Motion

Motion Graphics lets you create animated visual assets directly inside a scene in the Synthesia Editor. Choose from a library of pre-defined presets, or create completely bespoke motion graphics using a custom text prompt and optional reference images.

Overview

With Motion Graphics, you can:

• Choose from a library of presets — select the specific preset that best matches your content and style.
• Create custom motion graphics — use a text prompt and optional reference images to generate bespoke animated assets.
• Set the canvas size — create assets in Full or Half canvas size.
• Add automatic sound effects — so the output feels polished without extra steps.
• Choose from pre-built styles — minimal, tangerine, soft, and dark. Enterprise customers can select a Brand kit instead of one of the pre-set styles.

Motion Graphics works especially well for structured content formats such as cards, timelines, and checklists.

How it works

Generate from a preset

1. Open a video in the Editor.
2. Select a scene.
3. Open the motion graphics panel in the top toolbar.
4. Select a template from the available options.
5. Choose a canvas size: Full or Half.
6. Choose a brand kit.
7. Select Generate. The asset is placed in the scene as a media element.

Create a custom motion graphic

1. Open a video in the Editor.
2. Select a scene.
3. Open the motion graphics panel.
4. Enter a custom text prompt describing the motion graphic you want to create.
5. Optionally, upload a reference image.
6. Choose a canvas size: Full or Half.
7. Choose a brand kit.
8. Select Generate.

Editing & Iterations

After you generate a Motion Graphic, you can update it without generating it from scratch. You can edit its text, Refresh it to re-sync with your scene, or Revise it to change its content or style. Refresh and Revise both work on preset and custom Motion Graphics.

Edit text

Edit the text in a generated Motion Graphic to fix wording or match your script, without re-generating the asset.

1. Select the Motion Graphic on the canvas.
2. Select Edit, or open the design panel and turn on Edit motion graphic.
3. Select a text element and type the new wording. The text replaces the original as you type, and a change indicator marks each edited element.
4. To undo a single change, select the revert icon for that text element.

Refresh

Use Refresh to bring a Motion Graphic back in sync after you change a scene. Refresh regenerates the asset in one step to match an updated script or a new speaker, so you don't have to rebuild it.

1. Select the Motion Graphic on the canvas.
2. Select Refresh.

The Motion Graphic regenerates to match your current script and speaker.

Revise

Use Revise to change an existing Motion Graphic with a text prompt, or to apply a different Brand kit.

1. Select the Motion Graphic on the canvas.
2. Select Revise.
3. Enter a prompt describing the change you want, or choose a different Brand kit.
4. Select Generate to apply the update.

Translate a motion graphic

Motion Graphics are translated as part of the standard Video Translation flow. Because a Motion Graphic is synced to your script, it's translated along with the rest of your video — you don't need to regenerate it to get a translated version.

Considerations

The following considerations apply:

• Maximum duration: 30 seconds per generation. Split scenes longer than 30 seconds before generating.
• Editing: You can edit the text in a generated asset, but you can't change colors, fonts, or text size, edit on the canvas, or delete text elements. Numeric values (for example, 50%) may not be editable.
• Feature flag: Motion graphics requires Motion Graphic toggle to be enabled on the workspace level.

Credits

Motion Graphics is a Beta feature and does not consume credits.