travel 3d animation

Animated travel infographics

Zero-config animated maps

Visualize your journey with beautiful animated maps. Perfect for adventurers, travelers, and explorers wanting to showcase their routes and destinations.

Johnatan Cook

Hey mate, this site is awesome! As a s/w product mgr myself, this is very well-done! I was googling for something exactly like this for a while, I've used relive.cc for cycling before but it doesn't support non-sports activities.

David Osterholt

For years I've been looking for something this simple. I've been doing it i powerpoint and it takes forever to do something that looks presentable. This is really great.

Superb Quality and great animation, maybe it would be nice to have more parameters to play with during the animation. Will recommend though to other doing trips to create awesome content ! Thanks to the support as well from the team it was incredibly helpful for my case

Where Your Travel Memories Come to Life

The Better Way to Share Your Travel Memories

Wow your friends with an animated travel map .

Check out  one of our animated travel maps created with PictraMap®!

Why is this the tool that you've been waiting for ...

No credit card required, create your first animated travel map within minutes.

It's different

WOW your friends and get them talking  about you and your travels.

It's all you want

Free online tool to create animated maps from travel photos. Ain't that right?

No wait time

The tool is entirely web-based - you register and get instant access to the system. Create your first animated travel map within minutes!

Beautiful maps

It is not yet another tool with Google maps, offering the same old same old map layout. Find the map that matches your taste and type of trip.

Customization

No other online tool offers so many customization options - you choose the map, pins, intro, ending, music theme, not to mention the color options.

Easy to use

You don't need any tutorial because of the super-easy interface - register and within minutes, you can have your first animated travel map.

Easy to share

Because it's all online, you can always share your animated travel maps with the world - on Facebook, via email, even embed it on your blog.

It just is ...

Passionate travelers badly needed such a tool (we know, they told us so). Be among the first to create an animated travel map with PictraMap®!

Are you ready to be a pioneer? Dare to be different?

What passionate travelers say about pictramap®.

I was pleasantly surprised of what I saw when a friend shared the link to PictraMap. The unique way I can create and share my albums there lets my friends and family enjoy the fun moments of my trips. I like the flexibility and variety of the maps, the transitions between locations, and the music scores I can choose from – all in a very quick and intuitive way. Thank you, guys!

What a great way to give life to my countless otherwise boring photos! The maps, the music, the colors make every album special and help add an emotion to it. It's easy to use and the result is a fun adventure I could share with all my friends and family! I know they will love it too!!

Busy? No problem - we'll remind you!

If you're too busy to create your first animated travel map right now, or you think your friends can wait being WOW-ed by your last amazing trip, join our community. We'll remind you later that your travel photos can still get the attention they deserve 😉

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Create Memorable Animated Travel Videos

Travel Animator is your perfect travel companion, making your trips even more exciting. With our app, you can effortlessly create captivating videos to share on your social media. Take the art of storytelling to the next level by tracing your journey and transforming it into a dynamic video.

Embark on a Cinematic Journey

Have you ever wished to relive your travel memories in a way that's as thrilling as the adventure itself? Introducing Travel Animator, the premier travel software that transforms your travel memories into captivating Instagram videos. Dive into a world where every journey is a story waiting to be told.

Indiana Jones Inspired Maps

Navigate your adventures with our unique map interface, reminiscent of the iconic Indiana Jones. Watch as your route unfolds, leading you from one destination to the next, complete with animated transitions.

High-Quality Video Production

Our advanced algorithms ensure that your videos are of the highest quality, capturing the essence of your travels in cinematic brilliance.

Easy-to-Use Interface

Whether you're a tech-savvy traveler or a newbie, our user-friendly platform ensures that creating your travel video is as simple as a few clicks.

Share & Inspire

With seamless Instagram integration, share your adventures with the world and inspire others to embark on their own journeys.

What Sets Us Apart?

While other platforms, like TravelBoast, offer ways to record and reminisce about your journeys, Travel Animator takes it a step further. We don't just let you note down cities or add photos; we animate your entire experience, creating a visual masterpiece that resonates with the thrill of the journey.

I've traveled to over 50 countries, and capturing those memories has always been a challenge. With Travel Animator, not only do I get to relive my adventures, but I also get to share them in the most cinematic way possible. The Indiana Jones-themed map is the cherry on top!

Every time I use Travel Animator, I'm transported back to the winding streets of Rome, the serene beaches of Bali, and the bustling markets of Bangkok. The animated map feature makes my travels feel like a blockbuster movie. Absolutely in love.

Travel Animator is a game-changer! I used to spend hours editing my travel videos, but now, with just a few clicks, I have a masterpiece ready to share. The animated map journey adds a touch of nostalgia and adventure to every video.

As a travel blogger, I'm always on the lookout for innovative ways to showcase my journeys. Travel Animator does just that and more. The Indiana Jones-inspired map animation has my followers constantly asking how I create such captivating videos!

From the snowy peaks of the Alps to the deserts of Sahara, Travel Animator has been my trusty companion. The quality of videos and the ease of use are unmatched. Plus, the animated map adds a whimsical touch that my audience adores.

Ready to Begin Your Cinematic Adventure?

Join the community of travelers who've chosen Travel Animator to immortalize their adventures. Let's turn your travel memories into cinematic gold.

Travel Animator - Where Every Journey Becomes a Blockbuster.

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GPX Animator

Advanced gpx to video converter, introduction.

GPX Animator generates video from GPX files.

• supports multiple GPX tracks with mutliple track segments
• skipping idle parts
• configurable color, label, width and time offset per track
• configurable video size, fps and speedup or total video time
• background map from any public TMS server

Here is a small preview of the new features planned for the next versions of GPX Animator:

• Redesign the user interface (we know, it's really awful now)
• Visually set the zoom and bounding boxes
• Add background music to the video file
• Easier photo selection

There are much more ideas in the backlog. We would like to implement them in future versions of GPX Animator and plan to release a new version every few months. You can check them out in our GitHub Repository .

GPX Animator v1.8.2

Windows (64 Bit) Windows (32 Bit) macOS Linux Java Archive

ej-technologies provides us a free license for Install4J . Thank you very much for your support!

