How to write a Claude Motion prompt
Say who will watch, where it will play and how long it should be. Attach your own files, and replace the [brackets] with your details.
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Source: Claude Help Center
Claude motion graphics prompts by type
Quarterly results for an all-hands
Make a 20-second 16:9 animation from the attached sheet for our all-hands. Open on the headline "Revenue up [18%]" counting up from 0. Then grow the four quarterly bars left to right, one per second, and highlight [Q3] in [#2F5BFF]. End on one line: "[Thank you, team.]" Calm pacing, white background.
Launch teaser from screenshots
Turn the three attached screenshots into a 15-second vertical teaser for [product]. Each screenshot slides in from the right with a soft shadow, holds for 3 seconds and gets one short caption: [caption 1] / [caption 2] / [caption 3]. Finish on the logo and "[launch date]". Snappy easing, dark background.
Four-step onboarding walkthrough
Create a 30-second 16:9 walkthrough of how to [set up an account]. Show 4 numbered steps as cards. Animate a cursor moving through each step and highlight the button it clicks. Keep each step under 8 words. Light background, lots of white space.
One number that matters
Animate one statistic for LinkedIn, square, 10 seconds: "[73%] of [customers] [renewed early]". The number counts up, then the sentence types on underneath. A thin ring fills to [73]% around the number. Small grey source line at the bottom: "[source]".
Logo reveal
Build a 6-second logo reveal from the attached SVG. Draw the outline stroke by stroke, fill it with [#color], then fade in the tagline "[tagline]" underneath. Off-white background, centred, no extra decoration.
Lyric video (add the song after)
Make a 30-second 16:9 lyric video. Show these lines one at a time, about 4 seconds each, with the key word scaling up on the beat: [line 1] / [line 2] / [line 3]. Hand-drawn shapes drift in the background. No audio. I'll add the track afterwards.
Motion's help page doesn't mention audio. How to add music or a voice-over.
Ranking race
Create a 20-second 16:9 ranking race from [table]. Show horizontal bars for [categories]. Start at [period 1]. Move the bars into their [period 2] ranking. Keep [category] blue. End on the final values.
Timeline of milestones
Create a 20-second 16:9 timeline from [milestone list]. Draw a horizontal line across the centre. Reveal each [date] from left to right. Place its [milestone label] above the line. Highlight [key milestone] in [#color]. End with every milestone visible.
Pricing plans compared
Create a 20-second 16:9 comparison of [pricing plans] for our sales kickoff. Show [plan names] as columns. Reveal one [feature row] at a time. Highlight [recommended plan] in [#color]. End on "[call to action]".
Feature callouts on a screenshot
Create a 20-second 16:9 animation from [screenshot]. Place the screenshot in the centre. Zoom toward [feature 1]. Draw a line from it to "[caption 1]". Repeat for [feature 2] with "[caption 2]". End on the full screenshot.
Process flow in five steps
Create a 20-second 16:9 process flow for [process]. Arrange five numbered cards from left to right. Label them [step 1] through [step 5]. Connect each card to the next with an arrow. Highlight one card at a time. End on "[result]".
Before and after comparison
Create a 20-second 16:9 comparison of [before] and [after]. Split the screen into two equal panels. Label the left panel "[Before]". Label the right panel "[After]". Animate [changed detail] in the right panel. End with [key difference] highlighted in [#color].
Prompts for edits after the first draft
The first two requests are from the help page. The rest are examples you can adapt.
- Slow down the second scene.
- Change the Q3 number to 18%.
- Change the bar color to [#color].
- Cut [scene 3].
- Swap the word "[old word]" for "[new word]".
- Make it 9:16.
Source: Claude Help Center
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