I’ve been playing around with Motion over the last few days and I’m really enjoying it. It’s such a great addition to Figma. That said, I did run into a few things that I think would make it much stronger as a timeline-based animation tool.
The biggest issue for me right now is that GIF exports get cut off after about 13 seconds. Since GIF is currently the only export format that supports transparency, it’s my only option. WebM still isn’t reliable enough on Safari, and transparent MP4 support would be a game changer. GIF is such an old format and it feels like we’re hitting its limitations.
I also tried shortening my animation, but I couldn’t find a way to scale the entire timeline. It would be really useful to have a global timeline where you could squeeze or stretch the full animation instead of adjusting everything individually.
A few other things I’d love to see:
- The ability to group animations on the timeline.
- Being able to reorder animations by dragging them around.
- Color variables on keyframes. I love that colors update automatically, but it’s hard to keep everything consistent when you can’t actually pick variables on individual keyframes.
- Global mask transitions that can be applied across animations instead of building them manually every time.
Honestly, Motion already feels like a fantastic tool, especially considering it’s built right into Figma. I’m really excited to see where it goes because it has the potential to become a serious motion design tool.
Keep up the amazing work!
