sizzledraft

Show your web design work in motion

Sizzledraft turns a web designer's website into a short video ad using real screenshots of the portfolio, services, process and pricing sections. It captures the site in a headless browser, builds scenes from its brand tokens and renders the finished video frame by frame.

Opening lines that work here

  • Your next client could be scrolling past your best website.

    It connects the designer's strongest portfolio work to the problem of presenting it in a feed.

  • From blank canvas to launched site in a few seconds.

    It frames the ad around the transformation prospective web design clients want to see.

  • Here is what your business could look like online.

    It helps prospects picture their own brand receiving the same level of web design.

How can I turn my web design portfolio into a video ad?

Start with the portfolio page you already use to win enquiries. Sizzledraft opens that URL in a headless browser, captures the full scroll and isolates useful views such as the hero, selected projects, service details and pricing. It then authors a scene using the site's own colours, typography and other brand tokens, so the video feels connected to your studio rather than pasted into a generic layout. The first video is cut from the site alone. For later versions, you can add a prompt to focus on a service such as ecommerce design, landing pages or redesign work. Choose a small number of strong projects and let each screen remain visible long enough for prospects to understand the work.

What should a web designer show in a short portfolio ad?

Show evidence that helps a potential client judge your design work quickly. Open with the clearest finished homepage, then move through two or three screens that demonstrate hierarchy, responsive thinking, product storytelling or conversion structure. Include a concise service or process section if it explains what clients can hire you for. Add pricing only when the figures are current and useful for qualifying enquiries. Avoid squeezing an entire agency site into one cut. A long scroll through every case study, logo wall and FAQ weakens the portfolio pieces that deserve attention. For the first three seconds, lead with the strongest transformation or finished interface, not your studio introduction. The viewer should see the quality of the work before being asked to remember your name.

How quickly can I make ads after launching a client website?

You can begin from the live project URL as soon as the pages you want to feature are public and stable. That removes the separate job of recording the site, rebuilding screens in an editor and matching the studio's visual system by hand. Sizzledraft captures real page screenshots and renders the ad frame by frame at 30fps. Vertical output is 1080x1920 for feed placements, while horizontal output is 1920x1080 for wider placements. Files use H.264, and audio is normalised to -14 LUFS. If you want to use a trending sound, it is handed over as a link so you can attach it natively on the publishing platform. It is not baked into the video, since baked-in audio would not count as using that sound.

What the browser actually gets

Our browser captures a full-page scroll plus clear views of the hero, feature or service sections, portfolio work and pricing. Long marketing pages need careful section picking because showing every project, testimonial block and process step can make the cut drag.

The common mistake

A common mistake is treating the video like a compressed homepage and scrolling through every service, project and process step. Fix it by choosing one client need, opening with the strongest finished interface and limiting the cut to the sections that prove you can solve that specific design problem.

  • Static portfolio images do not show how a finished website flows from the hero through its key sections.
  • Recording and editing every portfolio update delays promotion after a client site launches.
  • Long agency pages contain too many projects, services and process steps for one focused short video.

Questions

Will the video use my actual portfolio pages?
Yes. The browser visits the URL and captures real screenshots from the page, including the hero, portfolio or feature sections, pricing and the full-page scroll. The scene also draws from the site's own brand tokens, helping the ad retain the visual identity prospective clients already see on your website.
What happens if my design site has a very long homepage?
A long homepage can produce a slow, unfocused cut if every section is included. Select the projects, services and proof that support one message. For example, an ecommerce ad might show one storefront, a product page and the relevant service section while leaving unrelated branding projects out.
Can I make separate ads for different web design services?
Yes. The first video is cut from the website alone, so the page needs to make its priorities clear. Later videos accept a prompt, letting you request a version centred on landing pages, ecommerce builds, portfolio sites or redesigns while continuing to use material captured from your website.
What video formats do I receive for my portfolio ads?
Vertical videos render at 1080x1920 and horizontal videos at 1920x1080. Both run at 30fps and use H.264, with audio normalised to -14 LUFS. Sizzledraft costs $19 for two videos or $39 per month for eight, so you can produce separate cuts for projects or services.

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