motion-ui-design
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Resources for inspiration, lists of software, libraries and other stuff related to Motion UI design, animations and transitions.
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Motion design resource hub
A curated collection of resources and knowledge on motion UI design, animation, and transitions for software developers.
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Resources for inspiration / Sites
- Tympanus codrops
– Interactive demos and experiments
- Codyhouse
– Interactive demos and experiments
- Dribbble
– Animated shots category on Dribbble
- Codepen
– HTML/CSS/JS sandbox
- Give ’n’ Go
– A curated gallery of Dribbble shots reworked as interactive CodePen pens
- capptivate.co
– A collection of awesome mobile interfaces
- Awwwards
– Websites examples of designs with animation
- cssanimation.rocks
– CSS animated demos
- michaelvillar.com
– experiments by @michaelvillar (Stripe)
- hakim.se
– Experiments by @hakimel
- ui-animations.tumblr.com
– Animations in software user interfaces
- hoverstat.es
– A collection of interesting web sites curated by Animade studio
- appealing.
– A collection of mobile transitions and animations
- UI Movement
Animated interfaces and newsletter
Resources for inspiration / Pinterest boards
- Gestures, transitions, animations
by Yuri Vetrov
- Web UI animation
by JRMY LFBV
- UX/UI interaction & Motion design
by Matthieu Lerat
- Animated UX/UI
by Julien Tilly
- Motion UI
by CodeDesign
Resources for inspiration / Processing and other weird, but funny stuff
- Bees & bombs
– Processing experiments by Dave Whyte
- PATAKK
– Processing experiments by Paolo Zagreb
- dvdp
– Visual chinatown by davidope
- bigblueboo
– 3d and processing experiments by Charlie Deck
- Misha Kvakin
– Cinema4D and UI experiments
Articles
- How fast should your UI animations be?
by @valhead
- Getting started with UI motion design
by @Molly Lafferty
- A Designer’s Guide to Perceived Performance
by @Luke Jones
- How to Use Animation to Improve UX
by @Nick Babich
- How To Use Animations and Motion in Web Design
by @PageCloud
- UI Animation: Eye-Pleasing, Problem-Solving
by @Tubik Studio
- UI Motion Design — The Compendium
by @Thalion
- Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto
by @Issara Willenskomer
- Jedi Principles of UI Animation
@Adaptive Path
- UI Animation. Microinteraction for Macroresult
@Tubik Studio
- The Principles of UX Choreography
@Rebecca Ussai Henderson
Software / Video, gif, presentation
- Adobe After Effects
– The industry-standard animation and creative compositing app lets you design and deliver professional motion graphics and visual effects for film, TV, video and web:
Software / Video, gif, presentation / Adobe After Effects
- MtMograph summits
( video)
- 30 days of AE
( video)
BodyMovin
– Converter from AE to SVG/canvas
- Squall
– Converter from AE to iOS
Software / Video, gif, presentation
- Apple Motion
– MacOS app for create and edit motion graphics, titling for video production and film production, and 2D and 3D compositing for visual effects
- Adobe Photoshop
– Raster graphics editor that can also produce gif UI animations:
Software / Video, gif, presentation / Adobe Photoshop
Software / Video, gif, presentation
- Adobe Flash
– Software for creating vector graphics, animations, games etc
- Apple Keynote
– MacOS app for presentations, but also great for high-fidelity animations and prototypes:
Software / Video, gif, presentation / Apple Keynote
Software / Visual programming
- Quartz Composer
– MacOS app with node-based visual programming language for prototyping MacOS/iOS apps:
Software / Visual programming / Quartz Composer
Software / Visual programming
- Form
– App with a node-based visual programming language for prototyping apps by Google
- Principle For Mac
– MacOS app for create animated and interactive user interface designs
- Floid
– MacOS interaction design tool for any platform & device (Web, iOS, Android)
Software / HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Framer studio
– MacOS app for prototyping animations by CoffeeScript programming language
Software / HTML, CSS and JavaScript / Framer studio
Software / HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Tumult Hype
– MacOS app for creating HTML/CSS sites, banners, presentations etc
- Adobe Edge Animation
– App for creating HTML/CSS sites, banners, presentations etc:
