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OS X v10.9.2 or later

4GB of RAM (8GB recommendedfor 4K)

OpenCL-capable graphics card or

Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later

256MB of VRAM (1GB

recommended for 4K)

4.05GB of disk space (2.85GB app,

1.2GB supplemental content)

Dark look to enhance

color perception

Single-window layout for all user

interface panes

Onscreen controls for

selected filters

Keyframe editor pane with a

streamlined timeline view for

intuitive time-based control

Center toolbar for tools;

color-coded objects and inspector

keyframe controls for easy

identification

Unlimited tracks of movie clips,

graphics, text, and particles

Project sizes up to 16K (8K

resolution requires a graphics card

with 512MB of VRAM; 1GB or more

recommended; 16K resolution

requires a graphics card with 1GB

of VRAM)

Open multiple projects

simultaneously to easily switch,

copy, and paste between them

Color bits per channel: 16-bit float

for GPU rendering; 32-bit float for

background software rendering of

Motion projects in Final Cut Pro

(float processing requires a

graphics card with 256MB of

VRAM; 512MB or

more recommended)

Customizable

nonsquare-pixel support

Semitransparent heads-up display

View color channels and alpha

channels independently

Canvas alignment tools including

dynamic alignment guides, 3D

grid, and rulers

Pen-and-tablet

gesture-based interface

3D mouse support

Integrated File Browser for fast

access to Finder content

RAM Previews for viewing complex

animations at full frame rate

Save favorite settings, customized

e!ects, gradients, text styles, and

more in the Library

Over 1900 pieces of Apple-

designed, royalty-free vectorartwork, high-resolution images,

and animated design elements

Instantly display and access all

layers in the project using a

single keystroke

Create, save, and remap custom

keyboard shortcuts

Show images outside the visible

frame boundary for easily

adjusting o!screen objects

Automatically collect media used

in a project for easy backup or

moving to other locations

Use Spotlight in OS X to locate

Motion projects by searching on

any layer name or text string

created in the project

Minimum System

Requirements

User Interface

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with onscreen controls for layers,

behaviors, and filters

Onscreen controls for 3D position,

3D rotation, 3D anchor point,

skew, four-corner pin, crop, and

text glyph manipulations

Enable/Disable viewing andrendering of Lighting, Shadows,

Reflections, and Depth of Field

Support for dual monitor display

Position, rotate, and intersect

multiple layers in 3D space

Combine multiple layers into 3D

groups for hierarchical

3D animations

Add, animate, and cut betweenmultiple cameras

Walk-Camera intuitively operates

like a first-person video game

Adjust the cameras near and far

soft clipping planes to avoid

object popping

Apply Camera behaviors for easily

creating and modifying complex

camera moves

Quad split view for displaying

multiple orthographic and

perspective views

Inset viewer for quickly checking

alternative views while

making adjustments

Multiple light sources including

ambient, directional, point,

and spot

Enable shadows for selected point

or spot lights, define objects to

receive or cast shadows, and

control the shadow colors

and softness

Enable Reflectivity on most

objects, movies, paint strokes,

and more

Activate depth of field to enhance

realism and control focus

Enable particles, Replicator

elements, and paint strokes to

animate in 3D space

Create 3D text behaviors for

character-by-character

animations with full 3D position

and rotation control

Create 3D motion paths for layers,

cameras, and light sources

Apply behaviors like throw, orbit,

and vortex with 3D attributes

Isolate any layer to a Front view for

easily modifying masks or

editing text

Layer list view makes it easy to

change the stacking order of any

layer, group, filter, or

animation behavior

Grouping for applying compound

transformations and filters

Common bring to front and

send to back functions

Composite with premultiplied or

non-premultiplied Alpha channels

Mini-timeline built into the Canvas

that displays a single track for the

currently selected layer, group,

filter, or behavior

Trim, slip, slide, and retime audio

and video clips via the

3D Compositing

Environment

Timeline Editing

and Layering


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Opacity and blend mode display

