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url: "/pitchdeck/design/animations.md"
description: "You can animate any direct child layer in the parent Figma Frame, Figma Component or Figma Instance in your slides by applying keyframe presets, speeds and timing offets to them. "
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# Animating your slides

> You can animate any direct child layer in the parent Figma Frame, Figma Component or Figma Instance in your slides by applying keyframe presets, speeds and timing offets to them. 

> **Note:** **Animations are only used for web presentations**. Please note that any animations you add will only be used in a presentation uploaded to the Pitchdeck web app; this means that **animations will not be included** in your PowerPoint/Keynote/Google Slides exports or PDF file exports.

[Video](/assets/videos/pitchdeck/design/adding-layer-animations.mp4)

## Choosing a preset animation style

Pitchdeck comes with dozens of pre-defined keyframe based animations, which are grouped into 3 categories:

- Entrances
- Transforms
- Advanced

To set an animation, ensure that the **Animations** tab is selected, then hover over the layer you would like to animate in the Pitchdeck layers list and click on the **select box**. Scroll through the list of animations and **click** on an animation name to apply it to your layer. You'll see the slide preview update instantly with the new animation applied.

## Changing the animation speed

You can adjust the speed and delay of your animations by **clicking down** on the left/right **edges** of the timeline bar for your layer, then **holding and dragging** with your mouse to adjust the length of your animation and it's start/end point.

You can shift the location of your animation on the timeline by **clicking down** on the **middle** of the timeline bar for your layer, then **holding and dragging** with your mouse; moving it either left or right to change where it is placed in your timeline.

## Copy/pasting animations between layers

If you already have an animation and timings that you like, you can click the **Copy** button on that layer in the plugin, then click **Paste** on any other layer to apply the same animation and timings there automatically.

> **Tip:** **Animations are carried over when copy/pasting Figma layers**. Any animations that you apply to a layer in a slide via the plugin will be attached to that Figma layer, so you can also copy/paste the Figma layer into other slide(s), and the animation will still be there when you refresh the slides in your plugin.