Can I bring my Canva designs in?

Yes, as images: download your design or its parts from Canva, add them to a smooth.video scene and animate them there.

Does smooth.video have templates?

Yes, a gallery of ready-made animations, from YouTube intros to sale banners. Each one opens in the editor with every element editable.

Is there a watermark?

No. Every export is free and clean, transparent WebM included.

Can I open Motionity projects?

No. smooth.video opens its own .smooth files: bring your images, videos and audio over and rebuild the animation.

Where are my projects stored?

In your browser, as with Motionity. Save a project as a .smooth file to keep a copy or move it to another computer.

Yes, as well as WebM with transparency, GIF, PNG, JPG and WebP.

Canva vs Motionity

Canva and Motionity side by side, as of September 2026: what each one costs, what it's made for, and when smooth.video, a free animation tool that runs in your browser with no account, does the job instead.

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Canva vs Motionity at a glance

	Canva	Motionity	smooth.video
Price	Free plan, with many templates and features in Canva Pro	Free	Free, no paid plan
Account	Required	Not needed	Not needed

As of September 2026. Plans change, so check those of Canva and Motionity before you decide.

Canva

Built for: Every kind of design: social posts, slides, print, documents, video
Motion: Animation presets and timing per element
Transparent video: Not available
Where your files live: In your Canva account
Library: A huge library of templates, photos and graphics

When Canva fits better

You need a flyer, a presentation and a social post that all match, drawn from a huge library of templates, photos and brand assets, with animation as a finishing touch.

Canva vs smooth.video

Motionity

Where your projects live: In your browser, and as JSON files
Updates: No changes since September 2022
Video export: WebM
Templates: No
Open source: Yes, MIT license
Lottie layers, chroma key, stock image search: Yes

When Motionity fits better

You want to read, change or host the code yourself under an MIT license, or you need Lottie files as layers, chroma key or a built-in stock image search. smooth.video has none of those.

Motionity vs smooth.video

When smooth.video fits better

The animation is the deliverable: a YouTube intro, a lower third, an animated stat, a Reel. You want exact control over timing, a transparent export to put over video, and no account.

You liked the idea of Motionity, a free motion design tool in the browser with no account, and want one that's still updated, exports MP4 and transparent WebM, and has templates to start from.

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Logo reveal

1080×1080

A name that pops into place

Lower third

1920×1080

Name and title, on cue

Bold statement

1080×1920

Three lines, one point

Product drop

1080×1350

An announcement that lands

Count-up stat

1080×1080

A number that climbs

Quote card

1200×630

A line worth sharing

Questions

Can I bring my Canva designs in?: Yes, as images: download your design or its parts from Canva, add them to a smooth.video scene and animate them there.
Does smooth.video have templates?: Yes, a gallery of ready-made animations, from YouTube intros to sale banners. Each one opens in the editor with every element editable.
Is there a watermark?: No. Every export is free and clean, transparent WebM included.
Can I open Motionity projects?: No. smooth.video opens its own .smooth files: bring your images, videos and audio over and rebuild the animation.
Where are my projects stored?: In your browser, as with Motionity. Save a project as a .smooth file to keep a copy or move it to another computer.
Can I export MP4?: Yes, as well as WebM with transparency, GIF, PNG, JPG and WebP.