Do you know what will make your presentation even more awesome? Animations, that’s what. This is why today we gathered for you an entire collection of free Gifs for PowerPoint you can download and use right away. In the following article, you’ll find our exclusive free for personal and commercial use character-based GIF animations, as well as freebie animations from other sources.
Since we added a new category for PowerPoint presentations where we added our free and premium packs, we decided to expand the concept and add other resources, such as the animations you’re about to see. So let’s jump right in.
Article overview:
1. Free Gifs for PowerPoint by GraphicMama
2. Free PowerPoint Animation Sources by Other Creators
2.1. Free Social Media Animations from Cliply
2.2. Fair Use Free Gifs on Giphy
2.3. Fair Use Free Gifs on Tenor
2.4. Generating Free Animated Gifs for Presentations by MotionElements
3. Premium Animated GIF sets
1. Free Gifs for PowerPoint by GraphicMama
We’ll start with a royalty-free collection of our own. We made these Gifs for PowerPoint and would love to share them with you. These are exclusive for today’s article, so you won’t find them anywhere on our website. With that out of the way, feel free to download any pack of animations you like directly and get creative with your next presentation. Each bundle includes the poses you’ll see in the preview image in a zip file with high-quality transparent gifs with 1080 px width.
📝 These characters are also exclusive free puppets for your animation videos. You can find them in our article, a collection of Most Awesome and Free Character Animator Puppets.
Alex The Businessman Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: Waving, Thumbs Up, Puzzled, Pointing Up
Here’s one of our most popular characters with 4 different presentational poses. The young businessman always brings a good mood and professionalism.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Alex the Businessman Puppet for Character Animator
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Viking Boy Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: Waving, Showing, Pointing Up, Thumbs Up
Big and strong Viking boy with a soft and kind heart. He’s the sidekick of his young but fierce Viking sister and together they invade presentations and make them awesome.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Free Male Viking Character Set for presentations
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Viking Girl Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: Showing, Waving, Thumbs Up, Pointing Up
And here she is, the little sister with an attitude. Trained as a great warrior, the Viking girl means business and doesn’t back down.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Free female Viking Cartoon Character Set
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Cute Business Bear Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: Showing, Pointing Up, Thumbs Up, Waving
Can’t bear the awesomeness of the charming business bear and his impeccable sports elegant style.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Free Bear Cartoon Character Set
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Friendly Caveman Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: Pointing Up, ThumbsUp, Waving, Angry with a Bat
Detailed cartoon of a confident caveman with an epic unibrow that will bring a lot of fun to your videos. One of the animations gives him a stone bat to wave around fiercely if your audience doesn’t pay enough attention.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Free Caveman Cartoon Character Set
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Charming Green Witch Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: Thumbs Up 1, Showing, Waving, Thumbs Up 2
Luckily, we’re past the middle ages and it’s ok and legal to bring some sorcery into your presentations. When it comes to PowerPoint magic, this sweet green witch is your girl.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Cool Tiger Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: Puzzled 1, Impatient, Pointing Up, Thumbs Up
Here’s a beautiful striped powerful-looking but quite a friendly tiger cartoon character. He’s very diverse in terms of projects you can use him for.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Nerdy Entrepreneur Free Gifs for PowerPoint
Poses Preview: A Brilliant Idea, Thumbs Up, Waving, Pointing Up
This guy is full of brilliant ideas so if you relate, why not join forces and make an insightful business presentation for your viewers.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
- Based on: Free Presentation Cartoon Character Set
Businesswoman Executive Free Gifs for PowerPoint Animation Poses
Poses Preview: Showing, Waving, Pointing Up, Thumbs Up
This charming lady is a business strategist character and has rolled her sleeves to do some winning. Ideal for marketing presentations and explainer videos.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Powerful Female Superhero Free PowerPoint Gif Animations
Poses Preview: Waving 1, Pointing Up, Thumbs Up, Waving 2, Power Up
This superhero girl packs beauty and power in one character. She floats in the air while giving presentations some star power.