Important Information

Important information for macOS users: The application file is not signed. If you start GPX Animator for the first time, you'll get a warning and it will not start. You can right click (or ctrl-click) on the application icon and choose "Open" from the context menu, to start GPX Animator. GPX Animator is open source and free to use, we don't earn money with it and thus can't afford to pay the yearly fee of € 100 for the code signing certificate! If you know a better solution, please let us know. Thank you very much for your understanding.

Important information for Windows users: The installer is not signed. If you start the installation, you'll get a warning, but you can go over it and continue the installation. GPX Animator is open source and free to use, we don't earn money with it and thus can't afford to pay the yearly fee of round about € 270 for the certificate! If you know a better solution, please let us know. Thank you very much for your understanding.

Basic usage

GPX Animator can be used in two ways: Either with a GUI (Graphical User Interface), or via CLI (Command Line Interface). Using the GUI is highly recommended for end-users, while CLI usage is perfect for automatization.

If you have used the installer for Windows, macOS, or Linux, you will find a program icon in your application starter menu, which you can click to start GPX Animator. For the OS independent Java Archive, please use the command line to start the GUI.

GPX Animator needs at least Java 17 or newer! We suggest to use AdoptOpenJDK or the Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK , but any other distribution should work, too.

For default GUI run:

For program help run:

For direct rendering run:

Command line parameters

Application is crashing with java.lang.outofmemoryerror: java heap space.

Increase java heap memory: java -Xmx1024m -jar gpx-animator-1.8.2-all.jar . If the problem persists, try higher value or check if your GPX trace doesn't cover too big area. If it does then try to specify lower zoom, width and/or height.

Does it run on Linux, Windows, WhateverOS?

GPX Animator will run on any platform where you can run Java.

My GPX is missing point timestamps

No problem. Add --forced-point-time-interval option.

Video is very short or long

Fine-tune speedup or specify exact total time in seconds.

The UI is too small on a high DPI screen

This can happen only, when you use the JAR file directly. It does not happen, when you download the installer and use the GPX Animator icon in your start menu. If you still want to use the JAR file directly and have an older version of Java without high DPI support, use the following command line to set the scaling factor accordingly:

Loading map tiles takes a very long time

To prevent misuse, some map providers have introduced limits. If a certain amount of map data has been loaded within a certain period of time, the provider artificially slows down the loading of further map data.

With most map providers you can register. With some for free, with others for a fee. Then you usually get unlimited access without artificial throttling. Often you have to use an API key for access. See also the previous question about API Keys.

GPX Animator stores the map data for a configurable time on the local computer, so that the corresponding map data must be loaded only once and can be reused for further videos. This reduces time and traffic. By default, this cache is set to 24 hours. In the menu "File > Settings", you can adjust this time.

Can I use the animation for commercial projects?

The animation created by GPX Animator can be used free of charge for commercial projects. If you use a background map, please remember to provide background map attribution. Crediting GPX Animator would be nice.

My photos are not shown in the animation

Photos and tracks need to fit some requirements. The photos must be valid image files in either JPEG or PNG format. The EXIF header needs to contain the date and time, the photo was taken. The track points of the GPX track needs to contain valid date and time stamps, too. GPX Animator matches the time stamps of the photos to the time stamps of the track points to determine when to display the photo in the animation.

If one or more of these requirements are not met or the dates and times do not match, the photos will not show up in the animation.

How do I create the moving map effect?

There are two settings in the General tab: Width x Height and Viewport Width x Height . If the viewport width and height is smaller than the general width and height, the map will not fit in the viewport and start moving automatically. You can adjust the smoothness of the animation by modifying the Inertia value.

I have some other problem

Please take a look at our Support section on this website for information about how to get in contact with us. But please be patient, this is a private project, I'm working on in my rare spare time.

• Animnation of a rally with 14 tracks from 6 people
• Demo of GPX Animator v1.8.0
• Demo with pre-drawn tracks
• Demo with a moving map
• Very long travel in the US with 66 tracks
• Long travel in Europe with 20 tracks
• Demo with Photos
• Freemap Mapping Party Oščadnica 2015
• Mapping party Revúca 2014
• Freemap Slovakia Mapping Party in Low Tatras 2013
• Mapping party Kysuce 2013
• Demo of GPX Animator 0.4
• Medzi mestami 2011
• Routenanimation mit GPX Animator (Rhönschrat) 🇩🇪
• GPS Tracks Animation mit "GPX Animator" (Marcus Bersheim) 🇩🇪
• GitHub Issue Tracker for bug reports and feature requests
• GitHub Discussions for support requests and ideas
• Slack channel #gpx-animator for developers (you need to register for free , first)

Please be patient. This is a private project, I'm working on in my rare spare time.

Contributors

Special thanks for all the people who had helped this project so far! Please take a look at the CONTRIBUTORS file for a complete list of all contributors.

https://github.com/gpx-animator/gpx-animator/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Copyright & License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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How to make an animated travel map?

How to Make Travel Map Animation Step by Step

Had a wonderful trip and now want to recap your travel memories and share them with your friends, family, and subscribers? Or, perhaps, you want to map out all the locations you plan to visit during your upcoming journey? Whatever the case, there is a creative solution to put your vacation photos to use - create an animated travel map!

In this article, we’ll show you how to make travel map animation on your PC using a convenient slideshow maker. Also, you will watch a sample video for inspiration. Finally, you’ll learn alternative ways of creating travel animations to map out your remarkable journeys.

The first software we’re going to use to create a travel animation video is SmartSHOW 3D. It’s equipped with a special Travel Map effect suite that helps create interactive maps with photos from every location. Also, the program helps add voice comments and accompany your video with music. Besides, it offers 700+ effects and slideshow templates to make a memorable animation video. SmartSHOW 3D comes with a free trial, so you can check whether it’s suitable for you paying nothing. Let’s see what the program offers you in terms of travel map animation!

Step 1. Download and Run the Program

First, install SmartSHOW 3D on your computer. Click the button below and start your free trial.

Step 2. Create Your Travel Project

Once you open the program, click New Project. Switch to the Effect tab and in the Motion section, pick the Travel Map animation effect. Hit Create Map in the preview window to design your trip project. In the inclusive library of this animated maps software, you will discover a lot of stylish map designs - from retro pirate to modern illustrated. If you don’t find the map of the location you need, you can look it up on the Internet and upload it into the program. What’s more, you can resize the chosen map if you want a closeup of a particular place on it.

