This Halloween season, social media feeds are flooded with scare-themed videos featuring people, pets, products, and brands. Yes, it’s the perfect time to post in-season content because the trend can help you gain more traction online. But what’s the best way to produce high-quality, on-trend videos this Halloween? You can use filters, but that’s too basic.
You can also use Halloween video templates, which works, but only if you’re willing to spend time on manual drag-and-drop edits, trimming clips, and syncing audio.
There’s now a better way to do it with the help of AI.
Invideo just launched Halloween Trends, which lets you pick the right preset and generate highly personalized, Halloween-themed videos in minutes with just a few clicks. In this post, you’ll learn how to use it and see example videos from some of the best presets currently available on invideo.
Let’s get started.
#1 Turn Yourself Into Dracula
If you’re a content creator or an influencer who wants a quick way to make a transformation video for Halloween, this preset is for you. In the list of presets, select the “Make me a Dracula” and you will be redirected to the asset generator dashboard.
From here, just upload a portrait photo of yourself as the reference image, and the AI handles the rest. You can also tweak the default prompt if you want to be more specific with the transformation.
This is what the final video looks like:
To switch to portrait orientation, just set the aspect ratio to 9:16 if you prefer a mobile-optimized layout for TikTok or Reels. The transformation quality is pretty impressive for a video made from a still photo. Plus, you can generate four variations at once, which makes it easy to pick the best one.
#2 Let a Vampire Promote Your Product
Now, if you don’t have a portrait photo of yourself to use, you can let a virtual avatar do the promoting instead. Using the “Vampire product” preset, a Vampire-style character will hold your product and present it on screen for you. Just upload a product photo and give it a short description, and the AI will build the scene around it.
In this example, I will be using a beer as the input image with the prompt “Show vampire presenting my product.”. Here’s the side-by-side preview of both the input image and the output video:
Go play the video and listen to what he said. It’s so cool that even without providing the script, the words still match with the product and the length fits perfectly within the 8-second limit.
And did you notice the little fire above the cap of the bottle that seemingly resembles a candle? That is so genius!
Business owners are gonna love this because the product integration looks clean and natural, as if it was part of the original shot. It’s also a fun Halloween clip that can easily catch attention on social media since it’s simple but still fits the theme really well.
#3 Create a Halloween Party Invitation
If you’re planning a Halloween party this weekend, this preset is very useful. You just provide the event details and the AI will create an animated invitation you can share with your friends or followers. It saves a lot of time if you want something themed but you don’t want to design it yourself.
To create one, choose the Happy Halloween trend and put the details of the party in the prompt field. Here’s an example:
Prompt: “Create Happy Halloween greeting. The party is on October 31, 10 PM. The venue is in the Bell Tower bar area. Remind the guests to wear a Halloween costume!”
The design looks cool and readable, and the animations match the Halloween mood. Normally, this would take around an hour to build manually in a design tool, but this one only took a minute to generate with invideo. That’s a huge difference when you’re busy preparing for the actual party.
Go try it with your own party details! You can also tweak the prompt further to influence the color scheme and match with your company theme.
#4 Animate your logo
If you own a business and want to promote your brand this Halloween, posting a spooky video with your logo is a great idea. Using invideo’s animated logo preset makes the whole process easier. Just select the “Retro B&W Logo” preset and upload your logo to see the effect.
The way the skeletons and the bats move around the logo and blend with the background gives it a nice spooky touch that works well for Halloween promotions. You’re also gonna love the sound effects that sound so classic and scary.
This preset uses the default prompt “Transform my logo with retro black and white theme,” but you can always tweak it to add more elements, text, or any other details into the scene.
#5 Paranormal break-in footage
This is a very fun preset because it creates a scene where people break into your restaurant or bar and start eating and drinking like it’s theirs. All you need is an image of your logo so the AI knows where the setting should be placed.
Check out this example with only a photo of a Pizza parlor business logo as an image input.
The CCTV-style look makes the scene feel funny and somewhat believable. The fast movements and Halloween costumes make each generation super fun to watch. Feel free to generate as many outputs as you want because every version comes out a little different.
Final Thoughts
As you saw in the process, creating videos with presets is way easier than using templates. You don’t need to deal with trimming clips manually or moving scenes to sync with the background music. You just upload a still photo, type a bit of text, and you get something that looks good enough for social media posts. It’s crazy how far AI has come in just a couple of years.
For people who do marketing or run a small business, this makes things simpler too. You can push more seasonal content that matches perfectly with your brand without spending too much time or money. You try a preset, if it looks fine, you post it.
It’s also helpful when you can’t come up with great ideas. A preset gives you a starting point. You just upload a still photo and move on. No stress.
So I recommend checking the presets on invideo and see what you like. Pick the ones that match the type of videos you want to post this Halloween. Use whatever helps you get things done faster.
