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.

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Beta feature

This feature is in beta. Functionality and UI may change.

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 generating a Motion Graphic, you can edit its text directly, or re-generate. it to change the style.

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.

Re-generate

After generating a Motion Graphic, you can change the style and re-generate it from the Inspector.

1. Click the Motion Graphic asset in the scene.
2. In the right-side Inspector panel, click Re-generate in the video section.
3. Select a style.
4. Click Generate.
5. The current asset will be replaced with a newly generated 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.
• Translation: Motion graphics are not translated when using Video Translation.
• Feature flag: Motion graphics requires AI-generated stock content to be enabled on the workspace level.

Credits

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