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Save To Collection

A bookmark tile that fills as a second card snaps behind it, marking a post as saved.

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

About the Save To Collection animation

Save To Collection suits the moment you ask viewers to keep something rather than react to it: a recipe, a checklist, a reference clip. The outline bookmark is replaced by a filled one and a second card lands behind the tile, so the save reads as something gained. Saved card and Bookmark are separate colors, which lets the stack sit back while the bookmark stays bright.

Where it fits

  • Under a recipe, checklist or reference clip, where the useful action is keeping the post rather than liking it.
  • In a carousel-style edit that ends by asking viewers to save the whole set.
  • Over a tutorial step that viewers will want to return to later.

Filling it in

Use Action for the ask and Confirmation for the result, such as SAVE THIS and SAVED. Saved card and Bookmark are separate colours: set the bookmark brighter than the card behind it so the fill reads clearly at small sizes.

Format and timing

Save To Collection 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, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Actiontext
  • Confirmationtext
  • Saved cardcolor
  • Bookmarkcolor
  • Cardcolor

Questions about Save To Collection

Why are the card and the bookmark separate colours?

So the stack can sit back while the bookmark stays bright. Set them to the same value if you want one flat accent.

Can I use this outside Instagram?

Yes. Nothing in the animation is platform specific, so it suits any feed where saving a post is the action you want.

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