Animate with the timeline
Animate layers with presets and keyframes, and build scenes with transitions in the Praisma Editor.
Updated November 10, 2026
Switch a design to Animate to move its layers over time. Use presets for speed, and keyframes for full control.
Animate a layer with a preset
Click Animate in the bottom toolbar.
Select a layer.
Pick a preset from In, Emphasis, Out or Path. A preset writes real keyframes you can adjust afterwards. In presets include Fade, Rise, Drop, Pop, Zoom in, Zoom out, Slide, Wipe, Spin, Type, Reveal and Unfold. Emphasis presets loop, such as Float, Pulse, Sway, Wiggle, Drift, Shimmer and Rotate, and can combine with an In preset.
Press play. The canvas does not play by itself.
Work with keyframes
In the timeline, expand a layer to see its tracks: Position, Scale, Rotation and Opacity.
Double-click a track to add a keyframe, and drag keyframes to move them in time. Drags snap to the grid and to other keyframes.
Select a keyframe to set its easing.
Turn on Auto-keyframe to record: while it is on, moving a layer at the playhead writes keyframes for you.
Add scenes and transitions
Add a scene from the timeline. A new scene plays after the current one in the exported video.
Open the transition between two scenes to choose its type and options, with a live preview.
Transitions include Fade, Cut, Dip to Black, Dip to White, Slide, Wipe, Circle, Zoom, Zoom in, Zoom out, Whip pan, Cross blur, Glitch, Push and Shape wipe.
Keep motion on the beat
Use Snap to audio so keyframes, animation bars and clip edges snap to Words, Beats + downbeats, Audio clip edges or a Beat grid (tempo). Hold Shift to place something freely.
Use the check button in the timeline to find problems such as dead holds, overlapping text, cropped layers, off-beat keys and layers popping in.
Limits and good to know
A scene can run up to 60 seconds and a video up to 180 seconds.
Frame rate is 24, 25, 30 or 60 fps, set in the export dialog.
An animated design without a duration of its own plays for 6 seconds.
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