Jitter

Use it when

You have a Figma frame, poster, or layout and need a motion file for a product demo, a site, or a social post. Use it when a prompt or preset should get you a first pass, and you still want a timeline you can edit before export.

What it does well

• Paste a Figma frame in through the plugin, then swap updated layers later without rebuilding the animation
• Describe an idea and get an editable animation, effect, or variation, then change timing and parameters yourself
• Build motion with presets, pen paths, shape morphs, blur, gradients, blend modes, type, and imported audio or video
• Export video, GIF, or Lottie, including from the free plan
• Reuse one motion through animated components, which the free plan includes

Skip it when

• You need interactive states that run inside the product, not a delivered animation file
• You want a finished video from a text prompt and have no design to animate
• You need desktop compositing in the style of After Effects
• The free plan is too tight: 3 workspace files, 720p at 30fps, a watermark, and a 20MB upload cap
• Image to Video, 1080p/60fps, ProRes, WebM, and watermark-free export start on Pro (up to 10 editors)
• Transparent export, 4K, 120fps, frame-by-frame, and batch export start on Max (up to 50 editors)
• The artboard is extreme: the export must fit inside 2160×4320, 4320×2160, 2800×2800, or 5760×1080

Fits your workflow

Copy a frame with the Figma plugin, paste it into Jitter, animate on the timeline, then export video, GIF, or Lottie. Magic Import, auto-resize, and auto-translate make many versions of one scene; confirm the plan if volume matters. Students and educators can request Pro free. Paid plans bill per editor.