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Is anyone using Motion?
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You are right.
a bit old news
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I work for a government contracting company and we do a lot of work that has to be accessible, hence using flat colors and vector-based 2D animations with snappy motion, etc.
I use Motion exclusively for our work and I’m running circles around people using AE for the same types of projects.
No dis to AE, but with so many features piled on, it is just plain clunky compared to Motion for this type of work.
Also, government agencies tend to make decisions by committee, and we get a lot of very inconvenient and poorly timed change requests. Motion makes dealing with that fairly easy provided you set up your projects correctly.
In addition I can accomplish fairly complex projects on an aging MacBook, which would grind to a halt if I was using AE.
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[Lorenzo M. Vidali] “I work for a government contracting company and we do a lot of work that has to be accessible, hence using flat colors and vector-based 2D animations with snappy motion, etc.
I use Motion exclusively for our work and I’m running circles around people using AE for the same types of projects.
No dis to AE, but with so many features piled on, it is just plain clunky compared to Motion for this type of work.
Also, government agencies tend to make decisions by committee, and we get a lot of very inconvenient and poorly timed change requests. Motion makes dealing with that fairly easy provided you set up your projects correctly.
In addition I can accomplish fairly complex projects on an aging MacBook, which would grind to a halt if I was using AE.”
Wow, this thread is a blast from the past! Thanks for reviving one of my favorite discussions on The Cow.
Four years later, I wonder what the state of the Motion user base is; is it still small but loyal, is it growing in popularity with FCPX, is it stagnating, is it shrinking? As a Motion user, do you feel like Apple is continuing to innovate the application and pushing it in the right direction?
Shawn
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I use Motion and teach it to my high school students because it’s way easier to grasp basic concepts and create an easy animation than trying to use Motion. And as I’ve said before, most of the students that I have that want to continue their education in this field, will get AE in college and tech school, so I enjoy using an app that allows my students to create nice motion graphics quickly.
That being said, now that Apple is moving towards Apple Silicon, I’m wondering if we’re about to get Motion 6, finally!
Winston A. Cely
ACTC Media Broadcasting Video Instructor
Apple Certified Editor FCPX 3\”If you can talk brilliantly enough about a subject, you can create the consoling illusion it has been mastered.\” – Stanley Kubrick
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Don’t you start! Otherwise I might have to make a reappearance …”
Ooh, are we treading trodden trails?
Two updates from the year 2020:
Ae’s MOGRTs have grown up a lot and cover most of my titling needs, but there is still no equivalent to Motion footage dropzones or effects. I miss them sometimes, but it’s been a couple years since I’ve even opened Motion.
I have still not personally seen a Fusion motion graphic in the wild. Has anyone else?
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Don’t you start!
Otherwise, I might have to make a reappearance …”
LOL – that seems more like an enticement than a deterrent. ☺ It might be fun to hear what others think the state of the industry is considering current tools, technology, and processes.
Shawn
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[Walter Soyka] “Ae’s MOGRTs have grown up a lot and cover most of my titling needs, but there is still no equivalent to Motion footage dropzones or effects. I miss them sometimes, but it’s been a couple years since I’ve even opened Motion.”
So, what would inspire you to pick Motion up again? Does it need a complete overhaul in your opinion, or is it just missing a few very important features/capabilities?
[Walter Soyka] “I have still not personally seen a Fusion motion graphic in the wild. Has anyone else?”
To be honest, I haven’t seen anyone use anything but AE in my daily work. I’ve edited, templatized, and created AE projects for a wide variety of people and uses – but I have yet to work with an agency, coworker, contractor, or vendor hand-off or ask for a Fusion or Motion project. The last time I worked with a non-AE motion graphics artist was maybe 18 years ago – where the post house I contracted with had an Inferno suite. ☺
Shawn
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I think this may be a moment in time where “it’s the industry standard” may not have as tight a grip as it used to. If we’re going to have to continue to social distance from each other, maybe the individual post-guru will be more open to using something they had not in the past. Simon has demonstrated how powerful Motion can be (multiple times in tutorials and even head on as well); plus, without the use of machines that post-/graphics- houses have, we users may be more open to trying something that isn’t “industry standard.”
Not to mention, Apple Silicon may be about to blow our socks off with Motion 6… Hehehe
Winston A. Cely
ACTC Media Broadcasting Video Instructor
Apple Certified Editor FCPX 3\”If you can talk brilliantly enough about a subject, you can create the consoling illusion it has been mastered.\” – Stanley Kubrick
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[Shawn Miller] “[Simon Ubsdell] “Don’t you start!
Otherwise, I might have to make a reappearance …”
LOL – that seems more like an enticement than a deterrent. ☺ It might be fun to hear what others think the state of the industry is considering current tools, technology, and processes.”
But of course! These conversations don’t freeze in time. Things change.
[Walter Soyka] “Ae’s MOGRTs have grown up a lot and cover most of my titling needs, but there is still no equivalent to Motion footage dropzones or effects. I miss them sometimes, but it’s been a couple years since I’ve even opened Motion.”
This is what I’m talking about. Any evaluation that somebody made about Motion vs AE in 2016 would necessarily be at least a LITTLE different because the feature sets are different in AE, and maybe the lack of progress in Motion has become a dealbreaker now when it wasn’t in 2016.
And I do confess some curiosity about this. Do any Motion folks find that something missing has become a problem? Or is Apple’s stasis point sufficient for now?
And yeah, does all the other progress we’re seeing suggest a new version on the way?
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