3D Lanyard Drop Video Generator
Put your own badge artwork on a 3D lanyard and film it dropping in, twisting through its back and settling.
Conference and office ID badge, 2.1 × 3.4 in. Both faces are filled to this shape, so upload them at 5:8 and nothing gets cropped.
Drop it here. 1,250 × 2,000 px (5:8), PNG, JPG or WebP under 12MB.
Drop it here. 1,250 × 2,000 px (5:8), PNG, JPG or WebP under 12MB.
Both images stay on your machine. They are read by the page and drawn straight onto the 3D card, so there is nothing to upload and nothing to delete afterwards. Leave the back empty and the card gets a plain one.
How GenMotion's free lanyard drop video works
Three steps, no account, and nothing to install.
- Step 1
Add both faces
Drop in the front of your badge and, if you have one, the back. Choose the card shape and the field tells you the exact pixel size to use, then flags anything too small or the wrong shape before you render.
- Step 2
Pick the scene and size
Studio, Daylight or Neon, with the strap in any of five colours. Then 9:16 for Reels, Shorts and Stories, 1:1 for the feed, or 16:9 for YouTube and slides.
- Step 3
Download the MP4
Sixteen seconds: the badge drops in, bounces on the strap, turns onto its back and settles while the camera pushes in. Rendered and encoded in your browser, so your images are never uploaded.
Who is GenMotion's free lanyard drop video for?
Conference and event teams
Announce a speaker, a ticket drop or this year's badge with the badge itself, rather than a flat picture of one.
Employer brand and recruiting
Welcome a new hire, or show the office pass off in a post that moves, without booking a motion designer for a five second clip.
Merch and swag drops
A lanyard turning in 3D shows both sides of a printed card, so people can read the back before it ships.
Frequently asked questions
Add an image for the front of your badge, optionally one for the back, pick a scene and a size, then press Download. The 16 second MP4 is rendered and encoded in your browser, which takes a few seconds.
It depends on the card shape. A portrait badge wants 1250 × 2000 px (5:8), a square one 1600 × 1600 px, and a landscape press pass 2000 × 1250 px (8:5). Anything smaller than half those numbers will look soft once the card fills the frame, and the tool says so when you drop a file in.
No. Leave it empty and the card gets a plain back in the scene's own colours. The card still turns through it on the way down, so a back image is worth adding if you have one: a QR code, a schedule, or your terms.
No. There is no server in this tool at all. The page reads your files, draws them onto the 3D card, and encodes the video, all in your browser, so there is nothing to upload and nothing to delete afterwards.
Yes. It is free, needs no sign-up, and there is no limit on how many videos you make. Videos carry a small GenMotion badge.
The artwork fills the card rather than fitting inside it, because a badge with letterbox bars down its sides stops looking like a badge. Upload at the ratio shown for your card shape and nothing is lost. If your art is 16:9, switch the card shape to Landscape.
Yes, there are five strap colours, and each scene starts on the one that suits it. Pick one and it stays picked while you try the other scenes.
Yes, that is what it is for. Pick 9:16 for Reels, Shorts and Stories, 1:1 for the feed, or 16:9 for YouTube. The MP4 is H.264, which every platform accepts.
Sixteen seconds at 30fps, which is the length the beats need: the drop, the bounce as the strap goes taut, the turn onto the card's back, the settle under a slow push in, and the badge being pulled back out of frame.
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