Getting Started | Motion Canvas

📄️ Quickstart

In this guide, we'll create a simple animation using Motion Canvas.

Motion Canvas uses generator functions to describe animations.

Scenes are collections of nodes displayed in your animation. They're organized

Motion Canvas uses a Cartesian coordinate system. Its origin is located in the

Layouts allow you to arrange your nodes using Flexbox. Any node

Signals represent a value that may change over time. They can be used to define

Effects let you observe changes to signals and react to them. Unlike signals,

Usually, when creating a node, we want to store a reference to it, so we can

Tweens are one of the fundamental building blocks of animation. They are a

One of the pain points of creating explanatory animations using code is

Transitions allow you to customize the way scenes transition from one into

Motion Canvas ships with a simple orthographic camera that allows you to pan,

One method of debugging your code or animation flow is using logging messages.

In this chapter we will take a look at all the different types of media Motion

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Aside from exporting your animations, you can use Motion Canvas to present them

Motion Canvas is configured in the Vite's configuration file: