Movidmo Blob Maker
Amorphous blob shapes are hot in the design world. They are everywhere. Google even created a blob opera. Blobs elevate the design of websites, social media posts and print materials with their unique shapes that create a very custom feel.
The Movidmo Blob Maker is the ideal tool for creating design elements based on these smooth, organic blob shapes. If you are looking to create designs that are free from the standard shapes such as rectangles and circles, then this is the tool for you.
They are not a novelty either. Several of the free Movidmo video templates are built around a blob, and in three different ways: some animate one outright, some draw it as a solid shape in the layout, and some crop a photo so it shows through the blob outline instead of a rectangle. It is the quickest way to see what the shape does to a design before making one of your own.
Using The Movidmo Blob Maker
Press the New button above to get started. Each time you press the button, a new blob is randomly generated with a unique shape. Mine the possibilities until you find the perfect shape to meet your design needs.
Use the Color selector to select the color of the blob. Choose a color from the standard Movidmo color palette or enter a custom color by selecting the Spectrum tab under the color selector.
The Movidmo Blob Maker Difference
First and foremost, unlike most tools in this space, our blob maker by default produces animated blobs that move in very interesting ways. The settings defining the motion are found under the Motion menu. You can control how fast the blob moves by modifying the Period input. The period is defined as the amount of time in seconds for the animation to complete one cycle of its movement pattern.
Lower values for the period (faster movement) create a nervous energy while higher values for the period (slower movement) create a relaxed visual with a calming vibe. Turn the animation off by toggling the Animate switch if you would prefer generating blobs as static images instead.
The variation in speed throughout the animation cycle can be adjusted by selecting an easing function. By default, a smooth easing is applied to create a natural, fluid motion. However, a variety of alternative easing options are available, allowing users to customize how the speed changes over time to achieve different visual effects.
The Movidmo Blob Maker is also different under the hood. The standard approach in the blob maker space is to use smooth curves to connect points derived from standard shapes. Our approach uses advanced mathematical wizardry based on statistical analysis. Each time you press the New button, a new set of points is generated along the perimeter of a circle. Each of these points produces a protruding "bump" that extends beyond the circle by a random amount.
The widths of the bumps and their in-and-out movement patterns also vary randomly. The core bump width can be varied using the Smoothness slider. Drag the slider to the far left, to create a noisier visual with individual small bumps. Dragging this slider to the far right, the average width of the bumps is increased so that they overlap and morph into each other, which creates a much smoother fluid shape. Adjust the slider as necessary to create a blob shape with just the right feel for your design project.
Using Your Blob In A Video Or An Image
A blob does not have to leave as a file. Two of the buttons under it are not about downloading at all: Use In Video opens your blob in the Movidmo video editor, and Use In Image opens it in the Movidmo image editor. Either way the blob arrives on the canvas ready to build around, with its animation intact, and the project takes the shape closest to the blob you made rather than being forced into a square.
The image editor is the right choice for a social post, a header or a thumbnail — anything that ends up as a still. The video editor is the one to pick if the blob is going to move: you can add text over it, put photos or video inside it, set it against a soundtrack, and publish the result as an MP4. It is also where you can crop an image to fit inside the blob shape, which is one of the more useful things a blob can do.
Exporting Your Blob
Once you find the perfect blob, click the Export button to see the available options for downloading it. For animated blobs, you have the option of producing an animated GIF image. For static blobs, you can produce a lossless scalable SVG image as well as a transparent PNG image. The GIF and PNG images will be sized at 1080 × 1080 pixels, and the SVG is resolution independent, so it can be scaled to any size without softening the edges.
Sharing Your Blob
If you would like to share your blob with someone else to get feedback, click the Link button to copy a custom URL to your clipboard. Paste this URL into a text message or email to share it with the recipient. When the URL is opened in the browser, the exact blob that you have created will be displayed. You may even want to save the links to your favorite blobs so you can revisit them later.
More Movidmo Tools
Just can't get enough of organic shapes? Take a look at the Movidmo Wavy Design Generator, which builds layered wavy backgrounds the same way this tool builds blobs. Both are free, and both hand off to the same editors.
Movidmo also has an AI image generator and an AI video generator if you would rather describe what you want than draw it. And if you already know what the blob is going into, the video ad maker is the same editor and templates approached from the angle of making an advert.