One of the best ways to effectively introduce your upcoming mobile/tablet application to the online audience as well as stirring up the interest of viewers and make them crave for more, is to bring it to life, at least for several seconds; and I’m not talking about the time-tested solution of shooting a video that certainly has its own benefits, I’m talking about the brand-new way of briefly but vividly illustrating your concept using the possibilities of gif animations that are in the mainstream nowadays.
Thanks to the powerful duo of After Effects and Adobe Photoshop you are able to build up truly matchless presentations pretty quickly that not only will unobtrusively focus attention on subtle and polished designs but also beckon wonderful transitions and beautiful effects. Want some real examples for inspiration? Then feast your eyes on our collection of fresh walkthrough gifs created by skilled and talented developers.
GIFs to Showcase Mobile Apps
Charts Animation by Valentin Khenkin and Tubik Manufactory
This gif looks extremely professional and attention-grabbing. The team has done a truly great job, having perfectly animated charts and graphs as well as accurately and vigilantly executed flat style graphics.
User Profile Interface Animation by Alex Ivanov
Being placed in a highly realistic iPhone mockup under a perspective angle, this short yet descriptive gif animation of a user profile interface looks alive, natural and highly engaging. The author skillfully displays several functions in action.
Green Spy Concept by Sergey Valiukh
Want to know how the good presentation of a concept should look nowadays? Take a glance at this top-notch project. The artist wisely follows the trends and showily demonstrates its concept, getting the most out of gif animations. A riot of vibrant colors, flat style, and several elements presented in 3d, and of course, fancy transitions transform a plain presentation into a first-class piece.
Mobile Animations & Interactions by Yalantis Mobile
This app development company certainly knows its stuff perfectly well. The project comprises 10 small yet eye-catching and intriguing gif animations that capably reveal basic workflows. Not only can it boast a really professional realization but also a perfectly-executed trendy flat UI design.
Walkthrough Interaction
Walkthrough Interaction by Muharrem Şenyıl showcases a slider in action. The regular, widely-used, smooth sliding animation is an excellent choice for those who are only taking their first steps in this sort of visualization. It allows enlivening the project without hustle and bustle, making the perfectly-crafted UI look even more sophisticated and appealing.
Instagram Redesign
This Instagram Redesign by Shkodran Arifi is populated with refined line style and neat solid graphics, of course a bunch of images and a series of pleasant transition effects. The latter effectively puts all the pieces together, having formed a truly matchless concept.
ONLocation app by Abdelilah Driouch
This is an excellent example of how to unobtrusively draw attention to the features of your upcoming app and impress viewers with a pretty powerful and far-reaching effect. Here, each listed advantage is bolstered by a short yet fancy animated gif that perfectly visualizes the workflow.
Shopping List App by Agilie
Not only has the artist placed its app interface design under an unusual angle (that certainly has its appeal) but also has provided it with an eye-catching animation that vividly shows several functions in action. With such a dynamic solution even the boring shopping list app has received an intriguing appearance.
iOS Card animation by Fedor Shkliarau
Even despite having only 2 screens to demonstrate, your app can still look highly motivational and inviting. Fedor Shkliarau knows perfectly well how to throw the best light on his concept. Here, he has capably realized a flipping animation spiced up with a lovely bouncing effect that altogether looks just amazing.
Animation set by Valentin Khenkin and Tubik Manufactory
Much like the first example, this is another vigilantly-crafted project from this high-end professional team that is eager to achieve the greatest output from the range of possibilities inherent to trendy gif-based visualization tools. Here, the UI of the concept not only satisfies the current trends but also fascinates by its interactivity and presentation.
Muse by Tim C
Though initially the artist goes for a more traditional route of illustrating his upcoming product that implies a standard, static, text-based presentation; however, he tries to break new ground by including a short yet vivid interactive gif that prominently displays smooth shifting between several functional screens.
FaceScan App Concept
FaceScan app concept by George Frigo looks absolutely fantastic and refined. Here the collaboration between perfectly-executed interface design with subtle graphics and several dynamic elements that enliven everything certainly yields impressive results.
UI Animation by Jafer Khamushi
The artist capably shows several main screens in action, including a main screen, media gallery, location screen and picture gallery. Everything is supported by a polished UI design inspired by iOS7.
Animated Flip Menu by Virgil Pana
Though there is just a small animation of the menu opening, the flipping effect as well as the design of the background and the navigation itself has been perfectly executed. Such meticulous attention even to the smallest details suggests that the developer follows current web trends as well as being eager to put them into practice at every opportunity.
Dating App – Presentation & Walkthrough by Ilya Tsuprun
Here the artist has taken care to draw as much attention to his upcoming app as possible with the help of a truly engaging presentation that includes not only a description but also modern impactful gif walkthroughs.
Circles by Anton Pikhorovich
The animation radiates of subtlety, neatness and professionalism. The artist has not only created a dynamic gif but also animated this mobile mockup that serves as an ideal finishing touch. This is certainly a win-win solution.
Apple Watch – Incoming call by Thibaut Vanden-Dorpe
Walkthrough gifs can bring benefits not only for demonstrating mobile or tablet apps, but even for much smaller apps, for example for those that are designed for the upcoming Apple watch. Just take a glance at this brilliant gif animation of an incoming call, and you will see.
Conclusion
Gif walkthroughs are certainly great and quite viable tools in the creative’s arsenal that definitely can do wonders. Being populated with some comprehensible touch gesture icons and fancy complementary effects such as bouncing effect, sliding effect or flipping effect, they can become truly successful solutions.
