Motion 5.4.1

Descriptions for Motion 5.4.1

Name: Motion
Version: 5.4.1
Release Date: April 09, 2018
Developer: Apple
Mac Platform: Intel
OS Version: OS X 10.13.2 or later

Includes: Pre-K’ed (TNT)

Web Site: http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/motion
Mac App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/motion/id434290957?mt=12

Overview

Designed for video editors, Motion is a powerful motion graphics tool that makes it easy to create cinematic 2D and 3D titles, fluid transitions, and realistic effects in real time.

2D and 3D Titles

Import 360° media and design 360° titles, generators, and effects
Build 3D titles from scratch, design them with easytouse templates, or instantly convert any existing 2D title to 3D
Easily create beautiful titles that you can animate using more than 100 draganddrop behaviors and intuitive text animation tools
Choose from a large collection of text styles to create stunning designs in one click
Customize 3D titles to create endless looks with over 90 Appledesigned 3D materials including various metal, wood, and stone surfaces
Vectorbased characters scale, skew, and rotate with pristine sharpness, while the modern engine in Motion lets you design in realtime

Motion Graphics for Final Cut Pro

Save any title, effect, transition or generator and access it directly in Final Cut Pro
Customize Final Cut Pro titles, effects, and transitions by opening them in Motion
Create Smart Motion Templates with any combination of single parameters and rigs, which let you control a group of parameters with a simple slider, popup menu, or checkbox in Final Cut Pro
Save any 360° motion graphic and access it immediately from the effects browser in Final Cut Pro

Stunning Effects

Choose from more than 230 behaviors for naturallooking motion without keyframes
Track a moving object in a video clip with the point tracking and match move feature
Create an accurate chroma key in a single step with the Keying filter
Use SmoothCam to eliminate camera jitters and image stabilization to smooth bumpy shots
Create your own paintbrushes and 3D strokes or use one of 140 brush presets
Design your own particle emitters or choose from 200 presets for realworld effects such as smoke and sparkles
Choose a circle or rectangle mask or use the bezier and freehand mask tools to quickly draw and adjust control points for rotoscoping
Use the intuitive keyframe tools in Motion for precise control of the timing and position in your animation
Apply 360° effects including blurs, glows, and more
Harness a thriving ecosystem of thirdparty FxPlug plugins with custom interfaces for tasks like advanced tracking, advanced color correction, and more

Effortless 3D

Transition from 2D to 3D space by adding cameras
Create 3D scenes within a 360° project for ultrarealistic 360° environments
Set up realistic shadows that animate dynamically with the movement of cameras and lights
Track objects or groups of objects with draganddrop ease by applying the Camera Framing behavior
Selectively define focus as an object moves in 3D space
Turn any shape, video plane, or paint stroke into a reflective surface in 3D space

Breakthrough Speed, Quality, and Output

Import wide color images, view them on supported Mac computers, and then export in standard Rec. 709 or wide Rec. 2020 color space
Export standard or 360° projects to Apple devices and publish directly to YouTube, Facebook, and Vimeo
Deliver ProRes 4444 video for uncompressed quality at reduced file sizes
Send to Compressor to access advanced options for custom encoding like HEVC

System Requirements:

macOS 10.13.2 or later, 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended for 4K editing, 3D titles, and 360° video editing), OpenCL-capable GPU graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later, 256MB of VRAM (1GB recommended for 4K editing, 3D titles, and 360° video editing), 4.7GB of available disk space (3.5GB app, 1.2GB supplemental content).

Some features require Internet access; fees may apply. Blu-ray recorder required for burning Blu-ray discs. Video output to VR headset requires Mac computer with discrete graphics running macOS High Sierra. 27-inch iMac with Radeon Pro 580 graphics recommended.

What’s New in Motion 5.4.1

ProRes RAW

Support for ProRes RAW files lets you design motion graphics using pristine RAW image data from the camera sensor
Enjoy smooth playback and realtime graphics creation on laptop and desktop Mac computers
Work natively with ProRes RAW or ProRes RAW HQ files created by ATOMOS recorders and DJI Inspire 2 drone

Introduced in Version 5.4

360 VR motion graphics

Import 360° video and design 360° titles, generators, and effects
Output 360° video to a connected VR headset*
Apply 360° effects including blurs, glows, and more
Save any 360° motion graphic and access it immediately from the effects browser in Final Cut Pro
Share 360° video directly to YouTube, Facebook, and Vimeo
Apply the Reorient filter to easily change the orientation of 360° video
Create 3D scenes within a 360° project for ultrarealistic 360° environments
Use the 360° Look Around view to preview your 360° scene without a VR headset
Edit 360° video into a non360° project and animate the pan, tilt, and zoom
Place any graphic, still, or video into a 360° project, then reposition and resize to fit perfectly into the 360° scene

Additional features

Easily convert between a Motion project, Final Cut Pro generator, Final Cut Pro title, Final Cut Pro effect, or Final Cut Pro transition at any time
New Overshoot behavior creates realistic springloaded animations without the need for keyframes
New Looks filters offer a variety of photographicinspired looks
Faster, higher quality Optical Flow analysis using Metal
Import, playback, and editing of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC, also known as H.265) video clips and High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF) photos from Apple devices**
Send to Compressor to export motion graphics projects in the HEVC format

 * Requires compatible VR headset, macOS High Sierra, and SteamVR
** HEVC and HEIF support requires macOS High Sierra