New Year Message & Reset
A five-beat New Year card a company sends its customers, in the order a recipient reads it: the turn of the year (last year dimmed to slate, the new year bright, joined by a champagne tick rule over a blue-hour mountain horizon), the plain greeting on a frost card ringed by two champagne arcs, the written note held still for eight seconds, the line about what's ahead set across a 560px watermark numeral, and the signed mark with a monogram medallion over a snow-lit town. 1920x1080 16:9, 31 seconds at 30fps, deliberately cold — midnight blue #0A1128 alternating with frost white #EDF2F7, one champagne accent, set in Instrument Serif, Geist and JetBrains Mono, straight cuts throughout except a single 02-to-03 cross-dissolve. Thirteen fields swap per render: brand_name, brand_monogram, year_outgoing, year_incoming, greeting_kicker, greeting_line, message, closing_line, signature_name, signature_role, brand_url, plus the two photographs photo_hero and photo_close — so an agency can render its whole client roster off one spreadsheet, a row per client, and nobody writes a card twice.
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 · Horizontal
- Duration
- ~31s
- Category
- Personalized
Try it with your own copy
Edit a field and the frame re-renders in your browser. No account, no credits - previews are free because they cost a browser paint, not a render.
What you can customize
This template exposes 13 dynamic fields you can swap per video - edit them in the editor or pass them to the API to batch-render variations at scale. The monospace name is the exact key to send in replacements.
Photo Hero
urlphoto_herohttps://images.pexels.com/photos/376368/pexels-photo-376368.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1920
Brand Name
textbrand_nameNorthbank Studio
~59 characters max · 1 line
Year Outgoing
textyear_outgoing2025
~5 characters max · 1 line
Year Incoming
textyear_incoming2026
~5 characters max · 1 line
Greeting Kicker
textgreeting_kickerFrom everyone at Northbank Studio
~104 characters max · 1 line
Greeting Line
textgreeting_lineHappy New Year
~18 characters max · 1 line
Message
textmessageThank you for the year we just closed — for the work you trusted us with, and for your patience when it took the time it took. We begin this one with the same people and a shorter, better list.
~330 characters max · 7 lines
Closing Line
textclosing_lineHere's to the year we haven't written yet.
~74 characters max · 2 lines
Photo Close
urlphoto_closehttps://images.pexels.com/photos/10929877/pexels-photo-10929877.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1920
Brand Monogram
textbrand_monogramN
~4 characters max · 1 line
Signature Name
textsignature_nameMara Halvorsen
~44 characters max · 1 line
Signature Role
textsignature_roleFounder — and all of us at Northbank
~55 characters max · 1 line
Brand Url
textbrand_urlnorthbank.studio
~33 characters max · 1 line
Render it from the API
Copy either call below. Both already carry this template's ID and its real variable keys - swap the values for your own.
1. Preview it — free
Same body as a render. Costs no credits, creates no job. Returns a public URL that plays the video in a browser, plus a list of problems with your payload — a mistyped key is otherwise ignored in silence.
curl -X POST https://renderly.video/api/v1/previews \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDERLY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"templateId": "new-year-message-reset",
"replacements": {
"photo_hero": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/376368/pexels-photo-376368.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1920",
"brand_name": "Northbank Studio",
"year_outgoing": "2025",
"year_incoming": "2026",
"greeting_kicker": "From everyone at Northbank Studio",
"greeting_line": "Happy New Year"
}
}'2. Render it
Change one word in the URL. Keep templateId — it is what links your call to this template, so later improvements reach you automatically.
curl -X POST https://renderly.video/api/v1/renders \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDERLY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"templateId": "new-year-message-reset",
"replacements": {
"photo_hero": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/376368/pexels-photo-376368.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1920",
"brand_name": "Northbank Studio",
"year_outgoing": "2025",
"year_incoming": "2026",
"greeting_kicker": "From everyone at Northbank Studio",
"greeting_line": "Happy New Year"
}
}'The body above shows 6 of 13 variables. Send any subset — every key you leave out renders its authored default. Read the full contract, with character limits, from GET /api/v1/templates/new-year-message-reset/variables. See the previewing guide, the rendering guide, or the OpenAPI spec.
Frequently asked questions
How do I customize the New Year Message & Reset template?
Open the template in the Renderly editor and replace its 13 customizable fields (such as Photo Hero) with your own text, images, or video. Every change previews instantly before you render.
How much does it cost to render this template?
Rendering is credit-based - 1 credit equals 1 minute of 1080p video. You only pay when you export, and credits never expire on the pay-as-you-go plan.
Can I generate this video at scale via the API?
Yes. POST this template's ID and a replacements object to /api/v1/renders - one call per row of data, 13 fields swappable per video. Send the same body to /api/v1/previews first to check it for free. No-code integrations like Zapier work the same way.
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