25 Free Animated Backgrounds for PowerPoint

Need some awesome animated loop backgrounds to use in your next corporate PowerPoint presentation?

Here’s 25 of our finest loopable animations, all HD definition and totally free to use.

These are perfect for adding instant color and motion to title and logo slides. They’re also ideal for powerful quotation slides – when you really need your message to stand out.

25 Free Animated Backgrounds for Powerpoint Grid

TIP: As loop ready video files you’ll need to know how to set up video looping in PowerPoint. Luckily we have a blog post which takes you through this process here.

Visual stimulation greatly emphasizes your messages, and it keeps viewers engaged.

You may also want to use Flaticon’s logo in your slides as a way of adding personality or branding to the slide show. This will help you stand out from other presentations, and can be a great way to make your content more memorable.

Well, onto the freebies!


Loops 1-10

Abstract Background Loops – Pack of 10

This is a fantastic set of video loops – full of variety! From technical looking data to elegant twisting gold bands there’s something for every occasion in this free pack of 10 animations.

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Loops 11-16

World Map Loops – Pack of 6

These international world map backgrounds are perfect for business, finance, travel – or any slide where you’re talking about global reach. There’s a good selection of styles too.

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Loops 17-21

Colored Shape Loops – Pack of 5

A set of subtle, minimal animated shapes – kind of bubble-like – perfect for light hearted concepts, or when you want to break up the corporate data with something pretty!

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Loop 22

Black Wireframe Background Animation

Great for technical and scientific slides this network-style animation is abstract enough to suit a variety of concepts. Don’t like black? Use PowerPoint’s Recolor options (under the Video Format tab) to find a color that suits.

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Loop 23

Black Triangular Background Animation

A good abstract for slick, elegant presentations. Technology, entertainment, fashion – this is an all-rounder. You could even use PowerPoint’s Recolor options (under the Video Format tab) to change the black into something on-brand.

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Loop 24

Smooth Gradient Animation – Orange

Free Animated Background Sample 2


This one’s quite hypnotic! Once again it’s quite generic so will work well with all concepts, and using PowerPoint’s Recolor ability (under the Video Format tab) will give you even more color options.

From the Download link below, scroll down to locate the FREE Sample link under System Requirements

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Loop 25

Grid Pattern Animation – Orange

Free Animated Background Sample 2


A bit old-hat, but a solid abstract base for titles and objects. This is another perfect video to use PowerPoint’s Recolor ability (under the Video Format tab) for more color options.

From the Download link below, scroll down to locate the FREE Sample link under System Requirements

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More free videos, you ask?

If you head on over to Adobe Stock they have a huge selection of free animations and stock footage, as well as free images and graphics to help spruce up your PowerPoint slides.

  Free Videos from Adobe Stock

That’s all for now!

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