Can I put steam over my own footage?

Yes. Export WebM with alpha and the vessel, steam and sparks composite straight over your shot with no blend mode needed.

Do the recipe cards handle any number of ingredients?

Yes. The rows are laid out from your list each time, so the card resizes and re-spaces itself around what you type.

Food & Drink

Food animations: steam, pours and recipe cards that stay editable

Updated September 18, 20261 min read

How do you animate steam and pouring drinks for food videos?

Pick a preset, set the vessel and palette, then let it generate the motion. Steam and pours are simulated from seeded maths every frame rather than dragged in as a stock overlay, so they match your colours and loop without a visible cut.

Food footage sells the dish; the graphics sell the menu. Steam that keeps curling, a drink that fills with a real settle wobble, a drizzle that traces its own path, an ingredient list that reflows around whatever you type. None of these are one effect away in an editor.

Five food & drink presets to start from

Hover any card to play it. Opening one loads it in the editor with every control unlocked.

Steam Curl Rise
8s
Ribbons of steam lift off the rim, each seeded with its own sway, width and travel so no two curls ever repeat the same shape.
Sizzle Shimmer Pan
6s
Heat wavers off a hot pan while oil sparks pop and fade above it, every spark seeded to its own height and beat.
Broth Bowl Steam
10s
A wide bowl breathes slow, heavy steam that leans and thins as it climbs, built for soups, ramen and anything served hot.
Pour Fill Glass
4s
A stream arcs into the glass and the level climbs behind it, then the surface rocks and settles the way a real pour does.
Espresso Shot Fill
3.5s
A tight dark stream drops straight into a short glass, building crema at the surface as the level rises and steadies.

All food & drink

Which format should you export?

WebM with alpha when the steam, sparks or drizzle sit over your own footage. MP4 for full-frame recipe cards and menu boards.

Format: MP4 H.264 · WebM VP9
Alpha: Transparent WebM
Resolution: 720p to 8K
Aspect: 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5
License: Commercial use included

Three tips that make it look intentional

Match the steam colour to your highlights rather than pure white; it sits into the shot instead of floating over it.
Recipe and nutrition cards lay themselves out from your list, so add or remove a row and the spacing fixes itself.
Slow the rate down for ambient loops behind a menu, and raise it for a punchy social cut.

Three things people get wrong

Stacking a stock steam clip on a screen blend and fighting its colour cast. Generate it in your palette instead.
Typing a long ingredient name into a card built for short ones. These reflow, so let them.
Running the sizzle at full intensity for the whole shot. Keep it under the cut where the heat actually reads.

Frequently asked

Can I put steam over my own footage?: Yes. Export WebM with alpha and the vessel, steam and sparks composite straight over your shot with no blend mode needed.
Do the recipe cards handle any number of ingredients?: Yes. The rows are laid out from your list each time, so the card resizes and re-spaces itself around what you type.

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