Photo Animator & Cinemagraph

Motionly is a photo animator and cinemagraph maker. Animate photos by painting water, clouds or smoke so they flow in a seamless loop, add 3D depth and camera moves, then save a moving photo as a video, GIF or live photo style loop.

This photo animator runs on your phone with honest, hand-tuned motion tools. No cloud, no account, and faces are never redrawn or faked.

PHOTO ANIMATOR WITH FLOW BRUSH
• Paint the area that should move, then drag the arrow to set its direction and speed
• Waterfalls, rivers, drifting clouds, smoke, hair and flags flow in a perfect loop
• Ripple brush for shimmering lakes and sea, Anchor brush to freeze what must stay still, Erase to fix
• Smooth, seamless loops: the last frame flows straight into the first

3D DEPTH AND CAMERA MOVES
• Parallax 3D photo effect: the person is separated from the background automatically, the background is rebuilt, and both move at different speeds
• Paint the subject yourself for pets, objects and food, with edges that snap to the photo
• Ken Burns with start and end frames you set by drag and pinch, push in, breathe, orbit, handheld shake, whip pan and zoom burst

LIVE EFFECTS AND OVERLAYS
• Rain, snow, falling petals, fireflies, sparkles, bokeh, floating hearts, fog, smoke, light rays, shooting stars, lens flare and light leaks
• Change amount, speed, direction and colour, and stack up to 3 effects
• Glow pulse and 34 looks, from warm film to teal and orange

20 MOTION RECIPES
One tap combines motion, effects and a look: Dreamy Clouds, Flowing Water, Snowy Night, Rainy Window, Golden Sparkle, Cinematic Push, Parallax Portrait, Neon Pulse and more. Save your own recipe and reuse it.

CINEMAGRAPH MAKER
Freeze a video and keep one part moving. Paint the moving area, pick the still frame, and Motionly finds the smoothest loop point and blends the seam.

LOOP A VIDEO
Boomerang, ping-pong, reverse and seamless cross-fade loops, speed control, a slow motion section and repeats.

BEAT SYNC SLIDESHOW
Pick 3 to 30 photos and clips and they cut on the beat of the music. Three bundled songs or your own, automatic BPM detection, tap tempo, 7 transitions, Ken Burns and animated titles.

TEXT, STICKERS AND GIF STUDIO
• Animated text with 12 fonts and 8 animations, emoji and shape stickers that bounce, float or spin
• Video to GIF and animated WebP with width, frame rate and colour control and a live size estimate
• Save any video frame as a photo, or make a short live photo style loop to share

EXPORT
MP4 video with optional music, GIF or animated WebP, in 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 or the original shape. Saved to your gallery with no watermark, ready for WhatsApp, Instagram and TikTok.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Pick a photo or video
2. Paint the flow, choose a recipe or add effects
3. Export and share your moving photo

FREE AND PREMIUM
Motionly is free to use with ads, including flow animation, camera moves, 1080p export, GIF up to 480 px and 8 recipes. Premium (monthly, yearly or lifetime) unlocks every recipe and effect, depth presets, stacking up to 3 effects, 4K export on phones that support it, longer cinemagraphs, 30 item slideshows, large GIFs, and removes all ads. You can also watch a short video to unlock a premium tool for 24 hours.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your photos and videos are animated on your device and never uploaded. The person cut out uses an on-device model; the motion itself is made by Motionly's own algorithms.

QUESTIONS
How do I animate a photo? Open Animate a photo, paint over the water or sky and drag the arrow.
Can I animate a photo without AI? Yes. Motionly moves the pixels you paint; it never generates faces.
Is it a live photo maker? It makes short looping videos and GIFs you can share like a live photo.
How do I make a cinemagraph? Open Cinemagraph, freeze a video and paint the part that keeps moving.
Can I turn a photo into a video? Yes. Export your moving photo as MP4, or as a GIF or animated WebP.

Support: support@ecomswiftllc.com. Made by Ecom Swift LLC.

Recent changes:
Motionly 1.0.0, the first release.
- Photo animator: paint water, clouds and smoke and make them flow in seamless loops
- 3D depth with automatic person cut-out, camera moves and Ken Burns
- 13 live effects, 34 looks and 20 one-tap motion recipes
- Cinemagraph maker, Loop a Video, beat sync slideshows and GIF Studio
- Export MP4 with music, GIF or animated WebP, no watermark