Step 3. Draw Your Route

Now it’s time to create the route of your trip. Think about the places you have visited and double-click on the locations to add map markers in the corresponding order. You can add as many of them as you want. Hit Next to move on to map customization.

Step 4. Create Your Animated Travel Map

At this stage, you’re going to work on animation. Select map markers individually and clip the corresponding photos from your trip to them. Adjust the Animation settings for each of the destination points to provide the viewer with sufficient time to observe your photos. Choose the marker image that suits the map style. Hit Next and select the vehicle and the route images. Hit Done to generate your travel animation.

Step 5. Review Your Animation and Edit It

Click the Play button on the preview window to watch your travel map video. If you want to make adjustments, click the Edit Slide button and double-click the Travel Map layer. Here you can work on your animated map further - for instance, rescale the animated elements of the map. Want to make your video more interactive? Use the Sounds tab of the Edit Slide menu to accompany your map with music from the built-in library of 250+ royalty-free soundtracks of the animated map creator. Alternatively, upload a tune from your PC.

Step 6. Save Your Travel Map

When you’re done with the editing process, export your animated travel map for a video project or use it solely. Just click the Create Video button in the upper right corner of your play screen. The program has over 15 export options to choose from, whether you are planning to watch your animation on a smartphone, PC, or a bigger screen.

It takes just a few clicks and your imagination to make a fascinating animation of your trip with SmartSHOW 3D. Prefer watching videos for learning new techniques? Check out our video guide on how to make an animated travel map with little effort and see what results you can achieve.

Looks cool, doesn’t it? Just imagine, you can create similar animated maps and it won’t take you hours of work. Just pack your photos and a joyful mood and put together all your travel memories with SmartSHOW 3D. Why not start now? Just click the button below and get a free trial version.

Now you can recap your travel memories and make your own travel map with ease!

Create Travel Map Animation: 3 Alternative Ways

SmartSHOW 3D is suitable for users of any skill level in slideshow making. If for some reason it’s not what you’re looking for, or the software is not compatible with your device, we’ve prepared 3 alternative animated map makers worthy of your attention.

Whether you don’t want to download extra programs, Travellerspoint will be a brilliant solution. This web-based app allows you to add photos and dates to each location on the map and shows how many kilometers you’ve traveled from destination to destination. But you have to become a supporting member to save your maps as PNGs and block ads within the editor. In the free plan, you’ll only be able to map out your journey.

If you’re looking for more options available for free, then PictraMap is the right choice. This is an online tool that helps make detailed animated road maps. It offers diverse customization options: music themes, pins, and maps. However, unless you buy a subscription, you can add only 10 locations and make only 2 projects inside this editor. Still, you can change the map style and the marker images for free.

Prefer using your smartphone to create travel content? There is an interactive travel map animation creator for you - Tripline . This app is available for both Apple and Android smartphones and has simple yet efficient features to draw routes of your trips. With this editor, you can add your photos to every destination marker and make your map more interactive. Then, you can easily share your memorable travel animation online. But this app is not as inclusive - you can’t change the marker and map designs. It’s suitable for planning your next trips or making minimalistic Insta stories rather than creating travel movies for big projects.

Now you know how to make an animated travel map in 4 different ways and can design your own in a couple of clicks. There are various online options that can help you share your travel memories. But if you want the process to be fun and easy, consider SmartSHOW 3D. This program is packed with dedicated tools and features to help you create live images, make exciting presentations, and design animated slideshows with photos. So building your new traveling animation and completing many other tasks related to producing slideshows and videos won’t take much time and effort if you use this software.

• Google Earth
• Earth Engine
• Earth Outreach

Let the world tell your story

Earth Studio is an animation tool for Google Earth’s satellite and 3D imagery.

Inside Earth Studio

Powerful motion design, all in the browser. Earth Studio gives you the tools you need to create professional content with Google Earth imagery. Read more in the Documentation .

Keyframe Animation

Earth Studio uses keyframes, just like other industry-standard animation tools. Move the globe, set a keyframe, rinse and repeat. It’s that easy.

Quick-Start Projects

Create an orbit, or fly from point to point. Select from up to five templates to get started - no animation experience needed.

Animatable Effects

Animate custom attributes such as the sun's position, the camera's field of view and more.

3D Camera Export

Easily add map labels and pins in post production. Earth Studio supports camera export to Adobe After Effects.

Try the Earth Studio preview

Earth Studio is free to use and works with the desktop version of Google Chrome. Sign in with your Google account to request access. Learn more

Earth Studio works with the desktop version of Google Chrome. Sign in with your Google account to request access. Learn more .

Animated Maps

Start creating your animated maps for FREE and enjoy a 25% discount on our commercial GEOLayers.app plans for early birds.

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Create stunning animated maps direcly in your Browser!

Design, Create, Animate and Share Maps - All in one place! GEOlayers.app lets you create animated maps in a breeze! 

Unlock your imagination: effortlessly select colors, design harmonious basemaps, create outstanding labels, and more! Seamlessly animate with our item-based timeline - Say goodbye to fiddly keyframes and value graphs. 

GEOlayers.app offers all the tools you need to tell your story with a map!

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Adjust colors, basemaps, labels and styles.

Design Maps

GEOlayers.app helps you with colors, basemaps, labels and styles to highlight features on your animated maps.

Design your first animated map

Create animated maps directly in your browser!

Create Maps

Create animated maps of any place in the world, highlight features, add Labels, place Icon Markers or even draw directly to your map. Possibilities are endless!

Create your first animated map

Item based timeline - no keyframes needed!

Animate Maps

Our item based timeline lets you create smooth animated maps and transitions in no time. It can handle automatic animations like flashing features or rotating 3D viewports while giving you all the control you need.

Animate your first map

Render presets for different use-cases availbale

Render Images and Videos of your animated maps in all formats and resolutions you need! Export the same animation as an easy to share MP4 file for social media or lossless 4K image sequence for further editing, all with one click!

