Video Ideas: How to Easily Create a Whiteboard Animation

A whiteboard animation is a common type of explainer video that allows you to demonstrate a concept through hand drawn animation. You don’t need fancy equipment or software to create one so it’s a perfect project for amateur movie makers. In this article I will show you how

Startup Glossary of Terminology and Definitions

The world of tech startups is a fast-paced, cutthroat, whirlwind of activity. Working at a small startup (Kapwing [https://www.kapwing.com/]) as a “creative” with a non-technical background I often hear words like “pivot,” “benchmark,” or “move out of the way” that confuse me. I brought this

How to Add a Frame Around a Picture or Video

How to add a custom designed frame around an image or video. Use these free templates to get started! Upload the content then download the framed media with a GIF or picture frame around the edges.

Make Your Own Digital Christmas Advent Calendar

Make your own personal advent calendar design using Kapwing's free online template. Add in an image or text box for the 24 days leading up to Christmas Eve and reveal the boxes one by one.

Kapwing's Frequently Asked Questions

We've moved Kapwing's General FAQ to our Help Center.

How to Add Border to Video

Want to add a plain white outline or an image overlay for a social media post? Use Kapwing's free Studio to put a border around a video layer before publishing to social media

How to Turn a Saved Video into Boomerang

Boomerangs have been around for years – you probably started seeing them on Instagram, but now you can find them anywhere. Unfortunately, while iPhones now allow you to create "Bounce" videos out of Live Photos, it's harder to make a Boomerang from a saved video. Here's how to do it.

How Long can Instagram Videos be?

Videos are a fun way to up your game on Instagram because they are more engaging than a simple photo. Depending on what type of post you are trying to create, your video can be different lengths: * Standard post (feed): 3  – 60 seconds * Story: 0-15 seconds * Live videos: Up

Video Merger: How to Combine Videos Online for Free

In a few easy steps, you can splice your favorite clips with friends, family, and more with the help of Kapwing's video montage maker.

How to Make Your Own Starter Pack Meme

Create a custom starter pack with Kapwing's free Starter Pack Maker! Starter packs (or starter kits) are a collage of photos, GIFs, text clips, screenshots, colors, and quotes that illustrate a particular identity, experience, subculture, or abstract concept.

How to Create your own Alignment Chart Meme

An alignment chart meme is a 3×3 (sometime 5×5) grid of images organized by rankings of goodness in rows and lawfulness in columns. The images are people, places, or things (even concepts) chosen from a particular subculture. The categorizations are often humorous or absurd.

How to Make a "Talk to Yourself" Video

How to make a video where one person looks like they're talking to themselves, playing both roles. Especially popular on TikTok.

How to Download a Kapwing Video onto your iPhone

Apple makes it really difficult for web developers to enable video downloads from mobile Safari. Kapwing is a small online video creation startup, eager to make working with video easier for modern creators. So we created a work around for iPhone users to download Kapwing videos.

How to Rotate Video on your iPhone

When you open up a video in the Photos application of your iPhone, the only available option under “edit” is a video trimmer. You cannot rotate or otherwise manipulate your video in any way. This step by step tutorial will show you how to rotate or mirror your video quickly and easily.