How to Make an Animated Holiday Greeting Video

Step by step

1. 1

   Start from the occasion

   There are five presets, each built for its own celebration: Ramadan Lanterns, Diwali Rangoli & Diyas, Lunar New Year Lanterns and Hanukkah Menorah Candles, plus Papel Picado Garland for fiestas and Mexican celebrations. Choose the one your audience actually marks, not the one that looks best in the preview.

2. 2

   Write the greeting

   Type your message in Title, up to 60 characters, and a long line shrinks to fit the frame. Set Font, Weight and Text color, then adjust Primary, Secondary and Accent. Scale sizes the scene, Speed sets how quickly things sway or flicker, and Variation changes the seeded detail.

3. 3

   Respect the build

   Defaults are 7.5 to 10 seconds, up to 60. Diwali Rangoli & Diyas spends the first half drawing the mandala before the lamps light, and Hanukkah Menorah Candles lights one by one, so shortening them rushes the moment. Pick 9:16 for sharing by phone and 4:5 or 1:1 for feeds.

4. 4

   Export as a card or an overlay

   All five start on a solid colored background, so MP4 is complete and ready to send as a greeting card. If the scene has to sit over your own footage, set Background to Transparent and export WebM with alpha for CapCut, or a PNG sequence for Premiere Pro.

5. 5

   Finish it in your editor

   In CapCut, import the MP4, add your logo on an overlay track in a corner, and lay a music track under it, fading out at the end. In Premiere Pro or Resolve, cut the clip onto the end of a longer video as a sign-off.

Where it is used

• Brand greeting posts

  A company posting a Ramadan or Diwali greeting to its followers with its own name in the Title line and its logo added in the edit, in place of a static image.

• Community organizations

  A temple, a mosque or a community center opening its festival video with a greeting in the language of its members, typed straight into Title.

• Shop screens and sign-offs

  A restaurant running Lunar New Year Lanterns on its in-store screen during the festival, or a creator ending an end-of-year video with a greeting clip.

Presets

5

Default duration

7.5 to 10 seconds, up to 60

Best export

MP4 as a card, transparent over footage

Aspect ratios

16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5

Which format should you export?

MP4 when the greeting is its own card, transparent WebM when snow, lights or a wreath has to sit over footage.

Format

MP4 · WebM · PNG sequence

Alpha

WebM or PNG sequence

Resolution

720p to 8K

Aspect

16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5

License

Commercial use included

Three tips that make it look intentional

• Put your greeting in the preset rather than in the caption.
• Respect the palette that belongs to the occasion before applying brand colors.
• Schedule the post for the morning of the day, not the night before.

Three things people get wrong

• Layering snow over a scene shot in bright sun.
• Sending a greeting at 16:9 when it will be opened on a phone.
• Using a seasonal palette that has nothing to do with the brand sending it.

Frequently asked