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Animation brings stories to life through movement: turning shapes, characters, and ideas into dynamic visual experiences. Whether you’re creating motion graphics, explainer videos, character animation, or social content, strong animation helps your message stand out and feel more memorable. That’s why animation matters: it captures attention and communicates complex ideas with clarity and emotion.
In this category, you’ll find tutorials covering core animation techniques, including keyframing, easing, timing, transitions, motion paths, character rigging, and visual storytelling. You’ll explore 2D and 3D animation styles, kinetic typography, logo animation, looping GIFs, and animated graphics used across platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and websites.
The guides also break down real workflows for branding, marketing, intros, explainers, presentations, UI motion, and promotional content. Each tutorial focuses on practical steps that help you animate faster, smoother, and with a more professional feel, even if you’re new to motion design.
If you’re using Envato, you’ll have access to animation templates, motion packs, transitions, presets, sound effects, music, and AI tools that speed up the entire process. Whether you’re working in After Effects, Premiere Pro, or another editor, Envato helps you build polished animations with less manual effort.
Learn how to animate with confidence, create eye-catching motion, and elevate every video project with professional animation techniques.
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Explore the fascinating journey of 3D animation, and see how the medium has evolved over time.
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Learn how to make animated logos for your clients in this comprehensive guide.
Explore some of the best video logo animation templates for After Effects.
Top-tier gen AI models. Commercial use. Ever-evolving tools.
Create unique visuals in diverse styles with simple text prompts.
Make your own music with text prompts and presets.
Remove backgrounds, erase objects & upscale effortlessly.
Generate videos from static images and text prompts.
VoiceGen, GraphicsGen, SoundGen and more coming soon.
Learn how to create an eye-catching logo animation in After Effects.
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Learn how to use animations in Powerpoint (with examples + video).
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Animation is the process of creating movement with graphics, text, characters, or objects to enhance storytelling and narrative.
Yes, Envato provides animation templates, including intros, logo reveals, transitions, and motion graphics packs.
Absolutely, you can edit colors, text, timing, effects, and branding inside After Effects, Premiere Pro, or compatible tools.
After Effects, Blender, Toon Boom, and Premiere Pro are widely used depending on the animation style.
Yes, AI tools can generate backgrounds, graphics, and concept frames, which you can animate in your preferred software.
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