Apple Motion 5: November 2021 tutorial roundup

Here’s a roundup of what happened in the world of Motion 5 – Apple’s $50 real-time motion graphics application – during November 2021:

Motion 5: A Deep Dive into USDZ and How to Create a 3D Template for Final Cut Pro

Robin Kurz of POST-PROfessionals spends 14 minutes going into detail on how to work with 3D models in Motion 5. Topics he covers:

• What is USDZ?
• Importing USDZ Models
• Creating a Final Cut Template
• Where can I find content?
• Limitations
• Alternatives and Resources
• Apple’s Reality Converter

This video (like all the videos on their channel) is also available in German.

How to Create a Walking Upstairs Animation – Apple Motion 5 Tutorial

In this 70 minute video, Simple Video Making shows how to make an animation loop of characters climbing stairs – inspired by scenes from the ‘Squid Game’ TV show. As well as showing all the stages of building the animation, the 24 frames per second project is available via a link in the video description.

Paper Airplane Animation – Apple Motion Tutorial

Simple Video Making show how to make an animation of a paper plane follow a path of your choice in Motion 5.

• Motion Path behavior
• Keyframing speed
• Snap Alignment to Motion behavior
• Keyframing shape points
• Drawing lines on and off

How To Make MKBHD’s Intro • Apple Motion 5

In this 22 minute tutorial, The Final Cut Bro shows how to make his version of the intro used by YouTuber MKBHD. Topics he covers include

• Replicators
• Distortion filters
• Using a noise generator as an image mask
• Using behaviors to modify parameters
• Using groups as image masks

Make your screenshots 3D using Apple Motion

In this nine minute video, The Final Cut Pro shows how to use Motion 5 make a Final Cut Pro Title that allows you to position screenshot elements in 3D space and animate them on and off the screen.

Apple Motion 5 Crash Course

This 72 minute introduction to Motion 5 from MJW Media Studios shows how to use to make titles and generators for Final Cut Pro and to make animations for use in other video editing software.

Topics include:

• Creating a Final Cut Pro title
• Instantly adding animations using text behaviors
• Creating a social media generator
• Working with keyframes
• Choosing which Motion controls are available to editors in Final Cut

Apple Motion: Landing Snow Tutorial

This 30 minute advanced Apple Motion 5 tutorial from Motion guru Simon Ubsdell shows how you can make snowflakes land on objects or text of your choice. The video description includes a link to the media assets used in the Motion project that he builds.

• Assigning a texture to your text
• Make 2D text seem like 3D
• Make it seem that snow has already settled on text
• Using a replicator to make snowflakes positioned based on an image
• Using a Sequence behavior to animate the snowflakes
• Working with 3D cameras to use parallax to create depth

Making Logos 3D in Apple Motion

Jenn Jager shows how to take a 2D logo and extrude it in Motion 5 so that it can be animated in 3D – without having to build a custom USDZ 3D model.