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How to Make Animated Videos on Canva Slides in 2 Simple Ways

Illustration of two designers creating an animated video on Canva, with a screen showing a running character’s animation sequence.


If you’re feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of creating animated videos, Canva Slides is the tool for you – it’s easy to use even if you have little to no background in design. For projects such as social networks’ content, presentations, or marketing, Canva has prepared the ready template with simple instruments to implement this vision. In the next sections, learn how you can use Canva Slides to create animated videos in a few simple steps?


Method 1: Use the Canva plate form to Development an Animated Video


Step 1: Select a Video Template


The best beginning point is to select one of the user-defined video styles available on Canvas. To start, Launch the Canva application and sign in then click on the “Video” tab on the topmost part. From there you will locate different templates created for different sizes of ads. If you desire something certain you can slice it or make a new box and paste it.


Step 2: Customize Your Video


When the participant has chosen the template he or she wants to work with, the Canvas editing panel appears with design options on the left. You can replace the content, change or add the text and put in images or graphics or anything that you’d like to animate in the video.


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To edit the content of the resulting video, you can add special textual insertions and animated objects. The elements within the “canvas” tab have icons, shapes, and even animation capabilities that you can simply drop into the design. It is also easy to add the engaging text to your graphic, furthermore, you have many choices of fonts to select. It’s easy to change the size, color and position to suit your theme.


Step 4: Add Music to Your Video


This farther adds life into your video and depending on what you are trying to put across in your video, you can include background music. To add music, on the left click the “Audio” tab and then choose an MP3 from the Canvas library, or upload your own. Simply you drop it to the timeline and it will adjust well for the video.


Step 5: Preview and Download


Finally when you are through with customizing your video, press the “Play” button to watch the video you have created.If everything appears to be in order, click on the ‘Download’ button in order for you to save your animated video in MP4 format and is ready for sharing on any of the available platforms.


Method 2: Non-voiced Animated Video: Learn How to Make It Using Your Text


If you rather use your recorded footages in your videos, It is just as easy to create from an empty backdrop using Free Canva Slides.


Step 1: Start with a Blank Template


But when the patient is logged in, go back to the “Video” again but this time choose the empty template. In this video, you can even design them by yourself and control their layout and the types of animation you can use.


Step 2: Upload Your Video


Select the tab labeled “Uploads” and you will see a white space where you can drop your file with the video in it by clicking on it and dragging it to that space. From here, you can trim this video clip, add more transitions and even put animations over the clips like any other normal template.


Step 3: Add Creative Elements

Like when using templates, you also have the option to add animation graphics, logo, or even GIF to your video. It is easy to add these elements into these slides, and move them around so that they flow well with others when using the Canva app.


Step 4: Add Sound


Adding music or sound effect to a video can really help to energize the content. Select ‘Audio’ on the main tab to find free tracks or upload your own one. Canvas also has been easy to use especially when it comes to putting the audio in the right place within some sort of timeline.


Step 5: Finalize and Share


In case you have placed all of the unique features, review your animated video to see if every fitting suits well. If so, click or tap download or share the file directly on Canva to your social media pages.


Conclusion


When working with the Free Canva Slides, animating videos is as easy and entertaining as it can get even when using the templates or footage you have in place. It helps to create professional quality videos for any platform within a few steps and with the help of Canva’s features. 

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