animation glossary
Particle Animation
A particle animation uses many small elements — dots, shards, sand grains — driven by physics-like motion to build shapes, celebrate, or add atmosphere.
What is Particle Animation?
Particle systems are the most flexible tool in motion graphics: a few hundred small elements with simple rules can assemble into a shape, rain down to build a bar, or burst into a celebration. The shots below show particles used functionally — sand grains falling to fill a chart bar, and particle bursts for milestone hits.
Particle Animation in Remotion
Every shot below is a real, renderable Remotion composition. Open the detail page for the recipe notes, then copy the agent brief to implement the shot from tuned TSX.
Implement particle animation
Copy the agent brief for the first shot to have an AI agent build it from the reference TSX.
Frequently asked questions
What is a particle animation?+
A particle animation simulates many small elements — dots, sand grains, shards — that move with simple velocity, gravity, or attraction rules, and together form shapes, fills, or celebratory bursts.
How do you build a particle system?+
Define a set of particles with position, velocity, and life; update them each frame with forces like gravity or drag; and control their appearance and count to keep the motion readable.
How many particles should you use?+
Enough to read as a system — usually 100–500 on screen. More is not always better: too many particles can obscure the message and hurt render performance.