Streaming
First in Comments
A badge racing in behind speed lines and squashing as it lands.
- Duration
- 3s
- Frame
- 640 × 360
- Export
- MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
- Resolution
- Up to 4K
About the First in Comments animation
The comment-section game, on a stream or a premiere where the race is real. It is deliberately the fastest thing in the library: the badge arrives before the eye settles, which is the joke. Keep the caption to the instruction; anything longer than a few words fights the speed the whole comp is built on.
Where it fits
- On a premiere, where the race to the first comment is real.
- On a stream, at the top, as the comment-section game.
- In a Short that wants a fast comment.
Filling it in
Keep the caption to the instruction, BE FIRST IN THE COMMENTS, and nothing longer. The badge word is FIRST! and the badge colour is the accent. Anything more than a few words fights the speed the whole comp is built on.
Format and timing
First in Comments is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 0.3 seconds, holds for 1.9 and clears in 0.9, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.
What you can edit
- Badge wordtext
- Captiontext
- Badge colourcolor
Questions about First in Comments
Why is it so fast?
Because the badge arriving before the eye settles is the joke. It is deliberately the fastest thing in the library, which is what makes it read as a race.
Does the badge squash on landing?
Yes. It comes in behind speed lines and deforms as it hits, which is what gives it weight. Let the whole three seconds play; freezing it early loses the landing.
