Hero Reel: a full-bleed hero with a row of thumbnails

A full-bleed background image, a row of thumbnails across the middle, and tiled reveals.

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Opens in the studio with sample work. Free at 720p.

Hero Reel template: a full-bleed hero with a row of thumbnails

How Hero Reel moves

Hero Reel fills the frame with one image and runs a row of thumbnails across the middle, the active one lifting. Each change reveals the next background in tiles or blinds, in normal, diagonal, radial, spiral or random order, with a slow Ken Burns push. Seven slots. It works like an animated website hero, so use it for landing pages, real estate or travel work at 16:9.

In the studio you can tune its 15 settings along with the background, shadow and loop length, and your images never leave your device.

Hero Reel settings

Every setting below is in the studio panel for Hero Reel. Each one changes the loop live, so you can try values while it plays.

SettingRangeStarts at
Padding0% to 20%6%
Corner radius0% to 12%3%
Active lift0 to 41.8
Active scale100% to 120%108%
Card spacing0 to 62
Hero opacity0% to 100%55%
Ken Burns0% to 100%60%
Hold20% to 80%55%
EasingCustom, Smooth, Natural, Slow down, Snappy, Accelerate, Elastic, Bounce, Overshoot, Impulse, Swing, LinearSmooth
StyleGrid, BlindsGrid
PatternNormal, Diagonal, Radial, Spiral, RandomNormal
Rows1 to 84
Columns1 to 84
Stagger0% to 100%60%
Speed Variation0% to 100%0%

Make a Hero Reel video

  1. Step 1

    Open the template

    "Use this template" opens Hero Reel in the studio at 16:9, already playing with sample work.

  2. Step 2

    Add your work

    It starts with 7 spots for images or short videos. Empty spots repeat your images, so a few are enough.

  3. Step 3

    Tune the motion

    Change the 15 settings above, the loop length (10 seconds to start), background and shadow.

  4. Step 4

    Export the loop

    Download MP4 or WebM. 720p is free with a free account and no watermark; 1080p, 2K and 4K come with Pro.

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