Software / HTML, CSS and JavaScript / Adobe Edge Animation
Software / HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Adobe Experience Design (ex-Project Comet)
– App for creating design, prototype and animation of websites and mobile apps (Preview version)
- Google web designer
– HTML-based designs and motion graphics
- Animatron
– Web app for creating animations, banners, and infographics
- Pixate
– Prototyping platform
- SpiritJS
– Animation tool for the web (unrealized yet)
Helpers
- easings.net
– Easing functions cheat sheet
- cubic-bezier.com
– Cubic-bezier visual tool
- csstriggers.com
– List of CSS properties thats trigger repaint, reflow or compositing
Libraries
- Web Animation Infographics
– Great (but old) infographic with libraries by used technology
- Bouncy Ball
– Comparing animation techniques by showing how to bounce a ball with each one
Libraries / CSS
- Animate.css
– Collections of CSS animations
- Effeckt.css
– Collections of UI animations
- Bounce.js
– Tool for generate nice CSS keyframes animation from js easing function
- Animations.css
Collection
- Magic animations
– Collection
- UI buttons
– Collection of buttons
- Hover.css
– Hover effects
- Morf
– Transitions with custom easing functions
- Awesome CSS3 animations
– Library of animations
- All Animation
– Set of fun animations to make your project sexier
- CSS Animate
– Tool for easy and fast creating CSS3 keyframes animation
- Mantra
– Tool for creating keyframes animation
Libraries / JavaScript
- GreenSock
– Ultra high-performance, professional-grade animation for the modern web
- Velocity.js
– Accelerated JavaScript animation
- Impulse
– High-performance interactions for mobile web
- AniJS
– Animations by declared data-attributes
- Snabbt.js
– Minimalistic animation library in JavaScript
- Famo.us
– High-performance JavaScript library for animations & interfaces
- Processing.js
– JavaScript library for Processing visual programming language
Framer.js
– Prototyping tool for designing UI, interaction and animation
- Dynamics.js
– JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
Mo.js
– Motion graphics toolbelt for the web
- AnimateTransition
– Library for transition of blocks and popups
Animate Plus
– CSS and SVG animation library for modern browsers, performant and lightweight (3KB gzipped), making it particularly well-suited for mobile
Gravitas.js
– Super fast physics simulations for JavaScript
- Popmotion
– JavaScript motion engine that makes creating engaging user interactions quick and simple
- anime.js
Lightweight JavaScript animation library
- useAnimations
micro-animations icon library;
Libraries / SVG
- SnapSVG
— JavaScript library makes working with your SVG assets as easy as jQuery makes working with the DOM
Libraries / SVG / SnapSVG
Libraries / SVG
- BonsaiJS
– Lightweight graphics library with intuitive graphics API and SVG renderer
- Vivus.js
– Allows you to animate SVGs, giving them the appearence of being drawn
- Walkway.js
– Easy way to animate SVG images consisting of line, path, and polyline elements
- Transformicons
– Animated icons, symbols and buttons using SVG and CSS
Web animation performance
- Jankfree.org
– Collection of articles and presentations about browser performance
Speeches, presentations, videos
- Interface Animations (Mark Geyer)
– Workshop on BlendConf 2014
- Animations anew - laziness, arrogance and intolerance (Andrey Sitnik)
( Russian language)
Newsletters, podcasts, screencasts
- The UI Animation Newsletter
– newsletter with resources plus helpful advice on how to make web animation work for you coming straight to your inbox each month by @valhead
- Web Animation Weekly
– newsletter with articles, videos, book reviews, and other goodies pertaining to the wonderful worlds of web animation and motion design by Rachel Nabors
- Motion and meaning
– Podcast about motion for digital designers by @valhead and Cennydd Bowles
- All The Right Moves
– Animation reviews by @valhead
- UI Movement
best of the week UI animations newsletter
Guidelines / Android
Guidelines / MacOS
Guidelines / iOS
Guidelines / Apple Watch
Guidelines / Windows
Guidelines / IBM
Guidelines
Books
- The Web In Motion: Practical Considerations For Designing With Animation
by Smashing Magazine
- Motion Design for iOS
by Mike Rundle
- CSS animations
by @valhead
- Designing Interface Animations
by @valhead (unpublished yet)
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