I used to trace a driving route in Adobe After Effects by dropping a pin on each city and nudging a path so the line sat on the highway. A Berlin to Cologne drive took me most of an afternoon. You can now generate that same road line with AI motion graphics tools.
How to Create a Travel Route Animation with Easymotion
With Easymotion, you can skip the timeline entirely. You do not have to draw the road or place the pins yourself. Here is exactly how to generate your driving route.
1Open the Studio
First, navigate to Easymotion in your web browser and click the "Start Creating" button. You will be prompted to log in or sign up for a free account. Once logged in, you will enter the main studio interface.
2Enter Your Prompt
You have two options to create your road trip map. You can browse the template library to find a pre-made route map style, or you can describe what you want in the prompt box. For example, type: "Create a light driving route map from Berlin to Cologne. Highlight Berlin in blue and Cologne in green, drop a red pin on each city, and draw a red line along the roads between them."
AI Motion Graphics Generator
Describe your motion graphics idea. Add a design reference if you'd like it to be recreated.
A light map with Berlin highlighted in blue, Cologne highlighted in green, and a red road line between them.
3Customize Using AI Chat
Once your base animation generates, you can adjust the details using the AI chat panel located on the left side of the screen. Just type commands directly into the chat. For example, type: "Make it a dark map of Amsterdam. Drive an orange car on a red route from Schiphol to Amsterdam Centraal, draw a yellow route past Vondelpark, and walk a blue route to the Rijksmuseum." The system updates your video automatically.
A dark Amsterdam map with an orange car on a red route from Schiphol to Amsterdam Centraal, a yellow route past Vondelpark, and a blue walk to the Rijksmuseum.
Give each leg its own vehicle. You can ask for a car, a bus, a train, a bicycle, a ferry, or a walking route.
4Export Your Animation
When you are happy with the result, click the Export button in the top right corner and select the MP4 format for a standard video file. To overlay this route map onto another video, make the background transparent first: ask the chat for a transparent background, or press the checkerboard button on the background color in Quick Edit. When the preview shows a checkerboard, export in the MOV format and drop the file into Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
Copy-Paste Prompts for Your Animation
Paste one into the prompt box in Easymotion, then change the details to fit your video.
Prompt 1: Berlin to Cologne
Prompt 2: Dark Lyon to Marseille
Prompt 3: Vertical Berlin to Cologne
Adobe After Effects vs AI Motion Graphics
Tracing a road by hand used to be a slow masking job. Here is how that work compares to Easymotion in 2026.
| Aspect | Adobe After Effects | Easymotion |
|---|---|---|
| Time to Create | Most of an afternoon to trace one drive | Under 60 seconds |
| Skill Required | Hand-drawn paths along the roads | No design skills needed |
| Cost | A Creative Cloud subscription | Plans start at $10/month (free plan for template editing) |
| Learning Curve | A day to learn paths, then weeks to make them sit on the road | Instant text prompts |
| Export Options | A manual render for each map | One-click MP4 or transparent MOV |