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Quote video templates

Over 400 animated templates in 26 styles. Type your quote once and the whole gallery shows it, moving, so you choose by looking rather than imagining.

A quote video template here is a finished look you can drop your words into: a background, a font pairing, a colour palette, a text animation and a layout that keeps clear of each app’s buttons. Open Browse templates, type your quote, and every thumbnail in the gallery redraws with it. Pick one and the editor opens on it, ready to export.

The templates are grouped into 26 categories, including Minimal, Bold type, Serif classic, Handwritten, Neon, Gradient, Paper & notebook, Film grain, Typewriter, Night sky, Nature, Faith, Love, Motivation, Business, Podcast, Seasonal, Retro and Brutalist. Each one is checked so the text reaches at least 4.5:1 contrast against everything behind it, which is why they stay readable on a small phone screen. For theme-specific starting points see motivational quote videos, love quote videos and Bible verse videos.

The Templates browser with category chips from Minimal to Paper & notebook and a grid of animated templates, each showing a Frederick Douglass quote (enlarge image)

Browse templates opens the full gallery, with search and categories.

How to use a quote video template

  1. Type your quote

    Write or paste it into Your quote, and add the Author if you know it. Surprise me fills in a public-domain quote if you want to try things first.

  2. Browse the gallery

    Press Browse templates. Search by mood or style, or tap a category such as Neon or Paper & notebook. Every thumbnail plays your quote.

  3. Make it yours

    Change Fonts, Colours, Animation or the Background in the editor. The template is only a starting point.

  4. Export

    Press Export, choose Video (MP4), an image or a GIF, tick the sizes you need and download.

What every template includes

  • A background treatment: solid colour, gradient, moving mesh gradient, aurora, pattern, paper, night sky or an illustrated scene such as hills, waves or a synthwave sun.
  • A type system: a quote face and an author face that suit each other, with line spacing and quote-mark style set for that pairing. All fonts are open-licence and served from this site.
  • A text animation: one of Fade, Rise, Typewriter, Word by word, Karaoke, Scale, Blur in or Letter cascade, timed so the whole quote is on screen well before the end.
  • A palette: background, text, author and accent colours chosen together.
  • A safe layout: the text box sits inside the area every platform leaves clear, and the text auto-fits, so a long quote gets smaller type instead of running off the edge.

Finding the right look quickly

The search box matches template names, categories, fonts, palettes and tags, so words like “gold”, “notebook”, “wedding”, “gym” or “80s” narrow the gallery straight away. Use [ and ] on a keyboard to step through the templates one by one while watching the large preview.

If you want variety rather than a decision, press R in the editor for a random template; Undo brings back the last one.

Templates that work for each platform

Any template works in every size. Switch Size between 9:16, 4:5, 3:4, 1:1, 16:9 and 2:3 and the layout reflows; the type is re-fitted, not stretched. For vertical video the text stays out of the bottom fifth of the frame, where captions and buttons sit. See quote reels and TikTok quote videos for platform specifics.

Template questions

Are the quote video templates free?

Yes. All of them, with no watermark, no sign-up and no paid tier.

How many templates are there?

Over 400 in 26 categories: a set designed by hand plus families built from curated palettes, font pairings, layouts and animations. Each one passes an automatic contrast check.

Can I change a template’s font and colours?

Yes. Fonts, Colours, Custom colours, Animation, Highlight and the whole Background tab work on any template, and Undo takes you back.

Can I use a template with my own photo or video?

Yes. In Background, choose Photo or video and pick a file. Darken keeps the text readable, and Auto sets it for you from how bright the picture is.

Which fonts do the templates use?

Open-licence fonts (SIL Open Font Licence or Apache 2.0) such as Playfair Display, DM Serif Display, Fraunces, EB Garamond, Montserrat, Anton, Bebas Neue, Caveat, Special Elite and Tilt Neon. They are served from quote.video with their licence files.

Do templates work for square and landscape posts?

Yes. Pick any size and the layout re-fits the text inside that format’s safe area.