Free Animated Video Maker: Create Animated Videos with AI

Start with a CoAnimator template if you want to make an animated video without designing every scene from scratch. Replace its text, colours and media, then review how your content fits the existing animation.

CoAnimator’s free forever plan includes the studio and templates. AI accounts and connected media services have separate allowances or charges. Start with an existing sample and your own assets to keep those extra services out of the first edit.

Below, the 33-second Website Demo is our main example. You can watch the original, download its project and use the adaptation prompt to make a version for your product. There are also kinetic-type and hand-drawn samples if a software demo is the wrong starting point.

Start here: a website demo you can open and edit

The CoAnimator Website Demo template opens with a typed brief and orbiting agent logos, then reveals a 3D monitor showing a scrolling website. The monitor sits on a dark stage with violet lighting. The closing frame brings the CoAnimator and ScreenshotOne marks together.

Open the template and download the editable project · Watch the MP4 directly.

Use it for a landing-page launch, developer tool or short app introduction. Replace the example’s product, screenshots and closing line while retaining the monitor and camera animation.

The download is a .coa project, rather than just the video above. It contains the animation, media and timeline. In this project, the music and short sound cues have their own tracks, so changing a headline does not require replacing the soundtrack. The original canvas is 1920 × 1080 at 60fps, with a 33-second timeline.

What to borrow from this sample

The scrolling capture shows several website sections in one monitor scene. Choose the sections you want to feature before replacing the source image, and allow enough time for their headings and content to remain readable.

For your version, name the page or interaction to show, such as a booking page and its confirmation screen. Supply those captures and tell the agent which part needs the longest hold.

Keep the decorative treatment subordinate to the product. If the monitor becomes so angled that the important label is unreadable, ask for a more frontal hold. If a new headline is longer than the original, revise the line break and reading time together.

What you still need to replace

A template provides a starting production, not facts about your business. Replace every visible example name, URL and product claim that does not belong in your film. The agent logos in the opening should not imply integrations your product lacks. The ScreenshotOne branding and website in this sample belong to the original demonstration.

For an initial edit, bring the screenshots yourself. The example mentions ScreenshotOne, but the template’s existing captures do not require you to commission new ones. Asking the agent to capture a different website through that service introduces its own setup and provider costs.

Turn the template into your first animated video

1. Download the app and the project

Install CoAnimator on Windows, macOS or Linux. Complete the welcome checklist’s media setup, including FFmpeg and FFprobe for export. The quickstart covers those steps and the supported agent connections.

On the Website Demo page, choose Download template. Double-click the .coa file, or use the app’s import/open option for a CoAnimator package. Play the original before changing it, and keep an untouched copy so you can return to its timing and composition.

Connect the agent account you intend to use. A supported Chat connection and an installed coding agent have different setup requirements; use the agent connection guide for your route. You do not need to set up image, voice and website-capture providers just to edit the text and use screenshots you already have.

2. Prepare a small set of approved assets

Start with a logo, a wide screenshot or short recording, two lines of copy and a CTA. For a website demonstration, the capture needs enough vertical content to support the scroll. A small cropped image cannot reveal sections that are absent from the source.

Remove private customer information before importing a screen. Give each file an obvious name, such as product-home.png, booking-flow.mp4 or brand-logo.svg. Keep a short note with the exact product name, colours, URL and words that must remain unchanged.

Choose one result for this first version. A product homepage tour and a detailed onboarding tutorial need different pacing. If the viewer must follow several clicks, the product demo guide is the better place to develop that longer script.

3. Give the agent this adaptation prompt

This prompt is for changing the downloaded Website Demo. Replace the bracketed details with your own facts and attach the named files. It preserves the sample’s visual structure while setting clear limits on invented content and extra generation.

Copy the Website Demo adaptation prompt

I have opened the CoAnimator Website Demo template. Read this project’s instructions and preserve an untouched copy before editing. Adapt the existing 33-second, 16:9 Main timeline for [PRODUCT NAME]. Keep the current frame rate and the monitor, lighting and camera treatment unless a change is needed for readability.

Use only these supplied assets: [LOGO FILE], [WEBSITE SCREENSHOT OR RECORDING], [FONT FILES, IF ANY] and [APPROVED COPY FILE]. The product does [ONE VERIFIED JOB]. The action the viewer should understand is [ONE ACTION]. Use [BRAND HEX COLOURS]. The closing CTA is [EXACT CTA] and its URL is [EXACT URL].

Replace the original example’s text, website and closing marks with our approved material. Remove provider or partner logos that do not represent an approved relationship. Do not invent an interface, testimonial, feature, statistic or integration. If a required asset is missing, identify it before continuing.

Keep one focal point per scene. In the monitor section, hold the important part of our interface front-facing and large enough to read at the intended viewing size. Fit our copy deliberately rather than shrinking it to preserve the old line break.

Retain the supplied music and sound cues where they still suit the new timing. Do not request new images, video, website captures, voice or music, and do not invoke paid generation or research services. Tell me if replacing an existing asset requires a service rather than using the file I supplied.