for quick access on every layer

and group

Create drop zones for easy

drag-and-drop

image replacement

Clone layers for linking instancesof images that inherit

properties automatically

Solo tracks for easier viewing

and refinements

Isolate selection for temporary

framing and solo of an object to

facilitate editing of an object in a

3D composition

mini-timeline

Retime clips using frame blending,

motion blur blending, or

optical flow

Cache optical flow retiming

analysis to change speed at any

time without reanalyzing

Full timeline with drag-and-drop

editing to choose between

compositing and assembling

multiple clips

Insert and overwrite editing

directly into the timeline

Markers that can be placed in the

timeline or on a specific clip

with notes

Unique behavior animations for

creating natural phenomena like

wind, gravity, and vortex

Sophisticated simulations like

attract, repel, and orbit, which

create multilayered 3D animations

Text sequencing for automating

complex title animations in

3D space

Auto-animated Parameter controls

like oscillate, wriggle, and more

Parameter linking for driving

secondary animations

Retiming behaviors automate

ramping in and out of

speed changes

Audio behavior for syncing

animations with audio tracks

MIDI behavior for triggering

parameter changes via any

MIDI device

Shape behaviors allow for tracking

points on a shape or creatingrandom wriggling

animated shapes

Complete keyframe-based

animation tools

Keyframe editor with Bezier,

Keyframe edit tool, keyframe

sketch tool, and a keyframe box

manipulation tool

Copy and paste keyframes from

di!erent tracks and parameters

Keyframe settings for ping pong,

repeat, and progressive

Record animations and thin

keyframes in real time

Draw keyframes in the Keyframe

editor using a freehand pen tool

Squish, stretch, and move groups

of keyframes using a

transform box

Save curve sets for quick access to

common parameters

View animated curves for

easier navigation

View keyframes in the timeline for

quick positioning

Enable/Disable keyframe and

behavior-based animations to

easily compare di!erent results

Animation


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Linear, Constant, and Ease In/Ease

Out curve interpolations

Sprite-based particle engine with

accelerated performance

Over 200 particle presets for easy

access to sparkles, fire, smoke,

and more

Animate particles in 3D space with

Face-Camera control

Apply multiple objects or video

clips as emitters

Apply additive blend mode for

intense glowing results

Animate emitters and cells

independently

Save newly created particles in the

Library for reuse in other projects

Choose between point, line,

rectangle, circle, box, sphere, and

more for emitter shapes

Control birth rate, life, speed,

angle, spin, scale, and gradient

colors for particle cells

Scale particles over their life or

add behaviors like orbit and vortex

for amazing 3D results with

little e!ort

Paint with pressure-sensitive

vector-based brushstrokes

Select from over 140 customizable

brush styles from traditional

to abstract

Modify brush width, color, opacity,

and jitter over the stroke path

Automatically draw on and draw

o!with full customization

Edit brushstrokes as Bezier or

advanced B-spline paths

Rotate the stroke in 3D space with

Face-Camera control for

volumetric 3D strokes

Assign pressure and speed to

brush properties when using a pen

and tablet

Enable dynamics on paint dabs for

particle paint type e!ects

Apply Replicator-like sequencing

animations that can cause the

paint stroke to ripple through

3D space

Automatic replication of any

graphic, text object, or movie file

along defined patterns

Over 200 Replicator presets that

can be completely customized

and resaved

Animate replicated patterns in 3Dspace with Face-Camera control

Save newly created Replicators in

the Library for reuse in

other projects

Choose between line, rectangle,

Change the o!set for rows and

columns, causing them to shift

position across the

defined pattern

Control origin of animation from

various points of the pattern

Add random scale and anglesetting for more

natural replications

Apply additive blend mode for

intense glowing results

Set color of replicated objects

Particle Engine

Paint E!ects

Replicator Tool


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circle, burst, spiral, wave, box,