Render and Share your first animated map

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How to Make an Animated Travel Map Video: Easiest Ways

Animated travel map videos have become immensely popular among travel enthusiasts and vloggers. These videos provide a visual representation of the places you have visited and give the viewer a sense of the journey you have taken. With the right tools and techniques, creating moving maps is easier than you might think. To ease your choice, we’ve picked 4 programs for every budget and device and created a step-by-step tutorial on how to make travel animation in each of them.

How to Make Animated Travel Map Videos in SmartShow 3D

Want to design a travel animation on your PC? Opt for SmartSHOW 3D. This user-friendly slideshow maker lets you create map-animated videos in a flash, thanks to the diversity of built-in maps, soundtracks, and animation effects. To get started, click the button below to download the installation package and do the following steps.

Step 1. Pick a Map

Run this animated maps software after installation. Choose the New Project option and go to the Effects tab. Double-click on the Travel Map icon. In the window that pops up, select a map from the built-in collection, ranging from retro to modern with famous sights. If you don’t find the map you need, you can upload it from your computer. Plus, you can zoom in to close up a particular area on the map and click Next.

Choose a map of the world, a continent, or a single country.

Can't find the right map or want to add an airplane, train, or car sound later? Check out royalty-free stock images and audio on websites like Pixabay , Adobe Stock , or Envato . Download all the files you need for free, or use a free trial period.

Step 2. Add Map Markers

Now you need to draw your route. Think about the places you’ve traveled to and pin them with map markers. Just double-click on the location to add them in the corresponding order. Add as many as you need. Once you’ve finished, hit Next to customize your map.

Mark the places you've visited

Step 3. Build Your Travel Map

It’s time to work with map animation. Pair each marker with a matching location photo from your trip - this image will appear next to the marker when the vehicle icon reaches it. Pick the route image and the vehicle - a plane, car, train, bus, or boat. Adjust the vehicle speed depending on the distance between locations. Choose the marker icon design to make your map look better.

Pin your vacation photos to the map

Step 4. Make Final Adjustments

Check your creation in the preview window. If you want to make small adjustments, click the Edit Slide button. Here you can add sound effects (for instance, the noise of a train, a flying plane or sea waves) to make your animated travel map video more immersive. Just go to the Sounds tab and choose an audio file from the built-in library or load one you downloaded from stock websites.

Level up your map by adding sound effects

Step 5. Save Your Creation

Click the Create Video button and choose the output format to download your map. You can export videos for TV, DVD, smartphones, and social networks or as MKV, AVI, MP4 files.

Select the export format among the 30+ available

Prefer watching video tutorials over reading ones? Check out how to create interactive travel maps in our video guide below and see SmartSHOW 3D in action.

Looks cool, right? Stop imagining and start creating your animated map with cool photos from your trip! Just click the button below to download a free trial version now.

How to Generate Map Travel Animation in Mult

Don’t want to install anything on your computer for some reason? Try out Mult . It’s a web-based application with an intuitive interface that lets you create videos about your travels quickly and easily. Check out an easy-to-follow tutorial below:

Step 1. Open the Website

Once you visit the website page, you’ll see a demo video of what your creation might look like. Sign up to be able to build your own animated world map.

Create a free account on mult.dev

Step 2. Add Your Photos and Locations

Click on the Route icon on the left side of the screen and add the cities you’ve visited. To upload your photos or stickers, switch the slider button and then click Add Photos. You can also choose the vehicle. Hit the plane icon next to the city name to select the means of transportation you need out of the 13 available, including car, train, ferry, and helicopter.

Choose a way of traveling for each destination

Step 3. Customize Your Map

Switch to Options to modify your animated road map. Choose the map style and add a title. In the Pro version, you can also change the active region and line colors, as well as adjust the speed and hide the logo watermark.

Choose the aspect ratio for PC/TV, smartphones, or a square one

Step 4. Download Your Animation

Once you’re happy with the result, click the Export button. Wait a bit while the app generates your video, and then select Download MP4.

Configure the privacy settings of your new video.

How to Make Traveling Animation in Pictramap

If you’re on a tight budget, check out Pictramap . It’s a free web-based platform that allows you to create custom maps with pictures. Users of all levels can handle this program thanks to its simple and clear interface. Since it’s an online app, you should sign up before you begin working on your project. Just click “Create yours now, it’s free” and register. Now, you’re ready to get started!

Step 1. Upload Your Photos

Start your animated map path by adding photographs. In the Pictures tab, drag and drop your vacation photos into the app. Images with GPS data will be placed directly on your project map. Otherwise, they will go into the Unsorted section, so you can manually attach them later.

Check out the tooltips for faster navigation in the program

Step 2. Create a Travel Map

Switch to the Map tab. Add the places you’ve visited, customize the pins and route, and choose the means of transport. You can also change the map design by picking one of the 10 available. The animation connecting your paths will be added automatically. Pin the pictures from the Unsorted box to the correct destination.

Click on the path line to change its color

Step 3. Improve the Map Appearance

If you’ve got the Pro version, you can do some more adjustments. Go to the Extras tab and add an intro and ending, overlay music, and change the map video duration. You can also play with animation settings and choose from a selection of font styles.

Browse through the built-in soundtrack collection

Step 4. Save Your Creation

After all the adjustments, click View Animation to preview your project. If you’re satisfied with the result, go to the Review & Share page to save the video on your PC or share it on social media.

Change the video’s privacy settings with a single button click

How to Create an Interactive Travel Map in Tripline

Want to design a map of your travel journey on your smartphone? Go with Tripline . This platform allows you to create travel animated maps to journal everything you’ve visited, seen, or tried. With Tripline, you can build your projects on the go. Just start it on your smartphone or tablet and continue on your PC, and vice versa.

Step 1. Create an Account

Download the app from the AppStore or Google Play, or open the website page. To start creating road maps in Tripline, you first need to sign up.

Use your Facebook account for a quick connect

Step 2. Build a Map

Start your creation by clicking the New Map button. Add the title of your map and choose the privacy settings by making it public or private. Go to the next step by clicking Create My Map.

Speed up your map creation by importing places from your social networks

Step 3. Define Your Locations

Add the cities you’ve been to and the places you’ve visited (restaurants, hotels, airports, sights, etc.). Based on these locations, the program will automatically create a travel map. You can customize it by adding the dates you’ve been to each place and writing comments with your thoughts about those locations.

