Canva: Animate designs with Magic Animate

Brenda Cadman, Canva Verified Expert·Sep 2025

Demo summary

The tutorial demonstrates applying cohesive motion styles to an entire multi-element design with a single click using Magic Animate.

Step-by-step

Select a page in your design
Click on the Animate button in the top menu
Select Magic Animate from the animation styles
Adjust the animation style and speed as needed

Options

Adjust animation speed
Change the specific animation style applied

Watch out for

Magic Animate must be available for the specific design type to appear in the menu

Tips

Use this tool to turn social media graphics or presentations into videos or reels
Use Magic Animate to avoid the time-consuming process of manually choosing and timing animations for individual items

Highlights

“giving your design smooth, professional movement with very little effort”

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