3D objects
Import USDZ (Universal Scene Description) models or choose from a collection of 3D objects in the Motion library and animate their position, rotation, and scale.
5) Apple Motion. Apple Motion is a tool that allows you to create cinematic 2D and 3D titles, fluid transactions, add realistic effects in real time. Six family members can use this software. Features: You can import 360° media and design 360° titles, generators, and effects. Provides High Dynamic Range graphics. Leading creators of templates and plugins for FCPX & Apple Motion. We provide top-quality tools for video editors and motion designers. Everyone talks about After Effects but, other than 3D camera tracking and the puppet tool, there really isn’t anything I can’t do in Motion that I could in After Effects. In fact, I can do many thing in Motion that require expencive plug-ins to acheive in After Effects. You can choose from over 400 Apple Motion overlays & elements on VideoHive, created by our global community of independent video professionals.
Stroke filter
Outline the edge of an object, text, or clip with a solid color or gradient.
Get complete step-by-step how-to instructions and information on all features in Motion. For a detailed list of enhancements and fixes in Motion, refer to the Motion release notes.
New in Motion 5.4.4
- Metal-based processing engine improves playback, rendering, and compositing.
- Create 8K motion graphics by harnessing the power of multiple GPUs, up to 28 CPU cores, and Afterburner with Mac Pro (2019).
- View stunning HDR titles and effects with Apple Pro Display XDR.
New in Motion 5.4.3
- Detect media files that require conversion to be compatible with future versions of macOS after macOS Mojave. Learn more
- Color grade with powerful color wheels, color curves, and hue/saturation curves. Learn more
- Turn any photo or video into a colorful or monochromatic comic book illustration. Learn more
- Create unique distortions by applying the Tiny Planet effect to 360º video in standard projects. Learn more
New in Motion 5.4.2
- Create motion graphics that accurately display and animate foreign language text, symbols, and emoji.
New in Motion 5.4.1
- Design motion graphics using pristine video captured in the new ProRes RAW format. Learn more
- Work natively with ProRes RAW or ProRes RAW HQ files created by ATOMOS recorders and DJI Inspire 2 drone.
New in Motion 5.4
- Create and deliver immersive 360° motion graphics with live output to a VR headset. Learn more
- Easily convert project types at any time to switch between titles, generators, effects, and transitions. Learn more
- Build realistic spring-loaded animations without the need for complex keyframes. Learn more
- Choose from a variety of photographic-inspired looks, including Instant, Chrome, and Transfer. Learn more
- Apply 360° effects including blurs, glows, and more.
- Save any 360° motion graphic and access it immediately from the effects browser in Final Cut Pro.
- Create 3D scenes within a 360° project for ultra-realistic 360° environments.
- Edit 360° video into a non-360° project and animate the pan, tilt, and zoom.
- Place any graphic, still, or video into a 360° project, then reposition and resize to fit perfectly into the 360° scene.
- Use the 360° Look Around view to preview your 360° scene without a VR headset.
- Import, playback, and editing of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC, also known as H.265) video clips and High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF) photos from Apple devices.*
* HEVC and HEIF support requires macOS High Sierra or later
Question:
Which is better, After Effects or Motion?
Answer:
This is something a lot of folks have asked about, so I thought I'd answer this question directly with my personal opinion:
After Effects is much better than Motion. It's a lot more powerful and is considered to be the industry standard in motion graphics.
It also costs a lot more and isn't as compatible with Final Cut Pro as Motion is.
Am I switching to After Effects from Motion? No, I'm not.
Motion is excellent for my needs, so it's my tool of choice for motion graphics. I don't need all the features of After Effects, and I don't want to pay the higher price.
But there's more to this comparison..
Disclaimer:
I'm saying all of this even though I've only used After Effects for a few projects, and I'm far more experienced with Motion.
Apps Like After Effects
My last experience using After Effects was several years ago and only on a handful of simple projects -- I was learning the application.
Compare that limited After Effects experience with my Apple Motion experience, where I regularly spend 40+ hours per week working in Motion, making Final Cut Pro themes, templates, and other projects.
I periodically live in Motion for weeks on end. I'm very comfortable with it, and frankly I love it.
(And I'm still shocked that it's only a $50 application, considering everything it can do.)
The Price differences:
Let's compare the prices..
The only way to purchase current versions of After Effects is through Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription offerings. And it looks to me like the lowest-priced way to get it is stand-alone for about $21 per month (assuming you get their annual plan).
That's about $252 per year, every year.
Compare that to Apple Motion which is about $50 on the Mac app store (a one-time purchase), and so far, updates have been free (though I expect that could change at some point in the future).
$252 yearly versus $50 once.
That's a significant difference in price, but it doesn't really seem fair to me to compare the prices of the two applications, because their capabilities are so different.
Motion is a great motion graphics application. It's tempting to call it 'entry-level' because the price is so low, but that's not accurate because its capabilities are far beyond entry-level.
If you want to learn the fundamentals of motion graphics, the $50 price point is a much lower barrier-to-entry than an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription to After Effects.
Toast burning software for mac. Also, if you're not someone who makes a living as a motion graphics designer, then Motion's price is a good option because you're possibly not thinking about return-on-investment with such a low price point.
However, if I were exclusively a motion graphics designer as my profession, I would likely be using After Effects.
After Effects vs. Motion Capabilities
When it comes to comparing the capabilities of Apple Motion and After Effects, again this seems like an unfair comparison to me.
As far as I know, After Effects can do nearly everything that Motion can do and a lot more.
The one advantage that Motion has here is that we can use Motion to create templates and themes that are readily available from within the Titles and Generators Browser inside Final Cut Pro.
But how much of a benefit is this really? It's convenient, but is it a significant benefit? I don't think so. It's not a super-complex thing to open a separate application and create a project outside of Final Cut Pro.
It's convenient but not a compelling case for Motion over After Effects, in my opinion.
What can After Effects do that Motion can't?
The list is long, but as a powerful example, take a look at the new 'Content Aware Fill' option in After Effects that Adobe just announced.
We can't do that in Motion.
Additionally, After Effects comes with Cinema 4D Lite, which gives you the ability to work with true 3D in your projects (although, if you're wanting to do a lot of 3D work, then an application devoted to 3D might be a better option - Blender is a good free open source 3D application for this.)
Apple Motion Download
And After Effects is available on both Mac and Windows platforms, whereas Motion is Mac-only.
Is Motion the right choice for you?
As I mentioned earlier, for me, Motion is the right choice because of the low price and because it does everything I need it to do.
Does that mean it's the right choice for you? Of course not.
If a significant amount of your work is motion graphics-related, and especially if you need to collaborate with other Adobe software users, then it might make sense for you to invest in the more expensive and more powerful After Effects.
I've communicated with a lot of Izzy Video subscribers, so I'm aware that many people are video hobbyists, or occasional professionals who only sometimes need to create motion graphics projects.
Maybe you do most of your video work in Final Cut Pro, but you need to create an Intro or opening sequence for your video project. Motion is a great tool for that.
Or maybe you want to create a custom lower thirds element for your videos. Again, Motion is a great tool for that.
Because of the low price point and the capabilities of Motion, I think it's a great option for many video creators.
If you ever outgrow Motion, there's always After Effects as an option.
I haven't reached that point yet personally, and I'm not sure I ever will.
Will you reach that point? It really depends on the kind of work you do.