Every template here is a real ExpoCut project — animation, colour grade, transitions and music timing already built. Filter down to the one that fits, then open it in the app and swap in your own clips, photos and words.
Every reel template in ExpoCut · 13 to choose from
13 templates
5.2s
9:16
Four landscape beats joined by a water-droplet reveal. A blob falls, lands off-centre, and the next clip bursts open from exactly where it hit — the rim bending the picture like a lens. Recreated frame-by-frame from a reference montage.
24.6s
9:16
Slot-machine month roll lands on your birthday month, then twelve warm cinematic photos with amber glow, film vignette and sunset light leaks, closing on a gold 'make a wish' card. Drop in 12 photos.
22s
9:16
Cute white scrapbook — six tilted polaroid photo slots that build across the reel, a four-line typewriter lyric, playful cat + bow stickers and a prism light sparkle. Drop in 6 photos.
22s
9:16
Pinterest-style photo wall in two waves — six tilted cards build the grid with soft labels, then six more refresh it, under a hand-script gold title and anamorphic light. Drop in 12 photos.
22s
9:16
One clip, eight beat-synced velocity segments — motion-blur ramps, white-flash cuts, zoom punches, alternating warm/cool grades and sun-flare light, with a hook and an end line. Drop in one video.
13.8s
9:16
A tribute photo-dump: an 'In Memory 2026' title card, then eight solo portraits pop into a gallery grid and fire off full-screen under warm god-ray light, closing on a 'to be continued' card. Drop in your 8 portraits (girls & guys) and a song.
8.8s
9:16
Eight solo portraits pop into a gallery grid, then fire off full-screen — a clean editorial photo-dump for people shots. Drop in your 8 portraits (girls & guys) and a beat.
24.5s
4:5
Branded 4:5 agent intro — hook, client testimonial, why-choose-me, and contact card, with animated gold plates, logo, agent bio, phone & office.
41.6s
9:16
Premium summer travel montage — beaches, palms, waterfalls, ocean sunset. Grade, light leaks, bokeh, text moments + summer music.
12.1s
9:16
One clip, five beat-synced grades — motion-blur intro, flash cuts, dip-to-black, warm→teal cinematic.
25.7s
9:16
Line-by-line lyric/story reel — cinematic grade with amber glow + vignette, intro blur→clear, four stacked verses (each with a yellow highlight), and a swirl outro. Add your clip + your own lines.
11.2s
16:9
A high-energy 16:9 travel montage rebuilt from a reference reel: a calm establishing shot, then flash-cut builds, an aerial-ocean hero beat, and a rapid neon night climax — white-flash section breaks, subtle push-ins on every shot, and a teal-and-orange cinematic grade that shifts cool → warm → dark across the cut. Drop in 12 landscape clips.
7.4s
16:9
A punchy 16:9 title opener rebuilt frame-for-frame from a reference reel: tall rounded panels deal in over black while a serif title types out and a colour-cycling loading bar counts up, the panels regroup into a row of rounded squares over grey, then diagonal slash wipes carry a hero city montage to a neon-street finale. Drop in one aerial clip for the panels and four landscape heroes.
Each category is its own page with every template in it — the fastest way in if you already know the kind of video you are making.
Birthday — Month Roll
Kitty Scrapbook
Photo Wall — Moodboard
Rhythm Frame — Opener · Velocity — Single Clip · Aesthetic Portrait — Velocity Grade · City Rush — Cinematic Travel
Solo Shots — In Memory 2026 · Solo Shots — Portrait Dump
Droplet Lens Montage · Travel Cinematic
Best American Homes — Agent Intro
Story Teller
A reel template is a finished video project with the content taken out. The hard part of a good reel — how long each cut sits on screen, when the text lands, how the grade shifts on the beat — is already solved and saved. What is left are slots: the clips, photos, lines of text and music track that make it yours.
Start with aspect ratio and screen time. 9:16 goes to Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts; 4:5 is the tallest the Instagram feed allows. Screen time tells you how much footage you need before you start.
Every card lists its slots — how many video clips, photos, lines of text and music tracks it expects. A one-slot template is a 30-second job; a 12-clip montage is a proper edit.
“Use Template” hands it straight to ExpoCut on your phone and opens it ready to fill. Everything after that is a normal project — trim, retime, restyle, add layers.
Templates are only one part of the editor. The ExpoCut showcase has the individual pieces they are built from — colour filters, transitions, text animations, generative shader backgrounds and lower thirds — each with a live preview you can try in the browser.
A reel template is a finished ExpoCut project with the content left out. The timing, animation, colour grade, transitions, text motion and music sync are already built; you drop in your own clips, photos and words and everything stays in place.
Yes. Every template in this library is included with ExpoCut on iOS and Android, and you can export your edit up to 4K.
Tap “Use Template” on any template. If ExpoCut is installed it opens that exact template in the Reels tab, ready to fill; if not, you are sent to the App Store or Google Play.
Yes. Once a template is open in ExpoCut it is a normal project — you can trim clips, move keyframes, change text and add or delete layers on the timeline.
9:16 is the vertical shape for Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts. 4:5 is the tallest shape the Instagram and Facebook feed allows. 1:1 suits square feed posts, and 16:9 is for YouTube and website embeds.
Every template here is free inside ExpoCut for iOS and Android. Pick one, drop in your clips, export up to 4K.
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