BeforeAfterPro templatePremiumBold
Food Glow
Bold category, on a 1:1 square canvas, with Quicksand Bold labels reading Prep and Plated, over a gradient ground. Drag the handle to see it work.
PrepPlatedThe job it is forPremium pack
What Food Glow is for
Prep and Plated are already typed into the labels, which tells you what this is for. Three warm stops run gold into orange into red behind a square crop, with rounded corners and a rounded sans on top, and the whole thing is pitched at a recipe post where the finished plate is the reward. Photograph both states from directly above and it works every time.
#F9CA24 shades into #EB4D4B behind the two halves, and that wash is part of the template rather than a filter on your photographs. Labels are set in Quicksand Bold, bottom centre, over a 3 point #FFFFFF divider. The canvas is 1:1 square, rounded by 16 points, and the labels arrive reading Prep and Plated.
The specificationExtracted, not typed
Every value in Food Glow, as the build holds it
Divider width is the number to read first on a bold template, because the rule is what does the shouting. The diagram draws it at the app's own canvas scale, along with the shape of the frame, the corner the labels take and any band reserved under the pair. The panel beside it carries the parts of the record that arrive as words instead of numbers.
- Canvas1:1
- Rule3 pt
- LabelsBottom centre
- BandNone
- Canvas
- 1:1 square
- Label face
- Quicksand Bold
- Label corner
- Bottom centre
- Rule
- 3 pt
- Corners
- 16 pt radius
- Ground
- 3 stop gradient
- Branding
- Overlaid, no band
- Date stamp
- Off by default
- Default wording
- Prep and Plated
- Pack
- Premium
- Frame#F9CA24
- Ground stop 1#F9CA24
- Ground stop 2#F0932B
- Ground stop 3#EB4D4B
- Rule#FFFFFF
- Label#FFFFFF
Read out of the shipped app build by the catalogue extractor, not typed.
Shooting for itBold category
How to shoot a pair for Food Glow
Loud framing buys attention and spends credibility, so the pair underneath has to be obviously real. The safest bold post shows a change big enough to register at thumbnail size: a driveway half done, a bench cleared, a body at two dates. Subtle work loses in this category, because a five point white rule across the middle of the screen is competing with the very thing you are pointing at. Shoot wide, shoot the whole subject, and let the frame shout about a difference that was already visible.
In orderWritten for bold work
- 01Start from the wide shot. Bold frames crop tight and a close-up inside one loses the context that made the change readable.
- 02Match the second frame with Ghost Camera before you shoot it, not after. A thick divider makes a misalignment of a few degrees obvious.
- 03Pick the frame by the subject's colour, not by taste. A coral ground behind a red car cancels the car out.
- 04Slider reveal is the mode that suits this category: the rule is already the loudest object on screen, so let it move.
- 05Export vertical for a Reel or square for a feed post, and check it at the size a thumb actually sees it before you post.
A thick rule makes a poor pair worse, because it points straight at the seam. Run the two photographs through the slider tool in your browser first: it works on your own device, in about two seconds, and the guide to pairs that look fake explains what to do when the alignment is off.
Honest limitsTwo of them, and both are real
What Food Glow will not do
A condensed display face at this weight has one job and it is the word BEFORE. Long custom label wording gets tight fast, and the label editor will let you set text that is technically legible and practically unreadable at feed size. The frames also draw the eye to the divider, so a pair whose two halves sit at slightly different heights shows it here first. And the input stays two still photographs: this category makes a punchy reveal out of a pair, not out of footage.
On this template in particularThe gradient is part of the template rather than a filter over your photographs, so it cannot be turned off or recoloured. If the ground is fighting your subject, the fix is a different template rather than a setting.
If this one is not itFour questions, four answers
Without upgrading
BeforeAfterOpens on the free tier, on a 1:1 square canvas with Bebas Neue labels.
Same pack, other end
Day 190 DaysA darker ground in the same pack, with a 4 point #FF6B6B rule.
Same shape, other register
BeforeAfterThe same 1:1 square canvas, filed under clean rather than bold.
Same label face
BeforeAfterAlso set in Quicksand Bold, so a series can change frame without changing voice.
After the frame, the pair and the captionFor premium work
Back up to every bold template, or to the whole catalogue. The free browser slider is at the slider tool, and the hashtag research by trade starts at the hashtag index.
Common questions
- Who is the Food Glow template for?
- Prep and Plated are already typed into the labels, which tells you what this is for. Three warm stops run gold into orange into red behind a square crop, with rounded corners and a rounded sans on top, and the whole thing is pitched at a recipe post where the finished plate is the reward. Photograph both states from directly above and it works every time.
- When should I use something other than Food Glow?
- The gradient is doing a lot, and a busy plate on a busy ground is a lot of information at once. Food Minimal puts the same pairing on cream with a hairline, and lets the food be the only colourful thing on screen.
- Is Food Glow free?
- No, it is one of the Pro templates. The free tier opens 8 of the 100, and everything else in the editor is free with them: all four comparison modes, Ghost Camera, the filters, the stickers, the full label editor, and your own logo and business name.
- What shape is Food Glow, and what will it export at?
- The template's canvas is 1:1 square. The export ratio is a separate choice made in the export sheet: 9:16 and 1:1 on the free tier, plus 4:5 and the original ratio on Pro. 1:1 is among them, so the canvas and the export can match exactly.
- Can I change the BEFORE and AFTER wording?
- Yes. Food Glow starts with "Prep" and "Plated", and every part of that is editable: the text, the typeface, the colour, the size, bold and italic, uppercase, a shadow, the background opacity, and the position, either one of five presets or dragged anywhere on the canvas.
- Can I compare two video clips with this?
- No. The app takes two still photographs, and the reveal you are watching on this page is made by moving a divider across them. Footage never enters the picture, however cinematic the frame looks.
Put your own pair in Food Glow
Two photographs, one template, and a reveal that plays in about four seconds. Three exports a day are free, each behind a short rewarded ad.
Get the app freeiPhone, iOS 17 and later