What Is Claude Motion? Animate a Chart and Export an MP4

Claude Motion turns text, numbers, shapes and images into an editable animation inside Claude. It writes the code that moves those elements, so you can ask it to change a chart label or slow down a scene before exporting an MP4. A good first project is a chart you already understand well enough to spot a mistake. Anthropic’s introduction to Motion.

September8 min

October5 min

Imagine the analyst who gave you these figures spots an error after you finish the animation. October should read 6 minutes. Below you'll build the first version, correct it, and check that the picture and the headline still tell the same story.

How to use Claude Motion in your workspace

Open a chat in your Team or Enterprise workspace. Type /motion in the message box and select Motion, or choose Output → Motion. You can also open Artifacts and choose a Motion template. On Team, the feature is on by default. On Enterprise, an owner enables it in Organization settings → Artifacts. Official setup and editing instructions.

A Claude Motion graphics prompt for a two-bar chart

For this exercise, paste the brief below. For your own chart, change the measure, the two observations and the final sentence together. Include the unit even if it appears in the file name of an attached report. Someone watching the slide will only see what's on the screen.

Make a 20-second animated chart for an operations team meeting. Show the median time to process one request. Use these fictional figures exactly: September, 8 minutes. October, 5 minutes.

0–4 seconds: show the title “Processing time per request” and a horizontal scale from 0 to 10 minutes. Keep this scale fixed.

4–10 seconds: grow a gray September bar from zero to 8. Label the bar “8 min” and leave it on screen.

10–16 seconds: grow a blue October bar from the same zero to 5. Label it “5 min”. Keep both month names visible.

16–20 seconds: hold both bars still. Add the headline “3 minutes saved per request”. Use large labels that can be read from the back of a meeting room.

Copy chart prompt

Play the preview once with the sound muted. Watch where your eye goes when the second bar enters. If the first bar disappears, ask Claude to keep it in place so viewers can compare the endpoints directly.

Revise one number and check three places

Go back to the same animation in Claude Motion and send the correction. Editing the existing artifact gives you the first version’s labels, scale and timing to work from.

Correct the October median from 5 to 6 minutes. Update its bar length, its label and the closing headline to “2 minutes saved per request”. Keep September at 8, the axis at 0–10 minutes and the final hold at four seconds.

Copy correction

Pause on the last frame. First, read the label aloud: October, 6 minutes. Next, check the bar against September. Six is three quarters of eight, so the October bar should now be three quarters as long. Finally, subtract the values: 8 − 6 = 2 minutes saved per request. A headline that still says “3 minutes saved” is an error even if the bars look right.

For this Claude Motion design, put the month names where viewers can read them throughout the animation. If the labels crowd each other, ask for one layout change at a time. For example, move the month names to the left of both bars and replay the same scene. Keeping the scale fixed makes the effect of that edit easy to judge.

Export your Claude Motion chart as an MP4

Open Export in the finished animation and choose MP4. Insert the downloaded file into the presentation where you'll use it. Play the slide at presentation size and check whether you can read the October value and the two-minute saving before the slide advances. If the slide advances early, check its playback settings. If the animation itself moves on too soon, extend the hold in Claude and export again.

When to use Claude Code for motion graphics

For a one-off chart in a meeting, the Claude Motion editor lets the person checking the data request a correction in chat. If your team publishes the same chart every week from a data file, a version-controlled animation may fit better. With Claude Code and Remotion, a developer can put the bar widths, labels and closing calculation in one React component and render each week's figures from that template. Compare the Claude Code and Remotion workflow.

If you need a hosted generator for a separate brief, this site's Claude Motion alternative has its own generator and credit pricing. For questions about Anthropic’s plans or export limits, see the beta access and pricing guide.

Claude Motion questions

Is Claude Motion free or available to everyone?

As of November 1, 2026, Anthropic lists Motion in beta for Team and Enterprise. A Free account does not include the Motion template. Animations count toward the eligible plan’s usage limits.

Is Claude Motion available in Australia?

Anthropic lists Australia as a supported location for Claude. To check Motion access, switch to your Team or Enterprise workspace and look for Motion under Output. On Enterprise, ask the owner whether your group has access.

How much of the animation is automatic?

Claude lays out and animates the elements from your brief. Supply the values, units and intended takeaway yourself. If you give it only the numbers 8 and 5, it has no way to tell whether those are minutes, dollars or percentages.

What does Claude animate well?

Use it when a change in position, length or timing helps someone understand your material. A bar that grows to six on a visible scale explains a measurement. A shot of someone processing a request calls for recorded or generated footage.

Can I edit the chart after exporting?

Keep the original animation in Artifacts. Make your changes there, then export a fresh MP4. In a presentation, replace the old video file so your audience sees the corrected figure.

Availability checked November 1, 2026. Anthropic’s Motion guide · Claude’s supported locations.