Graphic designers · 5 free picks

Motion graphics and video: make short videos and animations

Short videos usually need After Effects or a video editor. These add-ons let the assistant write the animation as code and render it to a video file. Most of them need extra programs, such as ffmpeg or a browser, on your computer.

Free picks (tested by us)

Most useful first. Each one was installed on a clean test system; start with the first, try it, then add the next.

  1. NewskillInstalls cleanly

    Launch videos and animated charts

    Motion Graphics Skill Pack

    A pack of Claude Code skills for launch videos, animated charts and short reels, made as code and rendered to MP4, starting with a brand intake step.

    Test: installs cleanly and works without an account. Not yet used on real work.

    Good forGraphic designersWatch outRuns shell commands to render video

    For any assistant
    Paste this in the terminal
    npx skills add charlie947/motion-graphics-skills
    What it does and how we tested it
  2. NewskillInstalls cleanly

    Turn web pages into videos

    HyperFrames

    Official HeyGen kit that lets your assistant build short videos as web pages and render them to MP4, with skills for Claude Code, Codex and Gemini.

    Test: installs cleanly and works without an account. Not yet used on real work.

    Good forGraphic designersWatch outRuns npx and shell commands to preview and render video

    For Claude Code Also works with Codex CLI and Gemini CLI — see all steps
    Step 1 of 2 · Paste this in the terminal
    claude plugin marketplace add heygen-com/hyperframes
    See all 2 steps
  3. NewskillInstalls cleanly

    Animated explainer videos in styles

    Animate

    Claude Code skill that makes short animated explainer videos in styles like cut paper, riso print or pixel art, and shows you a storyboard first.

    Test: installs cleanly and works without an account. Not yet used on real work.

    Good forGraphic designersWatch outNeeds Node, Playwright and ffmpeg

    For any assistant
    Paste this in the terminal
    npm i -g playwright && npx playwright install chromium
    Other ways to install, and how we tested it
  4. NewskillInstalls cleanly

    Motion timing and easing rules

    Motion Design Skill

    LottieFiles skill that teaches your assistant motion design rules, like timing, easing and what moves first, so its animations look calm and deliberate.

    Test: installs cleanly and works without an account. Not yet used on real work.

    Good forGraphic designersWatch outNone beyond normal file edits

    For any assistant
    Paste this in the terminal
    npx skills add LottieFiles/motion-design-skill
    What it does and how we tested it
  5. NewskillInstalls cleanly

    Launch video from your website

    Product Launch Motion

    Claude Code skill that reads your public website and turns it into a short product launch video with music, sound effects and motion, rendered to MP4.

    Test: installs cleanly and works without an account. Not yet used on real work.

    Good forGraphic designersWatch outVisits and screenshots the website you give it

    For any assistant
    Paste this in the terminal
    npx skills add AbubakrChan/product-launch-motion
    What it does and how we tested it

Superpowers Pack · early access

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We have not planned a skill of our own for motion graphics and video yet. The free picks on this page are our advice for now.

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