Motion Reviews & Product Details

Motion is a motion-graphics and animation tool used to create custom titles, transitions, effects, and video graphics. It is especially useful alongside Final Cut Pro for building reusable elements and adding visual treatments to video projects.

What company sizes and industries is Motion the best fit for?

Motion is most represented among smaller businesses, with positive experiences spanning creative and media-related work. The strongest clusters are in company size and fields such as media production and entertainment.

Small businesses: The clearest company-size cluster among positively rated users.
Media production and entertainment: Recurring settings for creating graphics, animations, and effects.
Marketing and advertising: Another notable use area for producing visual content.

What customer support options does Motion provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Motion’s support experience comes across as mixed rather than a consistent strength. Some users rate it more favorably, while others are less satisfied with the support they receive.

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UM

Verified User in Management Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/5/2018

"interesting and good collection"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Motion?

good collection and sound quality were the 2 top things Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Motion?

cumbersome to set-up, takes time and overall fees Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JC

John C.

Podcast Producer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/23/2017

"Classic Apple, easy to use but not hugely customized"

4/5

What do you like best about Motion?

Like all apple products, its very intuitive and has a very satisfying surface. The project templates it comes with are fairly impressive but mostly useless! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Motion?

I was not sold on the opportunities to customise smaller parameters like you could with something like after effects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JG

Joshua G.

Affiliate Producer

Media Production

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/10/2016

"Great program for the money"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Motion?

Motion is an amazing product for $50. It is a pretty in depth motion graphics program. It does not have all the features of Adobe After Effects, but it works very well with Final Cut Pro X, even allowing you to make specific titles and effects that work directly with FCPX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Motion?

Motion does not have all the options that Adobe After Effects. It does not work extremely well with photoshop files, but does a decent job. I wish that it had the ease of use that After Effects when it comes to creating depth in animated photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Motion:

Don't expect it to do everything. You can do an awful lot with it, but there are times where it will come up short and you'll need to jump over into After Effects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Motion solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use motion a lot to create titles, short animations and effects for videos that I ultimately edit in Final Cut Pro X. It's a really nice motion graphics companion for tasks that I need to execute quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AL

Amanda L.

Producer & Editor

Media Production

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/22/2016

"Great but not After Effects"

4/5

What do you like best about Motion?

The best thing about Motion 5 is the ability to create Final Cut effects, transitions, titles, generators and more and apply them seamlessly, as well as creating custom titles for re-use in the FCP Titles Browser. Additional content is pretty helpful, and the keyframe editor is a nice touch. The Rig function also helps a lot! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Motion?

As great as it is to create things for use in Final Cut, the cross integration isn't that great. It would be nice to be able to send a FCP sequence to Motion and send it back to FCP like the old days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UE

Verified User in Entertainment

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/20/2016

"Motion is a software of progress"

5/5

What do you like best about Motion?

I like how user-friendly it is. Very easy to create, but could use some more bells and whistles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Motion?

I don't like how you don't have control over which window you can move to a second screen. Only the canvas and timing panel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GC

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/20/2016

"Great tool for title/intro creation"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Motion?

It's so easy to just jump right in and get to creating pretty impressive motion graphics with just a few clicks. And if you want to go deeper and make a more complex composition, you can do that too! The interface is great, as is expected from Apple. I love the templates they offer Out-of-the-box as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Motion?

This is by no stretch a replacement for something like After Effects, but certainly a good tool to have in your kit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.