Sprinkle some cartoon and animation pizzazz on your next project and watch the bedazzlement begin. These 10 innovative Adobe After Effects animation templates will up your cartoon game to new levels. You won’t even have to learn how to animate in After Effects!
Top Cartoon Templates for Animating in After Effects
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Cartoon Face – Adobe After Effects Animation Preset
Featured Template for Animating in After Effects
It can’t get more fun—or funny—than an Adobe After Effects animation preset that lets you put a face on anything your heart desires. With Cartoon Face you can create your own story that has them laughing at the start. Video tutorial for how to use and edit is included.
Key Features
This download for animating in After Effects comes with an easily customizable template to animate your videos. With it, you’ll also get a video tutorial of how to use and edit the template.
- Applications: After Effects
- Requirements: None
- Attributes: 1920 x 1080 resolution, 8.97MB file size
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More Cartoon and Animation Presets for After Effects from Envato Elements
Do you want to see more examples of the best Adobe After Effects animation templates Envato Elements has to offer? Check out more After Effects templates, all included in Envato Element’s monthly subscription:
Cartoon Explainer Toolkit
Got some explaining to do? This dynamic animation in After Effects gives you 30 animated backgrounds and over 600 character icons. Plus, automatic lipsync!
Cartoon Character Kit Opener
This charming opener template starts your project with a lovable character. It’s a high-quality, customizable, modular output with fast render and full HD res.
Cartoon Logo – Engaging Template for Animating in After Effects
Captivate viewers by displaying your logo with the vitality of animation. Cartoon Logo ushers in a breath of fresh air with its wispy, liquid animation, engaging viewers immediately and ensuring your logo makes a lasting impression.
Flying Cartoon Lines – Hand-Drawn Animation in After Effects
Set your text free, quite literally, using the hand-drawn shape elements in Flying Cartoon Lines. Simply drop your words into the template and watch your logo and text dance through the air with unforgettable grace. Sound FX included!
Cartoon Alphabet – Energetic Adobe After Effects Animation Preset
Each letter of the alphabet an animation unto itself, Cartoon Alphabet brings your message to life with playful, classic cartoon art. In addition to the complete alphabet, this animation in After Effects provides 10 numbers, an exclamation point, and a question mark in the same energetic, youthful animation style.
Cartoon Transitions – Dynamic Template for Animating in After Effects
Cartoon Transitions offers exclusively designed visual segues by the dozens that will give your project the added sparkle it needs to stand out. In motion art, transitions are as important as the subject matter. Don’t sleep on this!
Cartoon Intro – Cute Animation in After Effects
This clean, endearing animation provides an opportunity to introduce your project with a light-hearted, honest touch. Colorful and uplifting, Cartoon Intro has an unapologetically simple, visual style accessible to a wide spectrum of viewers.
Cartoon Pop-Ups – Zesty Template for Animating in After Effects
Zonk! Pow! Baam! This template contains a whopping 200 cartoon pop ups that animate your project like an old-school comic book. Fresh, fun, and friendly, Cartoon Pop-Ups adds a pinch of customizable spice to every frame.
Cartoon Elements – Doodle Animation in After Effects
Offering a casual, doodle-style animation, Cartoon Elements lets you mix images and cartoon effects for super youthful, eye-catching results. The hand-drawn elements, complete with bananas, lips, pizza slices, light bulbs, and more, are vibrant, impactful, and downright cute.
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Free Video Course on How to Animate in After Effects
Stop looking for the right course to start learning about how to animate in After Effects. This free tutorial will guide you into the world of animation in After Effects.
Check out our complete tutorial here or on our YouTube channel, where you can also find more free courses and tutorials.
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