Write a summary of the whole trip

Step 4. Save Your Travel Map

Once you've finished building your map, click on the Save & Exit button. Go back to your maps and preview your creation. Based on the data you’ve filled in, Tripline also calculates the number of places you visited, the distance you flew or drove during the entire trip, and how many days you spent traveling.

Share your travel map via social media, download it to your device, or print it out

Creating an animated travel map video may seem daunting, but with the right tools and techniques, it's easier than you think. By following these steps and using SmartSHOW 3D , Mult, Pictramap, or Tripline, you can create an engaging video that showcases your travels and captivates your audience. For useful tips on how to make a full-length travel video, not just a map, follow the link. Start planning your next adventure and get ready to build your own cool animated travel map video!

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Best animation software of 2024

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The best animation software lets you bring your 2D and 3D animations to life - and these are the tools we recommend, whether you’re a professional artist or a beginner just getting started. 

If you’re serious about animating, Autodesk Maya is our top choice for best animation software. It’s expensive, and best-suited to pro artists and businesses, but this incredibly powerful professional-grade software gives you all the tools and freedom you need to get creative. For a free alternative that’s still perfect for artists and beginners, we recommend Blender. 

But there are loads more to choose from. Our expert review team has tested out the best free animation software and professional, paid-for apps. As part of our review process, we explored the design process, tried core features, tools, and assets, and compared system requirements and performance across Windows, Mac, and mobile devices.  

Best animation software overall

1. Autodesk Maya

Specifications, reasons to buy, reasons to avoid.

When we say that Maya is the best animation software you can get it, there is a caveat: this tool means business. 

Maya is used to create interactive 3D applications, animated films, TV series, and visual effects. And the price-tag reflects that. Like Adobe, it’s a subscription service, but if you thought the Creative Cloud All Apps package was expensive at $60 per month, try $1875 per year for a single app. 

The upside of venturing into Maya is the freedom to create anything you can imagine, as long as you know how to use it (it’s got a steep learning curve). You can create 3D characters, including realistic hair and fur, and imbue them with realistic movements. When it comes to setting the scene, your backdrops can include smoke, fire, sand, snow, explosions, and so on.

Maya runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It’s massive, it’s expansive (and expensive), and if you’re aiming to work in the animation industry, it might be a wise investment. For everyone else, though, it could be viewed as overkill.

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Free, open-source, and running across Windows, Mac, and Linux, Blender is massively popular with professional and beginner animators. 

This is a 2D and 3D drawing and animation tool. With it, you can render intricate scenes, sculpt models, and even create special effects that can be inserted into a real-life scene thanks to accurate motion tracking and masking. 

What really stands out with Blender is the customizability. Every tool can be scripted to make it do exactly what you need it to do. This level of customizability extends to the interface itself, which could lead to a confusing UI, potentially limiting your ability to jump onto another computer running Blender with a different customized layout. 

If this sounds like it could be tricky to learn, you wouldn’t be wrong. But it's an incredible, powerful tool with loads of brilliant community support and online tutorials out there for getting the best results from Blender, so it's a strong recommendation from us. 

See what our sister site Creative Bloq thought of Blender in its review . 

Best 2D animation software

3. Cartoon Animator 5

2D animation can be very versatile, and Cartoon Animator 5 is as versatile as you can get. You can bring in static images into it, apply a wireframe rig to a subject, and animate it within the confines of what you can do with a 2D image. However this includes spring dynamics, the ability to use your webcam to apply your facial expression to the animated face you created, which feels similar to Adobe Character Animator,. You can animate clothing and other objects, link objects together to move them as one, warp an object to exaggerate its animation, even perform freeform deformations. That's an impressive toolkit, with the software working with both bitmap graphics and vector images, too. 

Best of all, no subscription for you: a perpetual license means you pay a one-off $150 and it's yours to own. For us, the biggest drawback - aside from a somewhat steep learning curve - is that the 2D animation software is only available for Windows users.

Best 3D animation software

4. Autodesk 3ds Max

It's not just Maya that Autodesk includes in its line-up of software for animation and modeling. 3ds Max is another great tool (and yes, it has the same hefty price-tag as Maya).  

Although 3ds Max and Maya are used by professional animators, 3ds Max’s interface could be seen to be more user-friendly, and it might be better for the creation of outdoor and interior designs - but you can still create animations, and its rigging process is actually easier to manage. You can work with particle and light simulation, there’s a cloth engine and scripting. You’ll find a couple of animation tools, to help you animate humanoid and non-humanoid characters, and the inclusion of motion paths makes it easy to move an object on the screen and get an instant preview of the result.

If there’s one major deciding factor that will seal the deal for you as to which software to use for 3D animation, is the fact Maya is multi-platform, while 3DS Max only works on Windows.

Best animation software for beginners

5. Adobe Animate

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Adobe Animate is great animation software for beginners. All the tools you’d expect to animate anything are there, such as keyframes, onion skinning, rigging, the works. 

The flexibility is quite impressive, giving you a lot of freedom when it comes to creating unique shapes, but the part we liked the best is the app’s Asset Warp tool. This allows you to add motion to an object that wasn’t originally designed for such a process. Adding a rigging allows Animate to articulate an object over time with ease.

The software is remarkably easy to use, and helps you create even complex animation with little effort. Our only issue is the high subscription price for a beginner tool. It will cost you around $23 a month (depending on the contract you get into). What you get for that though animation is software that is very simple for new starters. If you don't want to pay anything yet, check out Blender instead. It's trickier to use, but it's free.

Read our full Adobe Animate (2024) review

Best animation app for Android & iOS

6. FlipaClip

If you’re into 2D creations. FlipaClip is the best animation app for Android and iOS. 

The app is remarkably simple, boasts a clean interface and a small number of tools, like a lasso, brush, eraser, etc. But its power lies in its simplicity. You can create animations quickly, duplicate objects, move them around and distort them, while using the onion skinning feature to control their movements exactly. You can record audio, incorporate sound, and have various export options.

On top of that, there’s a thriving community which you can interact with and explore, which also includes templates and tutorials. And all of this comes mostly for free. There are limitations in the number of tools you can use, export options, and watermarking, but if you want to lift those restrictions, you can do so for $6 a month or $30 for the whole year.

