You don’t need to be told that water is everywhere. Not just in real life but in videos too. It’s an incredibly versatile material and you can create some awesome footage, whether you’re watching gently lapping waves or dramatic 3D slow motion droplets. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to shoot. If you’re out of time or don’t have access to the shot you need, try downloading these water animations. You can use them as cutaways or combine them with text to make engaging animated sequences. Read on to learn how to include them in your videos.
Summary
Part 1: 21 Popular Water Animations for Your Next Project
Realistic Water Animations
1. Water Animation
Gentle, swirling ripples of a calm pool of water. This relaxing stock motion graphic would work well with animated text or just as a peaceful background video. The HD file is 20 seconds in duration so there’s plenty to play with.
2. Aquamarine Liquid Background
Whirling bubbles rush past the screen in this exciting close-up of rushing water. The liquid effect can be used to accompany animations or be used as a standalone video to enhance a sequence. Download the HD file now.
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3. Water Waves Pack
Use these water splash effects in any of your videos. There are four styles to choose from, each a different color and motion. These graceful 3D animated graphics are mesmerising and available as 4K files.
4. Sea Coast Clear Water
Imagine crystal clear water on a warm summer’s day, and the feel of wihte sand between your toes. This peaceful animation of a transparent sea floor is perfect for any nature-themed or meditation content.
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Hand Drawn Water Animations
5. Hand Drawn Liquid Splashes
Here’s a pack of brightly colored, fun and lively cartoon liquid splashes. The hand-drawn style makes them great for children’s videos or anything with a bright and airy tone. Use them as transitions for your footage and animated text. The pack even contains sound effects for you to play with.
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6. Water Animations Pack
Droplets, ripples, fountains and squirting transitions. These cool water animations can be used in live action content and video games to bring your projects to life. There are clean and pixellated versions of each so you can give your animations a retro video game feel.
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7. Liquid Motion Elements
For Final Cut Pro users, grab this pack of hand drawn and frame by frame animated water elements. Use them to enhance your footage or transition between text animations. Change the colors to match your brand and breathe life into your projects.
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8. Water Elements
If you’re looking for a bit more control over your projects, try this After Effects template. It gives you the opportunity to play around with shape layers and refine the movement of these animated water elements – ripples, splashes, bubbles and much more.
9. Liquid Elements Water Splashes
This Premiere Pro Motion Graphics Template (MOGRT) includes a hand-drawn and animated water splash in a wide range of colors. Simply import it into Adobe Premiere Pro and drag it onto the timeline to bring it instantly into your video.
Download Liquid Elements Water Splashes Now
10. Hand Drawn Liquid Transitions
This After Effects pack is all about transitions. Impress your clients with these fluid and fun water transitions to wash you from one scene to the next. Use them in TV commercials, social media videos and kids’ content.
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11. Liquid Shape Elements
These cartoon elements are a lot of fun. They can be added straight to Premiere Pro as a Motion Graphics Template, and it’s easy to change the colors and the style in no time at all. Use them as transitions, logo reveals or simply to enhance the footage in your videos.
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Water Animation Logos
12. Water Splash Text Reveal
If you’re looking for a clean, premium, 3D water animation to enhance your videos, try this text reveal that works directly within Premiere Pro. Speed up or slow down the animation and change the font to create instant high quality results.
Download Water Splash Text Reveal Now
13. Drop In Water Slogan Reveal
This is a slick 3D animation to reveal text or logos. It’s a clean Premiere Pro Motion Graphics Template which is easy to edit and looks absolutely great. Use it as an intro or opener to your TV shows, commercials, presentations – anything you’re working on.
14. Under The Water Logo
If you want to give your logo reveals an underwater feel, try this specialized logo animation template. Open it in After Effects, simply replace the text and the logo and hit render. Easy. It’s an eye-catching animation for whatever project you’re working on.
Download Under The Water Logo Now
15. Underwater Cinematic Logo
Here’s something spectacular for your movies and video games. Dramatic lighting and bubbles stream around a gently shimmering logo deep underwater. It’s an incredible effect and super easy to customize within After Effects.
Download Underwater Cinematic Logo Now
Water Animation Transitions
16. Water Revealer
A spout of 3D water rushes onto the screen and forms a dense ball of water before revealing your text or logo. This is a high quality, dramatic 3D animation that would step up the value of any of your video projects.
17. Water Pouring With Splashes
This stock motion 3D graphics of water pouring would be a beautiful addition to any food themed videos, TV commercials or even just experimental short films. The HD file can be downloaded and simply dropped into any of your projects.
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18. Water Splash
Water twists and turns on a background in this highly stylized 3D animation. Combine it with text and logos to make a high quality production. The beautiful slow motion stock footage is a 4K file so can be adapted to plenty of projects.
19. Liquid Drop Explosion Pack
BOOM. A drop of liquid explodes in a shower of glistening, warping fragments. Available in four colors, this 4K motion graphics file is built with an alpha channel so you can overlay it on any existing footage.
Download Liquid Drop Explosion Pack Now
20. Vortex Tornado of Water
This magnificent 3D animated tornado of water spins onto the screen in a dramatic cyclone, and would be an incredible opportunity to reveal your text or logo. It’s a 4K file so there’s a lot of scope to scale it up and down.
Download Vortex Tornado of Water Now
21. Water Splash Pack
Download this pack to get access to five different animations of water splashing realistically. These 3D animations are on an alpha channel so you can overlay them on your existing footage.
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Part 2: Learn how to Install and Apply Water Animations
Step 1: Download your favorite Motion Graphics Template from the library.
Step 2: In Premiere Pro, head to the Essential Graphics panel.
Step 3: Click Install Motion Graphics Template and select your downloaded .mogrt file.
Step 4: Drag the template from the list onto the timeline.
Step 5: Change the Source Text and the colors to your preference.
Top Tips
As you will have seen, there’s a huge range of animations to choose from. It’s up to you to decide which water animation is best for your project. Is your project a light-hearted children’s video? Try something cartoony and fun. Is your project a serious cinematic short film? Maybe something more photorealistic would be better.
Bear in mind the movement in the animation, and try not to include anything that might be too distracting if you don’t want it to be the focus. If you want the text to be the focus of the frame, try using a background of gently lapping water. If you want an exciting fast-paced visual to carry an edit from one shot to the next, that’s the time to use something more energetic.
Water animation is a flexible, exciting asset to use in your video productions. The Motion Array Marketplace has a wide range of animation templates and stock footage, so pick the one that best suits the project you’re working on. Making a food commercial? Try some high quality, glossy 3D animation. Making some kids’ content? Try the hand-drawn, bouncy water transitions. Simply download them and add them to your project as footage or as a background to overlay text.
