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Follow #Motionleap, then tag your own creations and we’ll feature the best ones!\n\nGet excited about the power of Motionleap features:\n\nANIMATED PHOTOS MADE EASY\n\n- Animate a photo with a few taps and swipes\n- Arrows will show motion direction\n- Place anchor points to hold parts of image in place\n- Freeze sections of photos with a Freeze brush\n\nAI POWERED WATER ANIMATION\n\n- NEW automated water animation\n- Effortless water movement with a single tap\n\nFANTASTIC SKY REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY\n\n- Replace bland Skies with colorful sunsets or animated clouds\n- Wide variety of automated Skies resembling timelapse\n\nHYPNOTIC GEOMETRIC MOTION\n\n- Geometric photo animation tool creates spinning towers and umbrellas \n- Move your favorite historical landmarks in a never before seen way\n- Add patterned movement to iconic buildings\n\nVIDEO EFFECTS & OVERLAYS IN A PHOTO EDITOR\n\n- Control movement & animation including speed, direction, and style \n- Mimic cinematic movement with Camera FX\n- Camera effects & movements include Tilt, Zoom, and ‘Dolly’ effects\n- Add fun Overlays to bring movement, mood, & emotion to still photos\n- Distort perspective & style with effects\n\nMOVING ELEMENTS IN STILL PHOTOS\n\n- Grab attention with a moving element - candle flickers, coffee steam, or a butterfly\n- A new kind of animation between photos, videos, and GIFs\n- Add a cinemagraph effect with a moving element in a still photo\n\nINFINITE ARTISTIC POSSIBILITY\n\n- Animate any photo element: hair, waves, clouds & clothing\n- Push your imagination with Motionleap high-end & easy animation tools\n- Create moving masterpieces that serve your social media presence, business, or personal brand\n\nHIGH END PHOTO EDITOR\n\n- Intuitive UI means anyone can animate & create professional results\n- Animate with freeform drawn paths for intuitive, freehand-style
 in unlimited areas\n- Export to social media in multiple formats
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