Best animation app for iPad

7. Toonsquid

This is a surprise addition for us, as we expected to chat about a different iPad exclusive, but everywhere we turned, Toonsquid was being recommended as a better alternative, so we decided to take this advice to heart, and how glad we were we did. 

The tools are pretty familiar if you’re used to any drawing or animating software, including vector shapes, motion paths, customisable presets, the works. The timeline is at the bottom of the screen, and doesn’t take too much real estate, allowing you to focus on your canvas at any given time.

It’s definitely trickier to use than FlipaClip, but it’s the way to go if you’re aiming for a sleeker, more professional-looking output. It's not free, but it only costs a one-off $10 fee. As such, that’s cheaper than a single month for Adobe Animate.

Best animation software: FAQs

What is the best animation software.

This is a highly subjective question, and will depend on your budget, platform of choice and skill level. A professional should probably go for Maya, but Blender or Toonsquid could be ideal for newcomers or those on a budget.

What is the easiest animation software to use?

Out of the seven packages we’ve explored here, we’d have to say that FlipaClip is the easiest one of the bunch, and as the basic option is free, it also fits all budgets. Adobe Animate is also an exceptionally easy to use, and while it does need a subscription, its simplicity makes it our top choice for beginners. 

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When deciding which animation software is best for you, there are several considerations to make. 

First, what type of animation are you creating? While some tools excel at 2D animation, others are designed to be the best 3D modeling software for professionals. So choose a tool that helps you bring your visions to life - and one that's at the right skill-level for you. 

Some easier to use software might even be more expensive than a more complex one (we’re looking at you, full-priced version of FlipaClip). And of course, it will depend on which machine you’ll be working on. 

You'll want to check system requirements of your chosen animation software, as some work across all platforms, while others are limited to specific operating systems. Certain software for animation can be resource-intensive and require more power than a standard laptop or computer. To help with this, we reviewed the best laptops for Blender

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Our team of expert reviewers have tested hundreds of software packages, including the best digital art and drawing software , best graphic design software , and the best interior design software . 

This helps us find our way around an interface quickly, as innovative many of them are, there are aspects of any software that is similar, no matter which app we’re reviewing. Thankfully, there are also many unique and interesting features that come to the fore once we get passed the basics.

Artistic applications are more unique, so we set about creating projects from scratch, experimenting with as many features as we can to get a good feel for how the software works, and how easy it is to perform each task. It helps that as well as reviewing these packages, we also use many professionally, giving us a good idea of what works, how it should work, and efficient it is - or should be.

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Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty.

Now, NASA has released a new 3D visualization of these towering celestial structures using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. This is the most comprehensive and detailed multiwavelength movie yet of these star-birthing clouds.

"By flying past and amongst the pillars, viewers experience their three-dimensional structure and see how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," explained principal visualization scientist Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, who led the movie development team for NASA's Universe of Learning . "The contrast helps them understand why we have more than one space telescope to observe different aspects of the same object."

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The four Pillars of Creation, made primarily of cool molecular hydrogen and dust, are being eroded by the fierce winds and punishing ultraviolet light of nearby hot, young stars. Finger-like structures larger than the solar system protrude from the tops of the pillars. Within these fingers can be embedded, embryonic stars. The tallest pillar stretches across three light-years, three-quarters of the distance between our Sun and the next nearest star.

The movie takes visitors into the three-dimensional structures of the pillars. Rather than an artistic interpretation, the video is based on observational data from a science paper led by Anna McLeod, an associate professor at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. McLeod also served as a scientific advisor on the movie project.

"The Pillars of Creation were always on our minds to create in 3D. Webb data in combination with Hubble data allowed us to see the Pillars in more complete detail," said production lead Greg Bacon of STScI. "Understanding the science and how to best represent it allowed our small, talented team to meet the challenge of visualizing this iconic structure."

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The new visualization helps viewers experience how two of the world's most powerful space telescopes work together to provide a more complex and holistic portrait of the pillars. Hubble sees objects that glow in visible light, at thousands of degrees. Webb's infrared vision, which is sensitive to cooler objects with temperatures of just hundreds of degrees, pierces through obscuring dust to see stars embedded in the pillars.

"When we combine observations from NASA’s space telescopes across different wavelengths of light, we broaden our understanding of the universe," said Mark Clampin, Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "The Pillars of Creation region continues to offer us new insights that hone our understanding of how stars form. Now, with this new visualization, everyone can experience this rich, captivating landscape in a new way."

Produced for NASA by STScI with partners at Caltech/IPAC, and developed by the AstroViz Project of NASA's Universe of Learning, the 3D visualization is part of a longer, narrated video that combines a direct connection to the science and scientists of NASA's Astrophysics missions with attention to the needs of an audience of youth, families, and lifelong learners. It enables viewers to explore fundamental questions in science, experience how science is done, and discover the universe for themselves.

Several stages of star formation are highlighted in the visualization. As viewers approach the central pillar, they see at its top an embedded, infant protostar glimmering bright red in infrared light. Near the top of the left pillar is a diagonal jet of material ejected from a newborn star. Though the jet is evidence of star birth, viewers can't see the star itself. Finally, at the end of one of the left pillar's protruding "fingers" is a blazing, brand-new star.

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TSA checkpoints at Newark Liberty International Airport now equipped with new state-of-the-art 3-D checkpoint scanners to improve explosives detection in time for summer travel season

NEWARK, N.J. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the highest passenger volumes the agency has seen at airport security checkpoints nationwide during this summer’s travel season, which runs through Labor Day, and that includes individuals who are planning to fly out of Newark Liberty International Airport.

Since mid-May, TSA has seen multiple days break into the top 10 busiest days in the agency’s 22-year history. Typically, TSA had been screening approximately 2.5 million people per day nationwide, however since last month, the number of people screened has increased by several hundred thousand per day, with TSA officers screening more than 3 million individuals at checkpoints for the very first time.

“Here at Newark we already have seen a notable increase in checkpoint volume,” said Thomas Carter, TSA’s Federal Security Director for New Jersey. “We have been in close coordination with our airport, airline and travel partners, and we are more than ready to handle this summer’s increased travel volumes as we head into the July 4th holiday travel period,” he said.

