My Wiki of Motion 2 Gripes

[Doyle Rockwell]

Hey Ian,

Good idea, having a public repository of changes we’d like to see. It’s a little negatively titled, though, if you want it to be a positive influence. I couldn’t help meddling and added a couple of edits about existing stuff.

Thanks for putting this up!

[Noah Kadner]

Yeah at least call it the Motion Suggestion Box. You catch more flies with honey…

Noah

[Noah Kadner]

No offense but it’s a little disingenuous to start telling Apple engineers what to do after using their app for a month when it’s been in development for over 2 years. Maybe you should spend a lot more time learning it before feeling qualified to determine what’s “wrong” with it.

[Michael Del rossi]

Noah.
Not to be a buttinskie but, ;0)
Just because some Software Engineers have produced a beautiful master piece of software engineering doesn’t necessarily mean that it is useable. In most cases it’s the feedback that they get that allows them (if they listen) to make it practical as well.
Apples’ big thing is ease of use and intuitive interfaces. As software programs gets more robust and are directed too a smaller market (as video is compared to a mail program or web browser) It tends to loose that simplicity. Granted Motion has a learning curve as does After Effects, Shake and other complex programs, but there are certain defacto standards that compositors and effects artists have come to expect. and if these standards are not addressed then the learning curve gets steeper.
I’m not the ” because thats the way it’s always been done” type, but there are times when reinventing the wheel is not necessary.
just a few thoughts.
mdr

[Michael Del rossi]

One more thing, I love the way Motion handles a lot of things, I just wish it was better. It’s the program I hate to love.
mdr