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Is anyone using Motion?
I’m curious. I see a lot of wonderful work being done in Motion from time to time, as well as to create FCPX templates. But is anyone seriously using it for motion graphics? In the entire existence of Motion, I’ve only encountered 1 or 2 people who have delivered graphics to me that were created in Motion. Almost everything I encounter was created in After Effects. What are others seeing?
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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As an Editor I use it a lot for straightforward work, but I don’t know any Graphic Artists who use it, it’s all AE
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As an editor that’s been doing his own AE work for 20 years, I switched when Adobe started being a …
For my work, mostly communications, it’s easily more capable than AE, especially for creating X templates and plugs. But I still use AE when I have to. I try to use my CS5 version first. When Adobe recently had a sale on subscriptions I got an AE only subscription. But I STILL use CS5 if I can. I like to open my projects down the road without shelling out cash.
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[Oliver Peters] “But is anyone seriously using it for motion graphics?”
Yes, I’ve come across dozens of professional users scattered across the world who are doing fairly high level motion graphics work with Motion so they do exist, though I suspect they are mostly small operations who can choose their own workflows. I also think I’ve “met” more serious Motion users outside North America for what that’s worth. I know of almost nobody using it professionally in my own market of the UK.
[Oliver Peters] “Almost everything I encounter was created in After Effects.”
I think this is probably the sticking point for a lot of situations. If you have to cope with interchange, then it makes no sense not to use the industry standard. I’ve had situations where I’ve built something in Motion not expecting to have to share it and then been faced with having to rebuild it in After Effects when I discover that I am being asked to do just that.
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Apple certainly isn’t doing anything to promote it. There’s not even an “In Action” page on their own website page for it. An that page lives as a subset of FCPX’s page.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Oliver Peters] “Apple certainly isn’t doing anything to promote it.”
It’s becoming increasingly hard to argue that Motion exists as a product in its own right rather than merely as a necessary adjunct to FCP X of which it forms an integral part.
And I say that as someone who would really like this not to be the case.
Simon Ubsdell
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[Bret Williams] “As an editor that’s been doing his own AE work for 20 years, I switched when Adobe started being a …”
+1
I switched from AE CS6 after Adobe went subscription so I use Motion 5 now and I find it a lot easier to use and the integration with FCP X templates makes it a far better choice for video editors that also do motion graphics.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “It’s becoming increasingly hard to argue that Motion exists as a product in its own right”
Clearly Motion has become something completely different than what seemed to be intended when it was originally created. FCPX could clearly live without Motion as a standalone app. However, in the Adobe world, AE could easily thrive without the existence of Premiere Pro.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[John Rofrano] “I switched from AE CS6 after Adobe went subscription so I use Motion 5 now”
That’s easy to do when you operate self-contained. Next to impossible when you have to interchange with outside designers if you are actually exchanging project files.
I have regular designer who ends up working on a lot of projects that I work on. A big AE guy and he was trying to hold at CS6. He found it impossible to do, because the rest of the world that he has to interact with has moved on and embraced (willingly or not) CC.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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As a side-note, does anyone see Fusion as having more substantial success than Motion as an AE alternative in the larger world?
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com -
I don’t really know a lot of people using it. But if not, who are all these companies dedicated to Motion/FCP X selling to? Ripple, MotionVFX, Pixel Film Studios, and countless others seem to be doing pretty well for themselves.
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