“Knowing that travel volume will be high is why it is vital to give yourself plenty of time to park or return a rental car, check in with your airline to check bags and prepare for the security checkpoint. If you find yourself in a checkpoint line, travelers can save time by removing items from their pockets and placing them in a carry-on bag, instead of putting items directly into bins at the conveyor belt. My advice is to get into the airport two hours prior to your scheduled departure time.”

TSA is has installed eleven new computed tomography (CT) scanners in Terminal B in time for the summer travel season. These new state-of-the-art advanced CT scanners provide 3-D imaging that provide for TSA officers to enhance explosives detection capabilities for screening carry-on items.

“TSA is committed to getting the best technology to enhance security and improve the screening experience,” Carter said.  “Our officers’ use of CT technology substantially improves our threat detection capability at the checkpoint. The CT technology applies advanced algorithms for the detection of explosives, including liquid explosives and other threat items.”  

The system applies sophisticated algorithms for the detection of explosives by creating a 3-D image that can be viewed and rotated 360 degrees on three axes for thorough visual image analysis by a transportation security officer. This new technology creates such a clear image of a bag’s contents that the system can automatically detect explosives, including liquids, by shooting hundreds of images with an X-ray camera spinning around the conveyor belt to provide TSA officers with the three-dimensional views of the contents of a carry-on bag.

It takes a few extra seconds for the TSA officer to view the image and rotate it to get a better understanding of its contents, however in most instances, rotating the image allows the TSA officer to identify an item inside the bag and clear it without a need to open it for inspection. Checkpoint CT technology results in fewer bag checks. However, if a bag requires further screening, a TSA officer will inspect it to ensure that a threat item is not contained inside.

As an added passenger convenience, with the use of these new CT units, travelers may now leave their laptops and other electronic devices in their carry-on bags along with their small 3-1-1 liquids .

Since traveler volume will be high this summer, it is even more important for travelers to come to the airport prepared to go through the security screening process. Passengers need to make sure that there are no prohibited items among their carry-on items. Prohibited items will result in a need for TSA officers to open and inspect a bag to determine what triggered the alarm. This process takes a few minutes and will slow down someone’s trip through the checkpoint.

When packing, it is recommended to start to pack with an empty bag, so that travelers are well aware of the contents of their bags. Prior to packing that empty bag, individuals can check TSA’s “What Can I Bring?” tool to know what is prohibited. Individuals who are heading to the beach, may wonder how to pack their sunscreen. Any liquids, sunscreen containers and alcohol over 3.4 ounces must be packed in a checked bag. Liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes are allowed in carry-on bags as long as each item is 3.4 ounces or less and placed in one quart-sized bag . Each passenger is limited to one quart-size bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes.

It is important for individuals who own firearms to remember that they are prohibited to pass through security checkpoints, even if a passenger has a concealed carry permit or is in a constitutional carry jurisdiction. Passengers may travel with a firearm, but it must be secured in the passenger’s checked baggage; packed unloaded; locked in a hard-sided case; and declared to the airline when checking in at the airline ticket counter. If a passenger brings a firearm to the security checkpoint on their person or in their carry-on luggage, TSA will contact local law enforcement to safely unload and take possession of the firearm. Law enforcement may also arrest or cite the passenger, depending on local law. TSA may impose a civil penalty up to $15,000 when weapons are intercepted, and passengers will lose TSA PreCheck® eligibility.

TSA PreCheck® members should make sure that their known traveler number (KTN) is in their airline  reservation. It is essential that airline reservations have the passenger’s correct KTN, full name and date of birth so they can receive the program’s benefits. Those who fly with multiple airlines should ensure their KTN is updated in each of their airline profiles every time they travel. TSA PreCheck passengers are low-risk travelers who do not need to remove shoes, belts, 3-1-1 liquids, food, laptops and light jackets at the TSA checkpoint. TSA’s wait time standards for TSA PreCheck lanes are under 10 minutes and less than 30 minutes for standard lanes. Travelers may visit https://www.tsa.gov/precheck for more information about enrolling or renewing in TSA PreCheck and to find enrollment locations and pricing information for all TSA PreCheck enrollment providers.

“It is also important to remember that our TSA officers are working throughout the summer, including the upcoming July 4th holiday, so respect TSA and other frontline airport and airline employees,” Carter said. “Our officers along with all frontline airport and airline employees and local law enforcement, are working together to ensure safe and secure travel. Consider offering them a kind word of thanks.” 

TSA also reminds travelers that starting on May 7, 2025, if you plan to use your state-issued ID or driver’s license to fly within the U.S., make sure you have a REAL ID or another acceptable form of ID. If you are not sure if you have a REAL ID, check with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission .  For questions on acceptable IDs, visit TSA’s web site. “Put REAL ID on your summer to do list,” Carter recommended.

Travelers can contact TSA with questions may contact TSA by sending a text directly to 275-872 (“AskTSA”) on any mobile device or over social media by sending a message to @AskTSA on X or Facebook Messenger. An automated virtual assistant is available 24/7 to answer commonly asked questions, and AskTSA staff are available 365 days a year from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET for more complicated questions. Travelers may also reach the TSA Contact Center at 866-289-9673. An automated service is available 24/7.

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“Inside Out 2” delivers a fresh crop of emotions for Riley, the film’s 13-year-old protagonist, who begins the story at the cusp of puberty. Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui join the core emotions from the original film: Joy, Anger, Fear, Disgust and Sadness.

The most consequential of the new arrivals is Anxiety, whose well-meaning but chaotic influence pushes Riley and the other emotions to the edge of mental and social catastrophe. Voiced by Maya Hawke and bursting with discomfiting character details — unruly hair, bulging eyes, a grand-piano grin — Anxiety emerges as the hit sequel’s breakout star and unstable center of gravity.

In a series of interviews, the team at Pixar that brought the character to life — the director Kelsey Mann, character designer Deanna Marsigliese and animation supervisors Evan Bonifacio and Dovi Anderson — broke down Anxiety’s anatomy and discussed taking inspiration from psychology research, the bird kingdom and the produce aisle. These are edited excerpts from the conversations.

What was the initial idea for the character? Who was Anxiety?

