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Recipe Scaler

Show a recipe scaled up on screen: plus is tapped, the servings change and each quantity counts to its new amount.

Duration
4s
Frame
640 × 360
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Recipe Scaler animation

Recipe Scaler is an overlay for recipe videos, useful when you tell viewers how to cook for more people. A plus button is tapped, the servings change from Serves before to Serves after, and each quantity counts up to its new amount. Set Title, Serves label, Serves before and Serves after, then Ingredient 1 to Ingredient 3 with Quantity 1 to Quantity 3. Work out the new quantities yourself, since the animation shows the values you type and doesn't calculate them.

Where it fits

  • Over the ingredient shot at the start of a recipe video, to show a family-size version.
  • In a batch cooking video, when you double a recipe for the week ahead.
  • In a short replying to a comment that asked how to make more servings.

Filling it in

Type each Quantity as the scaled amount with its unit, like 300 g or 500 ml, and the count rolls up to it. Keep ingredient names to one word where you can so the rows line up.

Format and timing

Recipe Scaler 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 4 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 2.3 seconds, holds for 1.0 and clears in 0.7, 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 on a paid plan. The free plan shows a watermarked preview.

What you can edit

  • Titletext
  • Serves labeltext
  • Serves beforetext
  • Serves aftertext
  • Ingredient 1text
  • Quantity 1counter
  • Ingredient 2text
  • Quantity 2counter
  • Ingredient 3text
  • Quantity 3counter

Questions about Recipe Scaler

Does it calculate the new quantities?

No. Type the scaled amounts into Quantity 1 to Quantity 3 and each counts up to the value you give.

How many ingredients can it show?

Three, each with its own name and quantity.

What size is Recipe Scaler?

It's 640 x 360, a 16:9 overlay, and runs for 4 seconds. It has a transparent background, so it sits over your footage.

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