How to send video invitation cards on WhatsApp

Use MP4, keep it short

WhatsApp plays MP4 videos inside the chat; other formats arrive as a file the guest has to open. Ten to twenty seconds is enough for an invitation: long enough for the opening to play and the names to settle, short enough that guests watch to the end.

• Format: MP4 (H.264)
• Length: 10–20 seconds for a single card; a film of several pages can run longer
• Shape: portrait (9:16 or 4:5) fills a phone screen
• Music: optional — many guests open it with the sound off, so the card must work in silence

How to make a video invitation

1. 1Open the studio and pick a design — the moving ones play in the preview, and there's an Animated filter to show only those.
2. 2Type the names, date and venue in English, Arabic or both.
3. 3Add movement if the design doesn't have it: an opening, animated text, falling petals or a moving background.
4. 4Choose a music track from the studio's library if you want sound.
5. 5Download → MP4 video. It's made in your browser at up to 1080 pixels wide; if your computer struggles with the full size, Invited makes a 720-pixel version automatically rather than failing.
6. 6Watch the file once on your own phone, with the sound off, before you send it to anyone.

The ready-made moving designs come with the PRO plan — AED 15 for 30 days, one payment, no subscription. See pricing.

A video invitation with music

Music makes a video invitation feel like an occasion, but treat it as a bonus: many guests first open the video in a meeting, a majlis or late at night with the sound off. Make sure every name, date and place is readable in silence, and keep the track gentle at the start so nobody is startled.

How to send video invitation files without losing quality

WhatsApp compresses videos sent as media. Recent versions offer an HD option when you attach the video — choose it. If quality matters more than the inline preview, send the MP4 as a document instead: it arrives untouched, though the guest taps once to play it.

Write a short message with it, so the video isn't mistaken for a forward. Copy-ready wording is in wedding invitation message for WhatsApp.

Video, picture or GIF?

The studio downloads all three, plus PDF for print, so you can mix: the video for close family, the picture for everyone else, the PDF for the few who want a printed card.

Video invitation ideas by occasion

• Wedding: an arch or palace that opens onto the names — the classic. Keep the date on screen for the last few seconds. Wedding designs.
• Engagement: softer and shorter, a ring box or florals, 10 seconds is plenty. Engagement designs.
• Henna night: warm colours and hand motifs; it's usually a ladies' evening, so music is often welcome. Henna designs.
• Birthday and baby shower: balloons, confetti, a playful track — this is where a video beats a picture most. Birthday designs.

Mistakes that spoil a video invitation

• Names that appear for one second and vanish — hold the final frame with all the details for at least three seconds.
• A landscape video: it plays as a thin strip on a phone.
• Light text on a moving light background — check it on a phone in daylight.
• Sending it as a link to a file-sharing site instead of the video itself: many guests never tap it.
• No message with it, so it looks like a forward.

Sending to many guests

Sending a video one chat at a time is slow, and you lose track of who has replied. Broadcast lists reach only people who saved your number — see sending your invitation to many guests.

With Invited's sending service, each guest gets the invitation on WhatsApp with Yes and No buttons and a link to their own invitation page, and every reply lands in one guest list.