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url: "/bannerify/design/video.md"
description: "You can embed video files to any Figma layer in your Bannerify timeline by clicking on the **Settings** icon button for that layer, and then pasting in a URL pointing to a valid video file (`.mp4` or `.webm`) into the video embed input field."
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# Including Video file embeds in your banners

> You can embed video files to any Figma layer in your Bannerify timeline by clicking on the **Settings** icon button for that layer, and then pasting in a URL pointing to a valid video file (`.mp4` or `.webm`) into the video embed input field.

### Video Tutorial: Add video embeds to Figma banner exports

This video tutorial is a complete step-by-step guide showing you how to add video file embeds to your banners using the Bannerify plugin.
[Embedded media](https://www.youtube.com/embed/8eqKeU4c4bc)

> **Warning:** **YouTube/Vimeo links will not work.** You must link directly to an .mp4 video file URL, by uploading your video to a service like [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/) first.

[Video](/assets/videos/bannerify/design/video-embeds.mp4)

While the Figma Plugin API doesn't support reading video files directly from your Figma file layers, Bannerify allows you to embed videos into your timeline layers by pasting in a direct URL pointing to an `.mp4` or `.webm` file.

To get a video file, you can either browse the selection of free stock videos on a site like [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/videos/), or you can upload your own `.mp4` or `.webm` file to a file hosting service like [Dropbox](https://dropbox.com) or [Backblaze B2](https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html), and then copy the URL link to your animation to use it in Bannerify.

By default, your video will automatically loop, but you can change this if needed by turning off the **Loop Embed** toggle.

To remove a video animation from your layer, click on the the **Settings** icon button again and remove the URL from the video embed input field.

> **Note:** If you're copying a Dropbox link, please ensure it's linking direclty to the video file itself (you should `.mp4` as part of the URL), as sometimes Dropbox "Share"/"Copy Link" buttons will link to an entire folder instead, depending on which part of the Dropbox interface they're viewed from.

> **Tip:** **Bulk applying video file URLs** As with other layer settings, you can also apply your video file URL setting to layers in bulk by using the [bulk apply](/bannerify/animation/animating-banners#applying-bulk-animations) feature.

> **Tip:** **Spreadsheet-driven video and Lottie swaps** You can also swap embedded media per spreadsheet row during export by using the [variants workflow](/bannerify/design/variants) with direct `.mp4`, `.webm`, or `.json` URLs, or matching `.mp4`, `.webm`, or `.json` files bundled inside an uploaded ZIP source.

> **Warning:** **Keep the total size of any video embeds under 4mb** to avoid your banner ad getting blocked by [Chrome's heavy ad policy update](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/heavy-ad-interventions) that they've rolled out.