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Why does an invitation video stop at 12 seconds?
Azayemna caps an invitation's arrival at 12 seconds. Every frame of a card is photographed for every guest, so the length of the card is the length of the render, and a card twice as long doubles the work on every guest's video. The cap is a limit on nonsense rather than on design. The longest motion a host can choose from the Azayemna list runs 3.4 seconds, so the cap sits more than 3 times past it.
What sets the length of a card?
The last line to arrive. An arrival is a set of timings, one for each line and each piece of artwork, and the card is finished when the last of them lands.
Moving one line to a late start lengthens the whole card, and every guest's video with it.
Why is there a cap at all?
Because a text box eventually receives a number that makes no sense. One line given a very late start would quietly multiply the render time of every video on the event, and nobody would connect the two.
The cap stops that and nothing else. Everything under it stays open: the timing, the order, the speed, and the number of lines.
Does a longer card cost more?
No. The price for each guest is the same at one second and at 12 seconds. Azayemna rents the renderer by the month, so length spends time and not money.
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Will a good design ever reach the cap?
Almost never. The longest motion in the Azayemna list runs 3.4 seconds, and the layered designs finish a few seconds after that.
A card that runs for 12 seconds is a card a guest has stopped watching. The cap sits well above a good design, and arranging a card properly will not bring a host anywhere near it.