Product video effect
Balloon Product Display: Up to Five Items in One Clip
Most effects take one product. This one takes as many as five, which makes it the natural choice for a range, a bundle or a full collection shot.
A bundle is harder to advertise than a single item. Photograph five products together and you get a cluttered group shot; film them one at a time and the viewer has to assemble the idea themselves. This template takes the whole set in a single pass: upload between one and five separate product photographs and each item is lifted into the frame on its own balloon, which reads as a collection without becoming a shelf.
The effect asks for one to five clear photographs of different products and returns a 5-second 720p clip for 45 credits, in 9:16, 16:9, 4:3, 3:4 or 1:1. It is the only effect in this group that accepts several inputs at once. The trade-off is that with several photographs uploaded, some items can be dropped, and complex shapes or busy backgrounds can leave the render unsure which object is the subject.
Specs at a glance
Straight from the product panel, not from a marketing deck.
- Output
- 5-second video
- Credits
- 45 per run
- Resolution
- 720p
- Aspect ratio
- Your choice of 9:16, 16:9, 4:3, 3:4 or 1:1
- Input
- 1 to 5 photos — one or more products
- Best results with
- One to five clear photos of different products
- Known limits
- With several inputs some products can be dropped, and complex shapes or busy backgrounds can confuse which object is the subject.
What it does
Built for this specific job, not a generic editor.
Up to five products
Upload between one and five separate pack shots and the render lifts all of them. That makes it the right choice for a bundle, a gift set or a full range in one clip. One render covers the set, however many items you include in it.
One item per photograph
Give each product its own clear image rather than one group shot. Individual photographs are what the template reads, and they are what keep the balloons attached to the right objects. Individual photographs are also what keep the balloons on the right objects.
Five shapes at export
The five options, 9:16, 16:9, 4:3, 3:4 and 1:1, are set before the run. Tall frames serve Reels, Stories and Shorts; broader ones suit a listing, an email or an embed. Your chosen ratio drives the composition, so commit to it early.
Five seconds, loop ready
The lift completes inside five seconds and restarts on platforms that autoplay. The clip plays again without the viewer having to decide to watch it twice. On a feed that replays automatically, those repeat plays add up.
How it works
Four steps, no timeline to learn.
Gather the pack shots
Collect one clear photograph per product, up to five of them, each shot front-on in even light with a plain background. Keep to one item per image rather than a group shot.
Upload them together
Open Balloon Product Display in the OpenFilmo effect library and add your images. The balloons and the setting are generated, so nothing else needs preparing first. One clear image per product is the input, so nothing else needs staging.
Choose the frame
Pick 9:16 for Reels, Stories and Shorts, 16:9 for a listing video or an embedded player, or 4:3, 3:4 or 1:1 for a feed post or a catalogue tile. Lock the ratio in before starting, as the shot is composed around it.
Count the products
Run the render for 45 credits and check every item made it into the frame. With several inputs, some can be dropped, so drop one photograph and rerun if the set is incomplete.
Where people use it
The jobs this effect actually gets used for.
Bundles and gift sets
A gift set of four items reads better as four items than as one wide photograph. Lift them together and the bundle is legible in five seconds. Four separate items read more clearly than one wide group photograph.
Range announcements
Launching a collection of shades, flavours or sizes? One clip carries the whole range, which a single-product effect cannot do. No unpacking on camera, no parcel to post and no second take.
Subscription box reveals
Show what lands in the box without unpacking it on camera. Upload the individual items and let the render present the contents as a set. One clip carries a collection that a single-product effect cannot cover.
Category pages
A 16:9 render at the top of a category page shows the breadth of the range before a shopper scrolls into the grid below it. Breadth reads before a shopper reaches the grid underneath.
Why a multi-product shot is the harder problem
What several inputs buy you, and what they cost.
Single-product effects are easy because there is one object to track. Multi-product creative is the version sellers actually need more often: bundles, sets, ranges and subscription boxes are where the margin is, and they are also the hardest thing to photograph well. Five items on a table read as clutter, and five items photographed separately then assembled in an editor costs an afternoon and still looks assembled. Five items on a table read as clutter, however carefully they are arranged.
Accepting up to five separate photographs solves the problem at the input rather than in post. Each item arrives as its own clean pack shot, and the render decides how they sit together in the frame, which is the part that normally takes the time. At 45 credits for a 5-second 720p clip in any of five shapes, a bundle video stops being a production decision and becomes something you can try on a Tuesday.
The cost of that flexibility is unreliability at the edges. With several inputs, some products can be dropped from the finished clip, and complex shapes or busy backgrounds can leave the render unsure which object is the subject, so a balloon ends up attached to the wrong thing or to nothing. Use simple, front-facing photographs on plain backgrounds, and if the set keeps losing an item, reduce the number you upload and run it again.
Credits and plans
Every effect draws on one shared credit balance.
Balloon Product Display costs 45 credits per render, whether you upload one product or five, which is more than the 30 credits a Free account receives per month. Starter is $9 a month for 400 credits, around eight runs, and Pro at $19 for 1,000 or Studio at $59 for 4,000 suit a catalogue of bundles. All effects share one balance, and the cost appears before you confirm.
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Related effects
Same family of effects, on the same kind of input.
Frequently asked questions
How many products can I include?
Between one and five, supplied as separate photographs rather than one group image. One clear front-facing shot per product gives the best result, and each item needs its own file for the render to read it correctly. Each product needs its own file for the render to read it properly.
What kind of photographs work?
Clear, uncluttered pack shots of different products, each photographed front-on in even light. Complex shapes and busy backgrounds can leave the render unsure which object is the subject, so plain backgrounds and simple silhouettes help considerably. Make that choice before the render, since the composition follows the shape.
Which output shapes are offered?
Tall, wide, 4:3, 3:4 or square, in other words 9:16, 16:9, 4:3, 3:4 or 1:1. Use 9:16 for Stories, Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for a listing video or a page embed, and 1:1 or 4:3 for a feed post or a catalogue tile. There is no assembly step afterwards; the file arrives finished.
Is the Free plan enough for one run?
No. A render costs 45 credits and the Free plan includes 30 credits per month, so one run exceeds the whole allowance. Paying $9 a month brings 400 credits, which is roughly eight renders of this. Nothing here is billed per template; the balance is shared.
What if one of my products is missing?
With several inputs, some products can be dropped from the finished clip. If that happens, reduce the number of photographs you upload and run the effect again, and check each source image is a single product on a plain background.