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joshwcomeau.com

Squash and stretch

Using Disney's animation principles to create SVG micro-interactions that feel way more natural and believable.

karlkoch.me

On velocity gating

EMA smoothing, split engage/disengage thresholds, and directional hysteresis prevent strobe effects without debounce lag.

karlkoch.me

On clip-path animations

How CSS clip-path animations can move beyond simple fades to create tactile, high-end motion.

easemaster.satisui.xyz

Ease Master

Generate production-ready code for CSS, Tailwind, Framer Motion, and GSAP. Visualize Bezier curves and Spring physics side-by-side.

motionfolios.com

Motion folios

A curated collection of motion design portfolios and studios built to inspire designers.

typingsvg.vercel.app

TypingSVG

Generate animated typing SVGs with multiline styling, cursor styles, and adjustable typing & delete speeds for full control.

adobe.design

Animation that fails safely

A practical framework for designing and engineering safe, resilient, and inclusive motion.

piccalil.li

View transitions: practical examples to elevate your UI

A powerful way to create animated transitions between two states.

emilkowal.ski

7 practical animation tips

Seven simple ideas you can use to improve your animations today.

emilkowal.ski

You don’t need animations

Why you are animating more often than you should.

bryanmanio.com

How I approach motion in product design

Motion is critical for how a product feels. Here’s my general framework that I’ve been using over the years.

figma.com

Figma plugin: Magic Animator

Add motion to your static Figma designs with one click.

fliiipbook.com

FliiipBook animation tool

Draw frame-by-frame animations and create GIFs directly in your browser. Simple, fun, and powerful animation tool.

tympanus.net

Building an infinite marquee with React & Motion

How to create an infinite marquee that follows a custom SVG path using React and Motion.

garden.bradwoods.io

Sphere & mesh

How to animate a mesh across the surface of a sphere using three.js and GSAP.

studio.getcartwheel.com

Cartwheel

A powerful text-to-animation platform. Animate characters for your video, game, movie, ad, Social or VR project simply by typing.

motion-primitives.com

Motion-primitives

UI kit to make beautiful, animated interfaces, faster. Open-source and customizable.

lumalabs.ai

AI camera angles | Luma AI

Luma introduces Camera Angle Concepts in Ray2—intuitive, cinematic controls that bring nuance and storytelling depth to generative video.

animejs.com

Anime.js

A fast and versatile JavaScript animation library.

floor796.com

Floor796

A huge animation scene with many references to memes, games, films, series, anime, music groups.