sphere, and more for

Replicator patterns

Define the number of rows,

columns, and 3D ranks that fill or

outline the pattern

Control pattern size, cell size,angle, scale, and gradient colors

for Replicator cells

from a single tint to a

user-defined range

Add Replicator Sequence behavior

for wavelike animations over

various patterns

Vector-based text engine for

creating clean type at any size

Import capability supporting Text

and RTF files to create Motion

text objects

Format text using size, rotation,

slant, tracking, kerning, and more

Animate individual text characters

in 3D space using customizable

text behaviors

Transform single characters with

the Adjust Glyph tool

Select from a common set of blend

modes, including normal,

multiply, screen, and add

Customize text styles with control

over the face, outline, glow, and

drop shadow

Type-on and text-on-a-path

layout/animation options

Scroll and Crawl layouts and

animation options that support

large amounts of text

Text field parameter in Inspector

makes it easy to edit text even if

text is obscured in the Canvas

Fill text with solid or

multipoint gradients

Apply static images or video clips

as textures to text faces

Control textures using hold frame,

o!set, wrap modes, and opacity

Support for Asian, Cyrillic, and

other Unicode system fonts

Right-to-left and vertical text

support for non-Roman languages

like Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic

Search-and-replace function to

find and modify specific text

throughout a project

Shrink-to-fit option that

automatically resizes text to fit

into a given area

Match move using single-point

tracking or four-corner pinning

Create tracking data that can be

referenced by multiple objects

Track a filters onscreen

position controls

O!set tracking for creating a

single track from multiple o!sets

Tracking behavior highlights best

potential tracking points,

Provide directional hints for

fast-moving regions by using the

look-ahead feature

Stabilize using traditional point

stabilizer or optical flow analysis

Automated optical flow stabilizer

bypasses selecting points and

time-consuming setup

SmoothCam optical flow analysis

removes jitter and rocking from

Title Design

Tracking and

Stabilization


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eliminating guesswork

Advanced tracking algorithm

maintains accurate analysis when

patterns rotate or skew

Smart retry feature resets the

search region automatically for

less user intervention

handheld shots while retaining

overall camera moves

Adjust amount of smoothing

applied to transforms, rotation,

and scaling in real time

Over 110 accelerated filters for

real-time interactivity

More than 10 blur filters, including

Gaussian, Channel Blur, Radial

Blur, and Defocus

Simple and bevel borders

More than 15 color correction

filters, including Color Balance,

Gradient Colorize, Color Reduce,and Threshold

More than 25 distortion filters,

including Refraction, Insect Eye,

Glass Distortion, Ripple, Scrape,

and Polar

Stunning glow e!ects for Light

Rays, Bloom, Aura, and more

Keying filter that automatically

analyzes the dominant color of the

visible frame and presents

onscreen controls for refining the

sample color and edges of the key

Keying controls for filling holes,

adjusting edge distance, spill

level, and light wrap

Advanced keying color-wheel

control for adjusting the tolerance

and softness in the chroma and

luma channels of the keyed region

Stylize filters like Vignette, Bad TV,

Bad Film, Color Emboss, Halftone,

Line Art, and Slit Tunnel

Unique kaleidoscope and

tiling filters

Time-based filters for echo and

strobe e!ects

Video filters for deinterlacing and

broadcast-safe colors

and luminance

Generators that automatically

generate patterns, noise, colors,

caustics, and concentric shapes

and spirals

Text generators that create and

animate text elements like

numbers, currency, dates, and

timecode or can generate text

using the contents of a text file

Bezier or advanced B-spline

masking tools

Create ovals, rectangles, and

arbitrary freehand shapes

Control opacity, rounding, and

edge feathering

Combine masks using

mathematical operations

Track entire shapes or control

points using tracking behaviors

Create image masks from alpha,

luminance, or RGB values of a

second image

Accelerated

Filters and

E!ects

Masking Tools

Audio


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Support for AIFF, WAV, MP3, VBR

MP3, and AAC (MPEG-4 Audio)

Edit audio tracks in the timeline

with trim, slip, and move

Retime audio tracks with

pitch change

Scrub audio tracks for frame-

accurate positioning

Control balance, gain, mute, and

solo individually

Use master audio controls for

global audio adjustments

Trigger parameter changes based

on audio frequencies or

transient hits

Create and save Smart Templates

in Motion for titles, e!ects,

transitions, and generators to

make them available in

Final Cut Pro for drag-and-drop

application without rendering

Rigs allow multiple parameters to

be controlled with simplified

sliders, pop-up menus,

or checkboxes

Predefined aspect-ratio snapshots

make templates automatically fit

the Final Cut Pro project

frame size

Define fixed durations for intro

and outro sections in templates;

Final Cut Pro adjusts the title body

to fit the timing in the middle

Rigs and parameters can be

published in a template for

simplified control in Final Cut Pro

Import vector PDF graphics,

Photoshop layered documents,

BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, TIFF,

TGA, or Open EXR files

FxPlug 3 for GPU-acceleratedthird-party filters and e!ects,

including support for shapes,

paths, cameras, lights and

custom interfaces

Support for Image Unit plug-ins

Share feature to export and deliver

content automatically to devices

like iPod and Apple TV or to

services like Facebook, Vimeo, and

YouTube in a few clicks

Export to ProRes, H.264, MPEG-4,

and other QuickTime-

supported codecs

Export OP1a MXF files using

bundled Compressor settings

Export as movies orimage sequences

Export as OpenEXR format

Export to uncompressed 8-bit and

10-bit 4:2:2

Support for progressive and

Accelerated motion blur with

customizable shutter

Save custom export settings for

easier selection

Settings created in Compressor

can be accessed directly from the

Share feature in Motion 5 and

Final Cut Pro X

Send a whole project to

Compressor for advanced

encoding requirements

Export Selection can render out

selected objects

Final Cut Pro

Integration

and Third-Party

Support

Export


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