBF4E9",
"sections": [
{
"tag": "TREND",
"title": "AI agents go mainstream",
"body": "Every big tool shipped an agent this week. The takeaway: learn to delegate tasks now, not next year."
},
{
"tag": "TOOL",
"title": "The app everyone starred",
"body": "A tiny open-source note tool hit 20k stars in 5 days. Fast, local-first, and completely free."
},
{
"tag": "READ",
"title": "The 4-hour deep-work myth",
"body": "New research says 90-minute focused blocks beat marathon sessions. Protect your mornings ruthlessly."
}
],
"showSponsor": true,
"sponsorLabel": "THIS ISSUE SUPPORTED BY",
"sponsorName": "Zvid — turn any text into video",
"ctaTitle": "Get it in your inbox<br>every Monday",
"ctaText": "Subscribe — link in bio",
"musicUrl": "https://cdn.pixabay.com/audio/2025/04/21/audio_ed6f0ed574.mp3"
},
"scenes": [
{
"id": "cover",
"duration": 4,
"backgroundColor": "#FBF4E9",
"transition": "smoothleft",
"transitionId": "section",
"transitionDuration": 0.5,
"visuals": [
{
"type": "IMAGE",
"src": "{{coverImage}}",
"x": 540,
"y": 700,
"width": 900,
"height": 800,
"anchor": "center-center",
"zoom": true,
"radius": {
"tl": 40,
"tr": 40,
"bl": 40,
"br": 40
},
"track": 1,
"enterBegin": 0,
"enterEnd": 0.55,
"enterAnimation": "smoothdown",
"exitEnd": 4
},
{
"type": "SVG",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"track": 0,
"enterBegin": 0,
"exitEnd": 4,
"svg": "<svg width='1080' height='1920' viewBox='0 0 1080 1920' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><rect width='1080' height='1920' fill='#FBF4E9'/><circle cx='150' cy='1600' r='260' fill='rgba(225,98,42,0.08)'/><path d='M80 1200 H1000' stroke='rgba(42,32,22,0.15)' stroke-width='2'/></svg>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 90,
"y": 130,
"anchor": "top-left",
"track": 2,
"enterBegin": 0.2,
"enterEnd": 0.6,
"enterAnimation": "smoothleft",
"exitEnd": 4,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Archivo"
},
"html": "<div style='color:{{accent}}; font-size:30px; font-weight:800; letter-spacing:8px;'>{{newsletterName}}</div><div style='margin-top:8px; color:#9C8E79; font-size:26px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:4px;'>{{issueLabel}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 90,
"y": 1250,
"width": 900,
"anchor": "top-left",
"track": 3,
"enterBegin": 0.5,
"enterEnd": 1,
"enterAnimation": "smoothup",
"exitEnd": 4,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Bricolage Grotesque"
},
"html": "<div style='color:{{ink}}; font-size:100px; line-height:0.98; font-weight:800; letter-spacing:-3px;'>{{hookTitle}}</div><div style='margin-top:24px; color:#6E6250; font-size:34px; line-height:1.35; font-weight:500;'>{{hookSub}}</div>"
}
]
},
{
"id": "section",
"iterate": "sections",
"iterateAs": "s",
"duration": 4,
"backgroundColor": "#FBF4E9",
"transition": "smoothleft",
"transitionId": "cta",
"transitionDuration": 0.5,
"visuals": [
{
"type": "SVG",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"track": 0,
"enterBegin": 0,
"exitEnd": 4,
"svg": "<svg width='1080' height='1920' viewBox='0 0 1080 1920' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><rect width='1080' height='1920' fill='#FBF4E9'/><rect x='80' y='560' width='920' height='800' rx='40' fill='#FFFFFF' stroke='rgba(42,32,22,0.12)' stroke-width='1.5'/><rect x='80' y='560' width='920' height='14' rx='7' fill='#E1622A'/><path d='M150 980 H930' stroke='rgba(42,32,22,0.1)' stroke-width='1.5'/></svg>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 240,
"anchor": "center-center",
"track": 1,
"enterBegin": 0.1,
"enterEnd": 0.5,
"enterAnimation": "fade",
"exitEnd": 4,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Archivo"
},
"html": "<div style='color:#9C8E79; font-size:26px; font-weight:800; letter-spacing:6px;'>{{newsletterName}} · {{issueLabel}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 150,
"y": 640,
"width": 780,
"anchor": "top-left",
"track": 2,
"enterBegin": 0.3,
"enterEnd": 0.75,
"enterAnimation": "smoothup",
"exitEnd": 4,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Bricolage Grotesque"
},
"html": "<div style='display:inline-block; background:{{accent}}; color:#FBF4E9; border-radius:8px; padding:10px 24px; font-size:28px; font-weight:800; letter-spacing:3px;'>{{s.tag}}</div><div style='margin-top:26px; color:{{ink}}; font-size:62px; line-height:1.04; font-weight:800; letter-spacing:-1px;'>{{s.title}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 150,
"y": 1030,
"width": 780,
"anchor": "top-left",
"track": 3,
"enterBegin": 0.55,
"enterEnd": 1,
"enterAnimation": "fade",
"exitEnd": 4,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Archivo"
},
"html": "<div style='color:#5C5040; font-size:38px; line-height:1.45; font-weight:500;'>{{s.body}}</div>"
}
]
},
{
"id": "cta",
"duration": 4.6,
"backgroundColor": "#2A2016",
"visuals": [
{
"type": "SVG",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"track": 0,
"enterBegin": 0,
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"svg": "<svg width='1080' height='1920' viewBox='0 0 1080 1920' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><defs><radialGradient id='nlvCta' cx='0.5' cy='0.38' r='0.95'><stop offset='0' stop-color='#3A2C1C'/><stop offset='1' stop-color='#2A2016'/></radialGradient></defs><rect width='1080' height='1920' fill='url(#nlvCta)'/><rect x='420' y='500' width='240' height='170' rx='16' fill='none' stroke='#E1622A' stroke-width='4'/><path d='M420 520 L540 610 L660 520' fill='none' stroke='#E1622A' stroke-width='4'/></svg>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 780,
"width": 920,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 1,
"enterBegin": 0.25,
"enterEnd": 0.75,
"enterAnimation": "smoothup",
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Bricolage Grotesque"
},
"html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#FBF4E9; font-size:80px; line-height:1.04; font-weight:800; letter-spacing:-2px;'>{{ctaTitle}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 1120,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 2,
"enterBegin": 0.7,
"enterEnd": 1.1,
"enterAnimation": "circleopen",
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Archivo"
},
"html": "<div style='display:inline-block; background:{{accent}}; color:{{paper}}; border-radius:999px; padding:26px 62px; font-size:36px; font-weight:800;'>{{ctaText}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"condition": "{{showSponsor}}",
"x": 540,
"y": 1620,
"width": 880,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 3,
"enterBegin": 1.1,
"enterEnd": 1.55,
"enterAnimation": "fade",
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Archivo"
},
"html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#9C8E79; font-size:24px; font-weight:800; letter-spacing:4px;'>{{sponsorLabel}}</div><div style='margin-top:12px; text-align:center; color:#D9CBB6; font-size:32px; font-weight:600;'>{{sponsorName}}</div>"
}
]
}
],
"audios": [
{
"src": "{{musicUrl}}",
"volume": 0.15,
"track": 0
}
]
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