Apple Motion users: if you want to create generators, titles or effects for use in Final Cut Pro X, this tutorial by Iain Anderson will help you rigging (combining multiple parameters in a simple GUI)
Don't despair if you're short of an actor or two. This excellent compositing technique for Final Cut Pro X users allows you to duplicate talent in your videos and you don't even need a green screen!
Highlighting a point of interest in a video is very possible with both Final Cut Pro X and Apple's Motion 5. In this tutorial, Iain Anderson takes you through the process step by step.
If you saw the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest last weekend, you'll undoubtedly have been stunned by the entry from Austria's Conchita (the eventual winner) for her motion graphics... and song of course!
It's coming up to Christmas and many of us may be scurrying around looking for presents & cards... But, why not create your own video card? Iain Anderson shows how to create a winter background.
There are motion graphic effects and motion graphic effects... In this tutorial Iain Anderson takes us through how to create a rather special one using Apple Motion 5.
Motion is one of the more CPU efficient video effects tools available. However, there will be times when you want to do more in real time with less stops and starts. Iain Anderson shows you how.
Have you ever wanted to vaporize your boss? Turn an annoying family member into dust? We've all been there! Now, using Motion 5, you can do just that while avoiding a lengthy prison sentence too!
If you need to fill a screen with pretty moving images, you can shoot something, you can use one of the built-in generators, or you can roll your own. Iain Anderson shows how using Apple's Motion.
Giving depth (or thickness) to a 2D object in Apple Motion 5 is easy to achieve using one of two methods: the Extrude filter or Replicators. Ben Balser explores the process of using both.
Floor reflections. You've undoubtedly seen them In all types of interactive media. Ben Balser takes to the floor to show you how to give it reflective qualities in Apple's Motion 5.
Once you've created your perfect motion video graphics/effect in Apple's Motion 5 it's time to get it into the wider world... Ben Balser breaks down the complex export options in this article.
It's easier than you think to create and manipulate keyframes in Apple's Motion 5. Ben Balser takes you through the essential techniques that'll have your video projects looking sleek and cool.
Video editors and artists can never have access to too many effects! And despite there being many included in Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5 enables you to create your own custom ones. Here's ten for you!
What is the "annoying orange effect"? Think giant orange with a face drawn on and the mouth area talking. And yes, you too can do this in Motion!! Ben Balser to the rescue.
Using cameras in Motion can be amazing. Moving them through and around objects, switching from one to another camera... so many options. In this final part we'll build a demonstration project.
Using cameras in Motion can be amazing. Moving them through and around objects, switching from one to another camera... so many options. In part 2 of 3 we'll cover Depth of Field controls.
Using cameras in Motion can be amazing. Moving them through and around objects, switching from one to another camera... so many options. In part 1 of 3 we'll cover the basic camera controls.
An excellent (and affordable) app to use for animation is Apple's Motion. In this article Iain Anderson runs through a number of useful tips on animating Motion's parameter behaviors.
Learn all about how to use edit markers in Apple's Motion 5 and why you'll never want to be without them again when creating text intensive titles for your video projects.