First show the revised opening, one monitor frame and the closing frame for review. After approval, complete the remaining scenes and report any copy/audio mismatch. Do not export until I ask. Keep the animation, media and timeline available for further edits.

The connected agent session still follows its own account terms. The prompt limits additional media requests; it does not turn the agent’s usage into a free service.

4. Review three frames, then the full sequence

Review the opening, main product view and ending before polishing the transitions. Check the headline, readability of the product screen, logo and destination URL in those frames.

Name the change in your feedback: “Hold the booking confirmation longer and turn the monitor toward us so the confirmation text is readable.”

Play across the revised cuts as well as inspecting stills. A replaced screenshot can change the visual balance; a longer headline can run into the next scene; a sound cue can land before the action it once matched. Keep the elements that help the viewer follow the story and remove decoration that competes with it.

For a portrait version, ask for a separate 9:16 cut. Recompose the text and monitor within that frame instead of cropping the landscape export and hoping the interface survives.

More templates for different kinds of stories

Use these when your story needs a different visual form. Each has a playable preview and a project you can open in CoAnimator.

Kinetic Reel: for an announcement carried by words

The Beat-Synced Kinetic Reel makes the type the subject: words rise, split, flow and glitch across strong colour fields. The main preview runs about 54 seconds; the download includes two timelines with different mixes.

Strength: the composition works without a screen recording or a new illustrated scene. It suits an event announcement, short campaign message or title sequence built around a few memorable words.

Limit: replacing a short word with a sentence changes the design. Dense copy and step-by-step instructions need more time than this rapid sequence allows. Changing the music also means revisiting the cuts and accents.

A useful request is: “Use our four approved launch phrases, preserve the visual treatment, and give the longest phrase an extra readable hold.” Choose the words before asking for more effects.

Preview and download Kinetic Reel · Open its MP4.

Everything Branches: for an idea that benefits from drawing

The Branching Nature template develops a visual relationship across several examples. Its roughly 43-second film uses illustrated forms and camera movement to connect them. This is a better reference for explaining a process or teaching an idea than a monitor-led product reel.

Strength: recurring branching shapes connect the examples. The drawing reveals give the narration a visual reference without requiring product footage.

Limit: a different subject may require different drawings and narration. Recolouring the existing film does not make its science content describe your product. Supply the new script and artwork, or budget separately for producing them.

Start with a request such as: “Keep the hand-drawn treatment and explain the three steps in our supplied script. Identify which existing drawings fit and which new assets are needed before building.”

Preview and download Everything Branches · Open its MP4.

YourGPT Agent API demo: explain code and its result

This project suits a developer tool, API integration or technical product explanation. It combines focused code views with response highlights and application scenes. The Ledgerly business and its example data are fictional demonstration content.

The downloadable project includes the animation, fonts, narration, music and separate effects tracks. Keep a copy of the original and adapt one request-to-response sequence first. Replace the code, example data, product branding and related narration together so the finished explanation remains accurate.

Download the editable API demo project (.coa, 80 MB) · Watch the MP4 directly.

The full template catalog also covers character animation, logo reveals, stories and other formats. Choose a template that suits the media and explanation you already have.

What the free plan includes

Templates are free to download, and CoAnimator offers a free forever plan without a card or expiry. You can open a project, explore the scenes and start adapting its design. AI accounts and connected services follow their own terms.

You can reuse a suitable supplied track without generating a new one. Requesting replacement voice, music, images or a fresh website capture can require an external account and charges. The plugin guide describes those connections.

Export a version you can actually use

Once the edit is approved, choose Export, select the delivery settings available on your plan and keep the intended timeline frame rate. Render a short section containing the smallest important text before exporting the full film. The export settings guide explains size, quality and range separately.

Higher compression quality cannot restore detail that is absent from a screenshot. Enlarge the relevant panel or use a better source capture if the text is unreadable. For the Website Demo’s 60fps timeline, retaining 60fps preserves its intended cadence; a different delivery rate is a choice to review, not an automatic quality upgrade.

Watch the complete MP4 outside the studio. Listen through the soundtrack, inspect the final URL and make sure every important label remains clear. A file that opens can still contain a bad crop, an abrupt sound cut or an ending that disappears too quickly.

Keep the .coa package and required source assets with the approved export. CoAnimator’s project guide explains saving package changes and sharing a portable project. That lets you change a headline later without starting from the movie file alone.

Questions about making animated videos for free

Make the template yours before making the project bigger

For a first project, use the Website Demo if you have a product or website to show. Replace its opening, product screen and ending, then review those frames with your actual copy and branding.

Play the complete edit. Give an important interaction more time, shorten any line that is difficult to read and remove effects that obscure the product. Listen for sound cues that no longer match the revised cuts.

Save the revised project alongside the approved MP4. When a screen or headline changes later, you can reopen the source and update that scene.

Choose a free animation template or download CoAnimator to open the Website Demo project.