Designs & the studio
What is an envelope intro and can I change it?
By Nimanto 1 min read
In short
The envelope intro is the first thing a guest sees: a wax seal, a petal burst, a gatefold, a painted curtain or the design's own themed opening. Each design includes one. In the studio's Envelope panel you can pick another, customise it, or switch it off.
A Signature invitation arrives closed. The guest taps the envelope, it opens, and the invitation plays. That opening is the envelope intro.
The kinds of opening
The library holds many animation families: a classic flap, a wax seal that cracks, a petal burst, a curtain, a slide-out card, an unfolding letter, gatefold doors, a flip card, an unrolling scroll, a pocket card, a gift box, a lotus bloom, prism glass and a light-traced envelope. Painted scene intros part a picture in two leaves, and themed intros open on a premium design's own painting; see Themed intros and effects.
A design with a painted or filmed first page opens on its own cover: the painting stands at the screen's edges around a light middle with the title, seal and button, then parts.
Change the intro
- 1Open the invitation from your dashboard, then under Your invitation choose Invitation studio.
- 2Open the Envelope panel.
- 3Pick an intro from the rack. Premium ones show their price or Included.
- 4Customise the subtitle, seal text, monogram or logo and the screen glow if you like, or reset to the design's own.
- 5Choose Finish to save.
"Show an animated envelope" switches the opening off altogether; guests then land straight on the invitation.
What it costs
- The intro a design comes with is part of the design's price, free or premium.
- On a premium design, every intro shows Included: nothing more is ever charged.
- On a free design, a premium intro you switch to is paid once for that invitation at your next publish, unless your plan includes it. See Pricing.
Picking the design's original intro again brings its own opening back.
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