- 5 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Superhero With a Cape Free PowerPoint Animation Poses
Poses Preview: Thumbs Up, Waving, Pointing Up, Confused
Sometimes, what you need is a mighty superhero with a cool cape. So, here’s a powerful crime-fighter with a hidden identity behind a mask with laser eyes.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Free Superhero Cartoon Character Set
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Octoberfest Waitress Free Gifs for PowerPoint Animation Poses
Poses Preview: Dessert, Waving, Thumbs Up, Menu
Next is a lovely blonde Octoberfest-style waitress with sweet desserts and a menu animation poses. Ideal for presentations related to restaurants, bars, beer and sweets.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Chilling Monk Free PowerPoint Animation Poses
Poses Preview: Waving, Tea, Pointing Up
Eastern monk with a hot cup of tea. Nothing less than pure relaxation for your zen presentation.
- 3 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Free Monk Boy Cartoon Character Set
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Cute Retro Robot Free PowerPoint Animations
Poses Preview: Hiding, Pointing, Shy, Love, Thumbs Up, Waving
This a very cute, shy vintage robot puppet that rocks the retro-futuristic style as a character coming straight out of a SciFi movie from the 60s. Ideal for presentations about technology.
- 6 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
Friendly Shark Free PowerPoint Animation Poses
Poses Preview: Attention, Vibing, Waving, Bye Bye
Here’s Sharkboy. The lovable, friendly goofy shark who’s just vibing and will make you fall in love with him.
- 4 Separate Animations
- Files: Transparent GIF
- Height: 1080 pixels
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for Personal and Commercial Use │ Do Not Sell or Distribute
2. Free PowerPoint Animation Sources by Other Creators
These were the exclusive free PowerPoint animations we had much fun making and were eager to share. Now, let’s move on to the other sources that we recommend when you’re in search of royalty-free animations or gifs under the Fair Use copyright law. We’ll point out the specific terms of each source in its respective category.
📝 Please keep in mind that non-profit and educational projects are always a safe option when using free resources.
2.1. Free Social Media Animations from Cliply
Cliply has a huge collection of premium animated icons and other animations. Depending on if you purchase freebies, premium, or business resources, the licenses and uses vary. This is why make sure to check out the license on every resource you decide to download.
However, today we’re all about free animations. That’s why we’ve selected some great-looking social media icon animations for your social media slides in PowerPoint.
YouTube Icon Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
Twitter Icon Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
TikTok Logo Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
TikTok Icon Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
Social Media Icons free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
LinkedIn Icon Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
Instagram Likes Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Royalty-Free │ Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required
Instagram Icon Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
Facebook Icon Free Animation
- Files: MOV, MP4, PNG, GIF
- Height: Up to 1080 px
- License: Free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use.
- Terms: Attribution not required but appreciated
2.2. Fair Use Free Gifs on Giphy
Aside from the free PowerPoint animations, you can also benefit from using live-action GIFs. Giphy is one of the databases that offer an endless library of GIFs based on movies, tv-shows, videos, and everything else. You will find out everything viral and the latest memes made into GIFs. Now, the question is. Is it legal to use a free GIF that has a few seconds from a scene from an obviously copyrighted movie or video?
📝 Just like every other creative work, GIFs are copyright material. However. They are more complicated as there is no legal way to license the use of GIFs for the purposes of commercial use. With this being said, in most cases, GIFs fall under the grey area of Fair Use.
With this in mind, you will find out many brands use such GIFs for their blog posts, ads, and social media. You can also use such materials in your PowerPoint presentations to make your visuals more fun and engaging. Especially if you’re an educator and wish to make your lesson more exciting for your student. Memes will save us all! 🙂
Below are some great examples from Giphy great for presentational purposes.
Simpson’s Free Presentation GIF
Cartman Free Presentation GIF
2.3. Fair Use Free Gifs on Tenor
Similar to Giphy, Tenor also offers a huge database of GIF images on every topic. This database benefits from an entire community of users uploading GIFs on a daily basis so there’s something for everyone.
