Apple Motion

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Product Features

• Real-time motion graphics design software for easily creating motion graphics
• Behaviors technique for creating animation without complex keyframing
• Simple interface for unmatched onscreen interactivity and real-time feedback
• Combine text, graphic, and video elements for instant gratification
• Works with Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00022VO74
• Item model number: M9484Z/A 
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 19, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,494 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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  #18 in	Software > Macintosh > Graphics > 3-D
  #46 in	Software > Graphics > 3-D
  #49 in	Software > Macintosh > Apple Brand Software

• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Motion is real-time motion graphics design software that enables users to quickly create professional-looking motion graphics. It uses a procedural animation technique called Behaviors to automatically create animation without complex keyframing.

Features:

• Real-time Performance and Design: Motion’s simple interface masks a Power Mac G5-optimized animation engine that delivers unmatched onscreen interactivity and real-time feedback. Users can combine text, graphic, and video elements for instant gratification--extending their creativity and removing the experimentation penalty.
• Next-Generation Animation Techniques: Besides traditional keyframe-based animation techniques, Motion incorporates a new intuitive approach called Behaviors. With this technique, users can easily apply natural simulations such as gravity, wind, and bounce as well as spins, pans, and zooms--all without keyframes.
• High Degree of Integration: Motion works with Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator. Users can directly launch Motion from Final Cut Pro’s timeline (maintaining cuts, layers, marker positions, and motion paths), and they can preview motion menus in DVD Studio Pro without rendering. Photoshop files can be imported into Motion, with layers, if desired.

Product Description
Motion gives you an uninterrupted production workflow for superior motion graphics. Using Motion you can create sharper, more realistic new animations with "behaviors" - and preview them in real time. Watch keyframe and behavior animations come to life instantly! 90 Accelerated Filters that can be applied in real-time, including PrimatteRT keying -- also uses After Effects plug-ins Seamless integration with Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro 3, Shake 3.5, Soundtrack, Logic Pro 6 and other popular professional tools

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing !, November 8, 2004

By	Eddie Landsberg "(just about) 10 years review... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Amazingly quick and simple to use... especially considering the complexity of the operations it does. You probably want to use it in conjuction with the entire PRODUCTION SUITE as well as ILLUSTRATOR and PHOTOSHOP (check out the ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE.)

Within 2 days of purchasing I managed to produce a relatively complex animated title sequence scene... most features are "common sense" enough that once you get the flow you can pretty much figure things out for yourself (especially if you've used FINAL CUT) before.

Turns everything from titling to animated graphic interaction into pie - - The LIVE FONTS (not sure if they're included) and particle emitters are great... Its really funny, because they day after I finished my title sequence (to a Jazz instructional video I'm doing) I rented a DVD and went to the video rental store and actually recognized some of the effects and features from the program in use.

In summary : Top of the line professional quality video software... only so simple that almost anyone can begin to master it in almost no time !

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the Motion that counts, December 2, 2004

By	bill "dan" - See all my reviews

Motion can be described as real time motion graphic design software. Motion allows the user to create professional looking titles, DVD menu items, and other visualizations to their video and DVD projects. Motion is part of Apple's Production Bundle and it is intended to be used in conjunction with Final Cut Pro and/or DVD Studio Pro. Motion can best be compared to Adobe After Effects.

Installation was a snap. The box contained an Install disk and a Motion Content disk. After imputing the DVD install disk I received a message stating that the software had launched an auto check for required hardware. From then on it was pretty standard procedure, load software, reboot, and load the Motion Content disk.

The welcome menu gives you the options to take a tour, start with a tutorial, use a pre-designed template, or start a new project. I choose a new project and was prompted to select a project preset. This preset selects the type of format your project will be saved as. You can choose any ware from multimedia-small (used for low-date rate CD-ROM and use a 160x120 resolution)to DVCPRO HD 1080i50 (used for high-definition DVCPRO material and use a 1440x1080 resolution). I chose the NTSC Broadcast SD (used for NTSC standard definition broadcast TV projects and uses a 720x486 resolution). NTSC is an acronym for National Television System Committee, which devised the NTSC television broadcast system in 1953. NTSC is also commonly used to refer to one type of television signal that can be recorded on various tape formats such as VHS, 3/4" U-matic and Betacam.

Motion has two basic windows, the Utility Window and the Canvas. The utility window has three tabs, the File Broswers, the Library and the Inspector. The File Browser is used import media files. The Library contains hundreds of effects, particle emitters, behaviors and more. The inspector is composed of several more menus that select effects and processes.

The Canvas is the main workspace. It contains the main viewing area, toolbar, and transport controls.

Creating a project is fairly easy. You can either choose one of the 37 project templates or create your own project. Start by inserting text, a still image or a video clip. Select an effect and literally drop it on canvas. Once the effect is inserted a dashboard will appear which allows you to customize the effect. One of the main strengths to Motion is that all of the effects you can create are done in real time. Meaning once you drop in an effect you can view immediately.

Behaviors can be inserted in the same drag and drop fashion. There are basic motion behaviors like fades, motion paths and scaling effects. There are simulation behaviors like gravity and repel; text animations such as roles and crawls. Once applied they can be converted to keyframes.

Being fairly new to video editing and graphic creation I have learned that speed is a necessity. Motion is fast and the playback is instantaneous. I used a dual 2 GHz G5 with 512 MB of RAM and experienced no problems. Apple recommends that the user have a Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 with 2GB of RAM or more. I enjoy using Motion and would recommend it for anyone who uses Final Cut Pro or DVD Studio Pro. It would be a great addition to any video editor or graphic design specialist. Due to the software requirements I wouldn't recommend it to everyone even though it is fairly easy to use. Final Cut Pro or DVD Studio Pro are expensive programs and buying all of them can be spendy and unnecessary for the occasional home movie producer.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking idea, burdensome requirements, February 28, 2005

By	Christopher Carneal (los angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I played with Motion at an Apple store and was so impresssed, I immediately/spontaneously bought it. I'm running it on a first generation 2 Ghz dual processor G5 with 2 gigs of RAM and a Radeon 9600 graphic card and it is slow and sometimes doesn't render "on the fly" at all. So now I have to get a faster ($600) "recommended" video card and all will be nice according to Apple. I've purchased the highest end Apple products since the Apple II and now I am annoyed. Hey Apple, if you write software that runs slowly on your fastest professional machine - DON'T RELEASE IT!!! I must have spent $10,000 in the last year and a half on Apple products and NOW I'm burnt out. I'll stick to After Effects (which can't do what Motion does without hours of keyframing) and eliminate my "on the fly" expectations.