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When to Use Parametric Animation vs. Auto Animate

Not sure which animation type to use? Here’s a quick breakdown to help you decide

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Written by Inbal Shemesh
Updated over 2 months ago

🌀 Use Auto Animate when:

You want to control the animation visually — by designing distinct visual states that the animation transitions between.


🎛️ Use Parametric Animation when:

You want to animate specific properties (like position, rotation, color, or size) without creating multiple visual states.
It’s faster, cleaner, and often more efficient — since you animate a single element by directly adjusting its parameters.


✳️ Examples of parametric animations:

Parameter changed: height

Parameters changed: scale, move, drop shadow

Examples of Auto animations:

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