Customizing Your Background and Intro

Group Videos are often very personal — they're created for birthdays, weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, retirements, and more. For this reason, it's important for organizers to be able to personalize the look and feel of the Group Video.

We have created a variety of Themes from which to choose. In some cases, organizers will also be able to choose a background color. And, of course, you can personalize the Group Video with your Intro text, which can include a Title as well as up to three Greetings.

Follow these steps to customize your Group Video:

Click  Create Group Video to get to the Group Video Customization Page.

The first option allows you to choose the Theme for your video, and depending on which theme, you can change the color as well.

Here you can customize the Title Message (the short lead-in that appears at the start of the video), decide whether you want faces from people in the video to appear during the intro and optional outro, and choose the color of the background for the Group Video in the Theme Settings.

The Intro Greeting allows you to add more text after the Title Message. Each Greeting text will appear sequentially, in an animation. Keep in mind that the length of the text is limited by the video's width and should only include regular text without emojis or special graphics.

Using our Grid Style Group Video? Follow these steps:

Clicking  Create My Group Video will open a dialog that lets you customize the Group Video, step-by-step.

The first step allows you to customize the intro (the short lead-in that appears at the start of the video), as well as the colorful background for the Group Video.

1. Choose Theme Color: Select a theme color from the available options. This color will determine the background, which can be either solid or a checkered pattern based on your selection.
2. Include Faces: Decide whether you want faces from people in the video to appear during the intro and optional outro. This can add a fun touch to the video's beginning, but if you prefer to keep faces a surprise until later, you can opt to exclude them (set Add faces from Clips? to No).

3. Background Color: Select whether any uncovered areas of the screen should match the intro color or be solid black. This ensures consistency throughout the video, especially if there are portrait-orientation videos from phones.
4. Add Text: Enter 1 to 3 lines of text for the Intro. The text will appear sequentially, line by line, in an animation. Keep in mind that the length of the text is limited by the video's width and should only include regular text without emojis or special graphics.

Once you're satisfied with your Intro choices, proceed by pressing Next to continue customizing your video.