[Jimmylee Remillard]

Thanks Mark,

Yeah, I tried to not leave any areas out. Every time I talk with someone about Motion the first thing they say is “It’s not as good as After Effects”. I am really trying to show people it is.

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

Make sure that the keyed footage is actually transparent and not just showing on black. Masks should be transparent, I would double check your masking properties and see if needs to be set to Intersect or Replace (instead of add or subtract)

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

You charge what you think you are worth. If you charge too much you’re taking advantage of someone BUT all is fair in business. If you charge to little you’re taking advantage of yourself BUT all is fair in business.

I would make it a point to not charge for learning. Charge for the project yes, but if you spend 3 hours on the project and 3 hours more learning how to complete the project I would make sure to not charge (at least full price) for learning.

That’s my 2cents

When I started I was charging $20 an hour but that was 6-7 years ago. You could also do per project pricing. (calculate expected time + hourly wage = per project price)

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

When you solve a problem please keep your post and just edit the text letting us know how you solved it. These forums are searchable and it helps people who run into the same issue.

Thanks.

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

“Where does it say that it is coming in August?”
– On his site he stated that it will be out late July – early August.

“Red giant already has a lens flare plug-in for Motion (Not Motion 5 yet)”
– I currently use Knoll Light Flares and it is horrible on your system resources. It (at least for me) is not really worth the trouble of the few good flares they have.

I also wrote some questions to Szymon and he said that it is very intuitive and will not be a hog like Knoll Light Flares.

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

Yeah, I just take my greenscreen footage and use Add Filter > Color Correction > Levels and drag the white all the way to the black.

You can also check out Digital Juices Silhouettes https://www.digitaljuice.com/products/products.asp?pid=1586

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

Cinema 4D can export to Motion now.

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

There is a drop down menu. Square, circle, bezier, ect. Do not confuse this with the shape drop down to the left of it.

FYI the manual is perfect for a question like this.

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

I don’t know Shake but I know Motion 5 really well. Motion 5 is amazing for motion graphics, in my opinion it surpasses After Effects (without plugins) in this area. You get a lot of FREE content to put into your projects and it has realtime playback. With the new integration of rigging and publishing Motion 5 is the go to software for Lower Thrids, Titles, and Transitions.

Where it falls behind is compoisiting. Granted it has received an upgrade Chroma Keyer which is really good, it lacks major round tripping features and it also lacks support from third-party plugins (hopfully the $50 price tag helps with this)

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.

[Jimmylee Remillard]

I do just what your asking.

Mark said it best, Motion 5 is seriously the greatest buy I have seen to date.

Jimmylee Remillard
Partner / Production Manager
iMotion Video Corp.