But as the loading bar crawled across the screen, something felt different about this one.
Grainy, handheld shots of a small kitchen. A woman laughing while flour dusted her nose. A child’s hand reaching for a star.
Elias dragged the project file into After Effects. He had seen hundreds of these templates—stock assets sold to thousands of creators worldwide. Usually, they were soulless. Gold glitter, a generic "Merry Christmas" script, and a lens flare that felt ten years out of date.
