Video Invitation Maker (Indian Weddings & Events)

About the Video Invitation Maker (Indian Weddings & Events)

Make a short animated video invitation for a Hindu, Muslim (nikah), Sikh (Anand Karaj) or Christian wedding, a haldi, mehendi, engagement, griha pravesh or birthday: pick the event and a template, type the names, date, time and venue, add your own photos and choose the music. The preview plays as you type, and Make the MP4 video renders a 30–60 second video in your browser, ready for WhatsApp, Instagram or YouTube.

The wording comes in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali — the heading, the opening line such as ॥ श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥, the labels and the date in that language’s own month and day names — and every line can be changed. Guests scan a QR code to open the venue in their map app. The matching card as JPG or PDF comes from the same design. Photos, names and music never leave your device, and there is no watermark.

What the video contains

An opening scene with the heading (and the opening line, if you keep it), the names, one scene per photo with a slow zoom, the date, time and venue, your other events if you add them, the map QR code, and a closing scene with the hosts and an RSVP line. Scenes fade into each other and the length adapts to what you add: automatic keeps it between 30 and 60 seconds, or choose 30, 45 or 60 seconds exactly.

The file is an MP4 with H.264 video and AAC sound at 30 frames a second, in Full HD (1080 × 1920 or 1920 × 1080) or HD (720p, smaller and faster to make). At 60 seconds or less it fits a WhatsApp Status, which takes videos of up to 90 seconds (WhatsApp Help Center). Browsers that cannot encode MP4 make a WebM file instead, and the page says so.

Templates, languages and fonts

Nine templates are drawn by the page itself — mandala, marigold garlands, an eight-point star lattice with lanterns, paisley, rangoli, roses, rings, diyas, balloons — in colours that suit each event, and any template works with any event. The heading and the short standard phrases (“आप सादर आमंत्रित हैं”, “அன்புடன் அழைக்கிறோம்”, “সাদর আমন্ত্রণ” …) follow the language you choose until you edit them; dates and times are written the way that language writes them, from the Unicode CLDR data built into your browser — Marathi and Bengali with their own digits.

Latin and Devanagari text uses fonts that come with the page (Great Vibes, Montserrat, Poppins, Noto Sans Devanagari). Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gurmukhi and Arabic text uses your device’s own fonts, which phones and Windows and Mac computers have.

Music

The five tracks — a calm tanpura drone with bells, a festive santoor-style melody with a tabla-style rhythm, soft piano, a string pad and a music box — are made by the page on your device from notes written for it, so they are free to use anywhere. They fit the length of the video exactly and fade out at the end. You can also use your own song or recording (MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG and more): a shorter one repeats with a smooth join, a longer one is cut and faded. Use music you have the right to share.

The map QR code

Paste the “Share” link of the place from Google Maps, Apple Maps or another map app, or type its coordinates (for example 19.0760, 72.8777), which become a Google Maps link. Without a link, the page can make the code a Google Maps search for the venue and address (Maps URLs) — scan it once to check that it finds the right place. The page never opens or checks the link itself; it only puts it into the code.

Limitations

• Making the video needs a browser that can encode video (WebCodecs): a current Chrome, Edge or Safari, or Firefox on a computer. Older browsers can still save the card as JPG or PDF.
• A phone takes longer to make the video than a laptop; keep the page open until it finishes. HD (720p) is faster.
• Up to 8 photos and 4 more events. Long names and addresses are made smaller, and cut with “…” only when they still do not fit.
• Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gurmukhi and Arabic text needs fonts on the device; on a computer without them (some Linux systems) those letters show as boxes.
• The standard phrases are short and common; check the spelling of every name and change any line to your family’s wording. The page does not send invitations or collect RSVPs.

Privacy

Everything is made on your device: photos, names, music and the finished video are never uploaded. What you type is remembered in this browser (local storage) so you can come back to it; photos and music are not stored. “Clear the form” deletes it.