Invitation Video Maker

• Event details that move

  Type the names, date, time and venue, then pick from 81 animations: 30 entrances, 25 exits and 26 loops. A slow fade suits a wedding announcement, a bounce suits a fifth birthday. Animate each line separately so details arrive one at a time instead of crowding the screen.

• An invitation video maker with keyframes

  Most invite tools stop at preset templates. EchoWave lets you keyframe position, scale, rotation and opacity on any layer, and even draw a motion path, so a star can drift across the frame or a photo can settle into place exactly where you want it.

• Your song, cut to the beat

  Upload the track that means something to you, then run beat detection to put a snap-to-beat grid on the timeline so photo changes land on the music. EchoWave has no stock music library, so bring a song you have the rights to share. A categorized panel of 2,500+ sound effects covers clicks, chimes and whooshes for reveals.

• Photos that feel like film

  Ken Burns pan and zoom turns still photos into slow, moving shots, which is most of what makes an invite feel cinematic. Use your own photos for backdrops and cover frames, or search the stock photo library in the Media panel if you do not have one. If the whole invite is photos, our photo video maker walks the same workflow.

• Sized for the way you send it

  Flip one project between 9:16 for WhatsApp Status and Stories, 1:1 for feeds and group chats, and 16:9 for email or a screen at the venue. The canvas accepts any custom aspect ratio with five fit modes including blurred bars, and you can change the aspect ratio after the edit is done.

• A voice to read the invite

  Add a spoken welcome with AI text to speech in 63 voices, or record your own using the built-in voice recorder and teleprompter. Guests who skip reading on-screen text will still catch the date and address.

• Personalized invites for every guest

  Turn your finished invite into a template with text placeholders, upload a CSV of guest names, and bulk-render up to 100 personalized videos in one batch. An invite that opens with the guest's own name gets watched; a generic blast gets skimmed.

• Match the event's palette and type

  Save your event colors and upload custom fonts through the brand kit, so the video matches the printed card, the cake and the balloon arch. Brightness, contrast, saturation, grain and vignette adjustments help photos from different phones sit together in one sequence.

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   Start with your photos and details

   Open echowave.io, create a free project, and upload your photos or clips. The canvas auto-sizes to the first thing you add, so drop in a vertical photo first if the invite is headed for WhatsApp or Stories.

2. 2

   Add the words and make them move

   Create text layers for names, date, time, venue and RSVP details, then give each an entrance and exit animation. Keep every line on screen long enough to read twice, and end on a still frame that holds the key details.

3. 3

   Lay in music and time your cuts

   Upload your track, run beat detection, and snap photo changes to the beat grid. Pick from 56 transitions; a cross dissolve or a fade to black reads as elegant, a zoom reads as playful.

4. 4

   Export and send

   Export an MP4 free in HD 720p with a small removable EchoWave badge, or go 1080p and badge-free on a paid plan. Send it in the group chat, post it as a WhatsApp Status, or attach it to your email invites.

• 9:16 Vertical

  • WhatsApp Status
  • Stories
  • Reels
• 1:1 Square

  • Group chats
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
• 16:9 Landscape

  • Email
  • YouTube
  • Venue screens

• Weddings and save-the-dates

  Announce the date with slow photo pans, a script font from your brand kit and the song from your first dance. Keep it near 45 seconds, then reuse the project as the base for a longer story video on the wedding website.

• Birthday party invites

  Bright colors, a bouncing headline and a photo of the birthday kid get RSVPs faster than a plain text ever will. Loop animations keep balloons and stars moving for the whole runtime.

• Baby showers and gender reveals

  Build suspense with a slow zoom and a question on screen, then land the reveal with a pop from the sound effects panel. Keep the location and registry line on a closing hold frame guests can screenshot.

• Corporate events and webinars

  A 30-second animated invite in a LinkedIn post or email outperforms a static banner. Lock fonts and colors with the brand kit, then export 16:9 for email and 1:1 for the feed from the same project.

• Graduation parties

  Mix school photos from every year with a Ken Burns drift and the graduate's walk-up song. Add the ceremony time, the party address and a parking note where guests will actually see them.

• Housewarmings, anniversaries and reunions

  For casual events, a 20-second invite with three photos and one animated line is plenty. Duplicate the project next year and swap the date instead of starting over.

Based on each tool's public pages as of July 2026. Free tiers, template counts and feature names change often, so check current pages before you commit.