KELSEY MANN, director Initially, she was a shape-shifter. She was going to be this person who was lying about who she was. I wanted somebody that was almost made of clay. Kind of a monster character, almost like a lizard. But we eventually got rid of that twist because it made the movie really complicated.

DEANNA MARSIGLIESE, character designer By the time she came to me, other ideas had already been tried, but they weren’t working in the story. They were a little bit more sinister, more antagonistic. I thought maybe we could try to soften the character, see if we could do something a little more approachable. I did about a dozen-and-a-half, maybe two dozen thumbnails — very tiny sketches. After a few days, I chose 10 and put them in front of Kelsey. He chose the first one I’d ever done.

MANN They were just fun. You don’t want the audience to root for the antagonist, but you do want them to enjoy when they’re onscreen. Whenever the earlier version of the character showed up, I just didn’t like watching it.

Where did you look for inspiration?

MANN Deanna had a really great idea to link her a little to Fear, because they are kind of distant cousins.

MARSIGLIESE Every time I looked up a definition for anxiety, it always started with “A fear of.” “Anxiety is a fear of what may happen.” So I started to think, “OK, Fear and Anxiety are different, but clearly they’re related,” so I designed her with that in mind.

MANN The more research we did, the more we realized that Anxiety is really there to help and protect us, which encouraged us to lean into a more fun design. Jason Deamer, the production designer, pointed out that the male emotions seemed to be more stylized. Anger is a square and Fear is this kind of raw nerve. I remember him saying it’d be really great if we could do that for a female character.

MARSIGLIESE Anxiety and Fear share those really expressive, hypervigilant eyes. That was tent pole No. 1. But where Fear is really vertical in design, I decided that for contrast, Anxiety would be more horizontal. That’s where we got that really broad mouth.

MANN I remember one of the animators doing some birdlike references for the fast little movements of her eyes.

EVAN BONIFACIO, animation supervisor The concept was that somebody who was anxious would be constantly scanning the room trying to look for problems and plan for the future.

MARSIGLIESE To me, it’s almost like a kettle. There’s this simmering, constant nervous energy just below the surface that very gradually builds. And like the steam in a kettle, it’s going to need avenues for release.

MANN She’s the opposite of Ennui. Where Ennui is like, “I barely need to move unless I have to,” Anxiety is just constantly moving. We always said she’s got restless leg syndrome.

BONIFACIO The animators did a lot of explorations of how she would move in the environment that ended up influencing the story. Her apologetic nature is an example — the idea that she’s touching the console and taking over headquarters but she’s sorry but she can’t help herself.

What other physical traits did you use to express her personality?

MARSIGLIESE I chose a lot of features that would support nervous tics and habits, her clothing being one of them.

MANN I remember somebody had the great idea that she’s going to have a really itchy sweater. If you look at Sadness, the sweater, it’s very warm. It’s very cozy. It feels like it’s cashmere. But Anxiety, she has this itchy wool that kind of added to her anxiousness.

MARSIGLIESE She’s got the high collar, which I imagine she’d be tugging on a lot. It’s a little suffocating. She’s got stretched-out sleeves, which is her doing. She’s got her pants hiked up, which isn’t the most comfortable. And her boots are just a little too tight. Everything is built to aggravate her just a little bit.

MANN Her hair was a big part of the character, too. It’s wild even when she’s trying to present herself as together, like she’s trying to tame the chaos. The simulation department, who does hair and cloth, added a lot.

MARSIGLIESE I used the top of a carrot as a reference. The way the leafy bits exit the carrot top really stiff and strong but then get flimsy and light toward the tips. I wanted it to be a conduit for all her trembling and twitching.

BONIFACIO The hair itself had a bunch of poses, probably five to eight: Stiff and straight up, a more relaxed groom, a softer groom, a wiry groom. If Anxiety screamed in the script, the animators could say, “Go from a soft groom to a stiff, more upright groom at this exact second.”

What was the hardest part of the character to animate?

BONIFACIO The mouth. Building the rig — the thing that’s underneath the skin of the character that allows the animators to pose out the arms, the head and the face.

MARSIGLIESE The teeth were a big thing. They were meant to rattle and move around the mouth. It’s unsettling. A lot of my choices were about asymmetry: being off-center, off-kilter. She was put together in a way to make you be like, “Are you OK? Are you going to fall apart? Can you stand up ?” I really wanted her to make the other emotions and the audience feel a little bit nervous by proxy.

DOVI ANDERSON, animation supervisor We were curious what it was going to look like when the character was talking. Are the teeth going to be moving too much? How can we make it so it’s not too hard to follow the dialogue?

BONIFACIO If you look at the drawings, there’s no denture. There’s no jawbone. It’s just this sort of big, open shape. We had to figure out a way to give her a wide range of expressions but still have the teeth anchored to something.

ANDERSON A standard mouth rig has like 300 controls. For Anxiety, we probably had 1,000.

BONIFACIO There were two full sets of controls for the mouth, and each tooth could be controlled individually if needed.

ANDERSON Even though she had a very challenging design, the fundamentals of animating her were the same as anyone else. The animators are performers — it’s their job to figure out what the performance is going to be. What am I? What is the subtext? What’s going on inside the character’s head? How do I communicate that to the audience? Many would go into an acting room, turn on a camera and act the scene out with their own human anatomy and limitations. Then the question is, “How do I translate that into this design?”

What’s your favorite Anxiety scene?

MANN There’s a scene where Riley experiences a panic attack at the end of the film. I wanted Anxiety to come in and take over the console and drive too hard on Riley.

ANDERSON She starts moving really fast and turns into this whirlwind. He ended up animating 106 Anxieties in about eight shots. In one shot, there might have been upward of 10 or 15 Anxieties — multiple arms and heads going around in circles.

MARSIGLIESE Anxiety for some people is really debilitating; they’re not activated by it, they’re paralyzed. Other people get really activated and kinetic. It was important that we start her at one extreme and then walk her to the other, so that everyone with anxiety could see themselves and their behavior in her.

MANN There’s a really great line in that scene where she says, “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Joy. I was just trying to protect her.”

MARSIGLIESE I think there’s a single tear.

MANN I’m really proud of the way it turned out, because it takes the entire team of artists and filmmakers at the studio to pull that off.

Reggie Ugwu is a Times culture reporter. More about Reggie Ugwu

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