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Browse the nine template categories, understand what each one is for, and pick the graphic you want — your brand applies automatically.

Beginnerfeature guide

HeyMotion ships with 101 ready-to-animate templates, grouped into nine categories in the left sidebar. Every template is already animated — you pick the one that fits your on-screen moment, then edit the words, numbers, and images. This guide helps you find the right one fast.

#Overview

The template library is the column on the left. Templates are grouped into nine categories, and each category header shows how many templates it holds. Click any template name and it loads instantly into the center stage and starts looping so you can see the motion before you commit.

Whatever you pick inherits your brand colors, fonts, and logo automatically — there is no per-template setup. Set your brand once and the entire library already looks like yours.

#When to Use It

Reach for the library whenever you start a new graphic, or when you want to swap the current clip for a different look. Because previews load instantly, browsing is the fastest way to decide.

#The Nine Categories

Each line below is the quick "what it's for," with real template names as examples:

  • Core — the everyday workhorses: Chapter card, TwoTone headline, Big counter, Compare cards, End card.
  • Story — narrative beats and reactions: Quote card, Big question, Myth→Fact, Hot take, Versus (A vs B).
  • Lists — anything enumerated: Checklist reveal, Numbered list, Pros & cons, Timeline/roadmap, Feature grid (2×3).
  • Data — numbers and charts: Stat trio, Bar chart, Donut percentage, Line chart draw, Money counter.
  • Tech — code and interface moments: Terminal typing, Code diff, Browser window, Request→Response (API flow), File tree reveal.
  • Devices — screens in frames: Device frame (4-in-1: iPhone/iPad/MacBook/iMac), Device trio lineup, Photo card (image), ChatGPT prompt box.
  • Subscribe — channel-growth prompts: Subscribe — minimal slide, Subscribe — click burst, Subscribe — corner bug.
  • Overlays — green-screen elements you key over footage: Lower-third tag, Name lower-third, Subscribe bar, Arrow callout, Circle highlight.
  • Transitions — short cuts between shots: Wipe transition, Zoom punch, Glitch cut, Iris close/open.
Important

Templates in the Overlays category (and a few Core overlays) render on a solid green #00FF00 background so you can chroma-key them over your video in your editor. See Create a Lower-Third for how keying works.

#Which Templates Your Plan Exports

Templates by plan: Free exports a curated starter set of 12 cards (at least one in every category); Founding, Creator, Studio and Agency export the full library. Locked cards still open, edit and play back normally — the padlock appears on the card in the sidebar and on the Export button, and the refusal is enforced server-side. Cards you make yourself — custom cards and cards from the AI generator — are always exportable on any plan.

Nothing is hidden from you: every template opens, edits and plays back on any plan, including signed out. The padlock only ever means "this one won't produce a file yet" — so you can see exactly what you'd be paying for before you pay for it, and you'll see the same locks before you sign up that you'd see after.

#Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Open the studio at https://heymotion.io/app.
  2. In the left sidebar, scan the category headers to find the kind of graphic you need.
  3. Click a template name. It loads into the center stage and begins looping.
  4. Watch the preview. If it isn't right, click another template — switching is instant.
  5. When you're happy, move to the right-hand edit panel to customize it.

#What's Not Here Yet

Coming soon

There are no favorites and no per-template thumbnails yet — both are planned. The search box at the top of the sidebar filters by name and category, and the categories keep the library short enough to scan quickly.

#Best Practices

Match the template to the beat, not the other way around: a single stat wants Big counter, a three-item comparison wants Compare cards, and a name tag over talking-head footage wants a Lower-third tag. Set your brand before you go deep so every preview reflects your real colors.

Continue with Customize a Template, learn how styling carries over in Apply Your Brand to a Template, and pick the right canvas in Canvas Sizes and Aspect Ratios.

Customize a TemplateUse the right-hand edit panel to change a template's text, numbers, images, and clip length — and save the result as a preset when you're signed in.Apply Your Brand to a TemplateYou never manually apply your brand — it flows into every template live, and switching templates keeps it intact.Canvas Sizes and Aspect RatiosPick from five canvas presets — 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, and 4:3 — so every graphic fits the platform you're posting to.