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Advent calendar day counter

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You'll download 1920×1080, 3.5 s, with no background (.mov).

Advent Calendar Day Counter Animation

For your «25 days of…» Shorts series: the calendar builds door by door, past days are already open and TODAY's door pulses with its gold edge and swings open in 3D showing what's inside (an emoji or your photo). Then the card comes in: «DAY 7 OF 25», the topic of the day and the series bar. Change the number every day and you're done. Three styles: cardstock calendar, big wooden door and glass.

  • 16:9
  • 9:16
  • 1:1
  • Transparent background
  • Full HD
  • 13 editable fields

What you can change

  • Style
  • Today's day
  • Days in the series
  • Topic of the day
  • Series name
  • What's behind the door
  • Main color
  • Snow
  • Gap between doors (frames)
  • Seasonal background
  • Leaves at the end
  • Starts on frame
  • Size

Plus the typeface and an optional letter outline, in every template.

Advent Calendar Day Counter Animation: a frame of the animation
A frame of the animation with its sample text. Scroll up to edit it live.

How to use it in your editor

Export it without background and put it on a track above your clip: the animation plays over your video.

  • CapCut

    1. Export «without background»: you get a .mov with transparency.
    2. On desktop, drag it to a track above your clip. On the phone, use Overlay → Add overlay.
    3. If your app shows a black background, export «with your clip» instead and import the MP4 as your video.

  • Premiere Pro

    1. File → Import the .mov.
    2. Drag it to V2, above your footage on V1.
    3. The transparency is kept: move, scale or trim it like any clip.

  • DaVinci Resolve

    1. Import the .mov into the Media Pool.
    2. Place it on Video 2, above your clip.
    3. If you see black instead of your clip: right-click → Clip Attributes → Alpha Mode: Premultiplied.

  • Final Cut Pro

    1. Import the .mov.
    2. Connect it above the primary storyline (shortcut Q).
    3. Final Cut reads the transparency on its own.

Questions

Do I need After Effects or a plugin?
No. You edit «Advent calendar day counter» right here in your browser: type your text, choose colors and format, watch the live preview and export a video file that works in any editor.
What file do I get?
Either a ProRes 4444 .mov with a transparent background, to place over your footage, or an MP4 with your own clip behind it. In 1920×1080 (16:9), 1080×1920 (9:16) or 1080×1080 (1:1); 2× (4K) is optional and costs double credits.
Is it free?
Editing and previewing are free and need no account. To export you sign in with Google; during the open beta, new accounts get export credits at no cost.

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