Quote Video
Serif quote over misty forest video, author card and follow CTA — swap quote + author.
- Type
- Video
- Format
- Instagram Reel · 9:16
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Duration
- 11.8s
- Scenes
- 2
- Render cost
- $0.00295 / render
Free template · opens in the editor, no account required.
Customize Quote Video
Quote Video is a ready-to-render Content creator / social video design formatted for Instagram Reel · 9:16 with 2 scenes and support for variables, conditional scenes, video. Open it in the editor to replace its copy and media, then render variations through the Zvid API.
9 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.
channelNameTextquoteTextauthorTextauthorNoteTextshowAuthorNoteTogglectaTextTextbgVideoMedia URLbgImageMedia URLmusicUrlMedia 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-quote-video",
"resolution": "instagram-reel",
"frameRate": 30,
"backgroundColor": "#1B1E22",
"outputFormat": "mp4",
"variables": {
"channelName": "@stillmind.daily",
"quote": "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including you.",
"author": "Anne Lamott",
"authorNote": "Writer & essayist",
"showAuthorNote": true,
"ctaText": "Follow for a daily reset",
"bgVideo": "https://videos.pexels.com/video-files/30149713/12928657_1080_1920_60fps.mp4",
"bgImage": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/15637846/pexels-photo-15637846.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1620",
"musicUrl": "https://cdn.pixabay.com/audio/2025/04/21/audio_ed6f0ed574.mp3"
},
"scenes": [
{
"id": "quote",
"duration": 8,
"backgroundColor": "#1B1E22",
"transition": "fade",
"transitionId": "author",
"transitionDuration": 0.8,
"visuals": [
{
"type": "VIDEO",
"src": "{{bgVideo}}",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"position": "center-center",
"resize": "cover",
"volume": 0,
"track": 0,
"enterBegin": 0,
"exitEnd": 8
},
{
"type": "SVG",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"track": 1,
"enterBegin": 0,
"exitEnd": 8,
"svg": "<svg width='1080' height='1920' viewBox='0 0 1080 1920' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><rect width='1080' height='1920' fill='rgba(20,24,26,0.5)'/><rect x='70' y='70' width='940' height='1780' fill='none' stroke='rgba(240,236,227,0.35)' stroke-width='1'/><text x='150' y='560' font-family='Georgia' font-size='220' fill='rgba(240,236,227,0.55)'>“</text><path d='M420 1480 H660' stroke='rgba(240,236,227,0.6)' stroke-width='1.5'/></svg>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 170,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 2,
"enterBegin": 0.3,
"enterEnd": 0.9,
"enterAnimation": "fade",
"exitEnd": 8,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Inter"
},
"html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#B9B4A6; font-size:23px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:7px;'>{{channelName}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 660,
"width": 840,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 3,
"enterBegin": 0.7,
"enterEnd": 1.5,
"enterAnimation": "smoothup",
"exitEnd": 8,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Playfair Display"
},
"html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#F0ECE3; font-size:62px; line-height:1.35; font-style:italic;'>{{quote}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 1530,
"width": 800,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 4,
"enterBegin": 1.8,
"enterEnd": 2.4,
"enterAnimation": "fade",
"exitEnd": 8,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Inter"
},
"html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#F0ECE3; font-size:34px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:2px;'>— {{author}}</div>"
}
]
},
{
"id": "author",
"duration": 4.6,
"backgroundColor": "#14181A",
"visuals": [
{
"type": "IMAGE",
"src": "{{bgImage}}",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"position": "center-center",
"resize": "cover",
"zoom": true,
"opacity": 0.5,
"track": 0,
"enterBegin": 0,
"exitEnd": 4.6
},
{
"type": "SVG",
"width": 1080,
"height": 1920,
"track": 1,
"enterBegin": 0,
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"svg": "<svg width='1080' height='1920' viewBox='0 0 1080 1920' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><defs><linearGradient id='sqvEnd' x1='0' y1='0' x2='0' y2='1'><stop offset='0' stop-color='#14181A' stop-opacity='0.6'/><stop offset='1' stop-color='#14181A' stop-opacity='0.92'/></linearGradient></defs><rect width='1080' height='1920' fill='url(#sqvEnd)'/><circle cx='540' cy='760' r='6' fill='#F0ECE3'/><path d='M420 760 H520 M560 760 H660' stroke='rgba(240,236,227,0.5)' stroke-width='1'/></svg>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 850,
"width": 860,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 2,
"enterBegin": 0.3,
"enterEnd": 0.9,
"enterAnimation": "smoothup",
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Playfair Display"
},
"html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#F0ECE3; font-size:56px; font-weight:700;'>{{author}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"condition": "{{showAuthorNote}}",
"x": 540,
"y": 960,
"width": 800,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 3,
"enterBegin": 0.7,
"enterEnd": 1.2,
"enterAnimation": "fade",
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Inter"
},
"html": "<div style='text-align:center; color:#A8A396; font-size:27px; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:2px;'>{{authorNote}}</div>"
},
{
"type": "TEXT",
"x": 540,
"y": 1160,
"anchor": "top-center",
"track": 4,
"enterBegin": 1.1,
"enterEnd": 1.5,
"enterAnimation": "circleopen",
"exitEnd": 4.6,
"style": {
"fontFamily": "Inter"
},
"html": "<div style='display:inline-block; border:1.5px solid #F0ECE3; color:#F0ECE3; border-radius:999px; padding:22px 56px; font-size:30px; font-weight:700;'>{{ctaText}}</div><div style='margin-top:16px; text-align:center; color:#7E7A6F; font-size:23px; letter-spacing:5px;'>{{channelName}}</div>"
}
]
}
],
"audios": [
{
"src": "{{musicUrl}}",
"volume": 0.15,
"track": 0
}
]
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