For example, here’s how to make your cats listen to you and watch your presentation.
Thursday Laser Pointer GIF
Cartoon Science Presentation GIF
2.4. Generating Free Animated Gifs for Presentations by MotionElements
And the last source, something we stumbled on recently, is MotionElements. This is a royalty-free marketplace in Asia for stock media where we found a curious way to make presentation GIFs. It’s not free PowerPoint animations but gives an equally nice interaction and life to a presentation.
Their free animated gifs category has various few-seconds videos that you can turn into GIFs. When you click a video, you can select which moment from it you’d like as a GIF. Once you’re ready, you can choose to save the GIF in three different sizes.
- Requirements: Downloading freebies requires registration (no credit card info required unless you want to download Premium resources)
- License: Royalty-Free │ Safe for Commercial Use
- Available Gif Sizes from Videos: Small (256 x 144 px), Medium (480 x 270 px), Large ( 640 x 360 px)
Below are a few examples of GIFs we’ve made from MotionElement’s videos to try out the GIF-maker.
3. Premium Animated GIF Sets
These were the exclusive free PowerPoint animations by Graphic Mama and free gifs and animations from other sources. We hope you enjoyed the collection and expanded your library with valuable resources for your next presentation.
Now, if you really want to make a hyper-interactive PowerPoint presentation with more matching action poses and versatile concept animations, have a look below.
We made the following animation sets specifically with that idea in mind and we’re excited to show them off.
Nick Smartman Animated GIF Images Collection
Nick is a smart business cartoon character set of 12 animated GIFs. The animations suit many different purposes, like presentations, or social media posts.
- 12 Separate Animations for PowerPoint
- Files: Transparent GIF images
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Nick Smartman Character Set │Puppet
Elegant Businesswoman Animated GIFs Collection
Here’s our lovely elegant business lady character that comes in 12 different presentational animations in GIF format. The animations feature pointing, waving, peeking, targeting, and more.
- 12 Separate Animations for PowerPoint
- Files: Transparent GIF images
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Attractive Businesswoman Character Animator Puppet
Flying Robot Animated GIFs Collection
There is not a single reason why you shouldn’t put a robot character in your presentation. Robots are cool, and everybody loves them. This little guy is jet-packed with 12 different animations and emotions.
- 12 Separate Animations for PowerPoint
- Files: Transparent GIF images
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Flying Robot Cartoon Character Set │Puppet
Cute Panda Animated GIFs Collection
Bambootiful panda character arrives with 12 different animations to assist your presentations. The cute panda set features the animated concepts in GIF format files, ready to import and use for your projects.
- 12 Separate Animations for PowerPoint
- Files: Transparent GIF images
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Cute Panda Character Set │ Puppet
Alice Skinny Jeans Animated GIFs Collection
Alice is a cute, young woman cartoon character with blonde hair. She is available in a set of 12 animated GIFs. Each of them is 1080px tall. They are perfect for many different purposes, for example, you can use them in your presentations, or combine them with text and use them in social media.
- 12 Separate Animations for PowerPoint
- Files: Transparent GIF images
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Casual Alice with Skinny Jeans Character Set │ Puppet
Alfred Carierist Animated GIFs Collection
Alfred is a smart executive-type businessman character, available in a set of 12 animated GIFs. Each of the animated GIFs is 1080px tall. They are perfect for many different purposes, for example, you can use them in your presentations, or combine them with text and use them in social media.
- 12 Separate Animations for PowerPoint
- Files: Transparent GIF images
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Based on: Alfred the Careerist Character Set │Puppet
Final Words
Animations in PowerPoint are absolutely awesome. They give that extra chef’s kiss that can turn a presentation into a personal masterpiece. Feel free to use our free Gifs for PowerPoint for your next project and build more engagement.
In the meantime, for more free resources for PowerPoint, check out these related articles.
