Daily Special Card
A 20-second vertical (9:16) Story card for a neighbourhood restaurant's dish of the day: what it is, what is in it, what it costs, and how long it is on. It expires in 24 hours, which is the point - one venue renders 365 of these a year, and a chain multiplies that by every location. Wire it to the POS or a "special of the day" row so a render fires each morning and the MP4 lands in Stories before service. Six scenes: a chalk menu board that establishes venue and date while the plate rises into frame, the dish full-bleed for the appetite beat, the ingredients set like a menu line beside a taped-in print, the price once and big and immediately qualified by how long it is on so value reads as scarcity rather than discount, a paper card laid over a dim pass shot, and a close on the venue wordmark above a green band. The photo treatment is the part that does the work: a line cook shoots one plate on a phone in a dim kitchen, so every image is either matted in paper at a slight rotation or sitting behind a fixed four-stop scrim with exposure normalised and a warm radial putting candlelight back into a flat exposure, and the template - never the venue - chooses the crop. Board and paper grounds alternate scene to scene against a single green accent, set in Instrument Serif, Geist and JetBrains Mono. Twelve dynamic fields: dish_photo_1 plus optional dish_photo_2 and dish_photo_3 (fall back to dish_photo_1 when the venue supplies one shot - the three slots are cropped differently, so reuse does not read as repetition), dish_name, dish_description, price, availability, date_label, venue_name, venue_address, and the two composite lines venue_date_line and venue_address_line that scenes 02 and 05 set as a single run. Pass price preformatted with its currency symbol ($24, 19 EUR) and keep it to four characters at the 340px size. Length ceilings: dish_name about 34 characters, dish_description about 78 (three lines - the block is pinned between a rule and the footer, so a fourth line clips), availability about 40. The venue logo is deliberately not a variable: it is the same mark on every render for a single restaurant or a chain, so swap it once per brand.
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16 · Vertical
- Duration
- ~20s
- Category
- Social Media
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 12 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.
Dish Photo 1
urldish_photo_1https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1612929633738-8fe44f7ec841?fm=jpg&q=80&w=1400&auto=format&fit=crop
Venue Name
textvenue_nameFiorella
~40 characters max · 1 line
Venue Address
textvenue_address112 Mercer St
~40 characters max · 1 line
Date Label
textdate_labelTuesday · 30 July
~78 characters max · 2 lines
Dish Name
textdish_nameBucatini all’Amatriciana
~33 characters max · 2 lines
Venue Date Line
textvenue_date_lineFiorella · Tuesday 30 July
~79 characters max · 1 line
Dish Photo 2
urldish_photo_2https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1662197480393-2a82030b7b83?fm=jpg&q=80&w=1400&auto=format&fit=crop
Dish Description
textdish_descriptionGuanciale, San Marzano tomato, pecorino romano — and a lot of black pepper.
~72 characters max · 3 lines
Price
textprice$24
~6 characters max · 1 line
Availability
textavailabilityTil 9pm, or until it’s gone.
~45 characters max · 1 line
Dish Photo 3
urldish_photo_3https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1750943082452-c714763f73b2?fm=jpg&q=80&w=1400&auto=format&fit=crop
Venue Address Line
textvenue_address_lineFiorella · 112 Mercer St
~83 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": "restaurant-daily-special",
"replacements": {
"dish_photo_1": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1612929633738-8fe44f7ec841?fm=jpg&q=80&w=1400&auto=format&fit=crop",
"venue_name": "Fiorella",
"venue_address": "112 Mercer St",
"date_label": "Tuesday · 30 July",
"dish_name": "Bucatini all’Amatriciana",
"venue_date_line": "Fiorella · Tuesday 30 July"
}
}'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": "restaurant-daily-special",
"replacements": {
"dish_photo_1": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1612929633738-8fe44f7ec841?fm=jpg&q=80&w=1400&auto=format&fit=crop",
"venue_name": "Fiorella",
"venue_address": "112 Mercer St",
"date_label": "Tuesday · 30 July",
"dish_name": "Bucatini all’Amatriciana",
"venue_date_line": "Fiorella · Tuesday 30 July"
}
}'The body above shows 6 of 12 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/restaurant-daily-special/variables. See the previewing guide, the rendering guide, or the OpenAPI spec.
Frequently asked questions
How do I customize the Daily Special Card template?
Open the template in the Renderly editor and replace its 12 customizable fields (such as Dish Photo 1) 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, 12 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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