# Animation in desmos

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/animation-in-desmos/8390>\
**Category:** Discussion\
**Created:** [November 17, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/animation-in-desmos/8390 "2025-11-17T12:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![bhssingul](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/bhssingul/32/6761_2.png) [@bhssingul](https://cl.desmos.com/u/bhssingul)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/animation-in-desmos/8390/1 "2025-11-17T12:26:51Z")

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if you used a slider and a {frame=x}requisite,could you make a animation?this would be interesting because you could animate anything then

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/animation-in-desmos/8390/2 "2025-11-17T15:34:54Z")

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Yes, you can pretty much animate anything in the graph. We do it all the time in the K5 curriculum, like [this one](https://classroom.amplify.com/activity/682dc6712a13219cceafb82f?collections=6802a773907aef8d98d13ec7%2C682dc6712a13219cceafa9e2#preview/db741a47-d414-4517-88c5-3316fcef1f90). Ones I’ve done were usually moving images around like I demonstrate in [this thread](https://cl.desmos.com/t/animations-and-parametric-curves/8150), but I’ve worked with a grapher who animated a runner that was maybe 6 frames or so, which isn’t too difficult to add, and would be similar to what you suggest as a restriction (looks like it’s only in the paid curriculum, so I can’t share it).

Most often, since we’re not exclusively using graphs but connecting to other components in Activity Builder, like an action button, we use the button’s `timeSincePress()` instead of a slider (or ticker) in the graph.

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**Author:** ![bhssingul](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/bhssingul/32/6761_2.png) [@bhssingul](https://cl.desmos.com/u/bhssingul)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/animation-in-desmos/8390/3 "2025-11-17T15:50:51Z")

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no I mean you graph each individual frame

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/animation-in-desmos/8390/4 "2025-11-17T15:57:45Z")

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Complex, but yes. We usually use images because it takes less computation and runs better on slower computers.