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Next Waypoint
The arrival alert. Where you are going next and when you will get there, then the bell rings properly and says what it is actually for. An appointment rather than a request, with no button anywhere in it.
9:16 VERTICAL/8s · 30FPS/TRANSPARENT EXPORT/READS ON BRIGHT
What it's for
The arrival alert. Where you are going next and when you will get there, then the bell rings properly and says what it is actually for. An appointment rather than a request, with no button anywhere in it.
Reach for it when
- The end of a travel episode, teeing up the next destination
- Series content with a predictable publishing rhythm
- Any format where "come back on Thursday" is a real promise you keep
How it plays
Naming a day is the sharpest version of this, and it is optional for an honest reason: a named day makes a missed week visible. The bell is reframed from a generic notification prompt into the mechanism for a specific appointment, which is a much easier thing to say yes to. Nothing sits under the type, so it picks its own side — ink for bright footage, white for dark.
Not the right pick when
A wide frame, where the vertical stack leaves the sides empty. Use Next Waypoint — Widescreen.
The TRAIL family
TRAIL is the journey set, built for creators posting an ongoing thing — a ride, a walk, a build, a challenge. None of them contain a button or a cursor. They ask by leaving something visibly unfinished, which is a different psychology from a subscribe click.
Format and export
- Aspect
- Vertical (9:16) · 1080 × 1920
- Runs for
- 8 seconds
- Built for
- Bright footage — vlogs, daylight, white interiors
- Publishes to
- Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts
- Exports as
- ProRes 4444, PNG sequence, MP4
- Background
- Transparent
- Price
- In Lite & Creator Pro · or $3.99 to own
Edit it in the iReelz Studio — the transparent exports drop straight onto a timeline in Premiere Pro, CapCut, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve.