Animations are a complicated question. Some people like them, as they can spice up a boring presentation, but you could also find them quite distracting. I think we saw animations done right yesterday. Consider this animation explaining convolutions (https://giphy.com/gifs/blogdaniel-keypoints-i4NjAwytgIRDW ). It was used to explain a quite complicated mathematical concept while not being too flashy. Just consider using the formula instead: Taken from wikipedia: Kernel Image Processing I would never use animations that don't contribute to your talk (for example for switching between slides)