After Effects Vs Motion 5

Vidya Kumari

Motion Vs After Effects

Motion vs After Effects, which one should you choose? If this is the question that baffles you, you are at the right place.

As a video content creator, If you want to experiment with motion graphics and compositing to make your videos look cinematic but you are not sure, which application you should go for, do not worry! After reading this article, you will be able to make your choice.

Motion and After Effects they both are the best competitors for each other, butwhich one is the best for you depends on many factors. We will discuss about the most important factors that you should consider while making your choice between these two applications.

Compatibility with Mac or Windows

If you are a Window's PC user, you have only one choice, that is After Effects because Motion is the Mac only application. After Effects runs both on PC & Mac.

After Effects is sold by Adobe and Motion is available at Apple's App Store.

Price

After Effects is a subscription based plan that costs US$20.99/mo as a single app or at US$ 52.99/mo as a Creative cloud subscription plan where you get all the Adobe's apps as a bundle.

Motion Graphics has one time purchase cost US$50 and it is yours for lifetime.

If you are a beginner and want to do projects for yourself, Motion can be a better choice for you, but if you can afford the price and want to join the Industry, you should go for After Effects. After Effects is widely used by professionals and it is the Industry standard motion graphics application used in big budget projects.

Playback & Rendering Efficiency

Motion is a Mac only application. Due to its optimization to run on Macs, it has faster playback and rendering capabilities as compared to After Effects.

User Friendly

Motion's user-friendly interface makes it easier for beginners to master the application. Whereas After Effects's interface can be intimidating for beginners as it is designed for professionals and it has a learning curve. But once you master it, you will find it is more powerful than Motion.

Industry Standard

After Effects is the industry standard software widely used by the film, tv and commercial production houses. If you are looking forward to make your career in this arena, you should go for After Effects.

Resources

As After Effects is more widely used application than Motion, there are more resources and plugins available for this application as compared to Motion.

Rotoscoping powered by AI

Rotoscoping is the process of selecting the subject and replacing the background in the simple words. Though you can do this job in both the applications but in Motion, it is a very time consuming and tedious process, where as After Effects' AI powered rotoscoping makes it easier and faster to achieve the same results with higher level of precision.

Cinema 4D Compatibility

After Effects's compatibility with Cinema 4D makes this application attractive for professionals. It can easily extract Cinema 4D scene data. You can't only drag and drop Cinema 4D files into After Effects but also manipulate those 3D elements and render directly using Cinema 4D Lite. Motion does not offer compatibility with Cinema 4D.

Content Aware Fill

After Effect's content aware fill tool, makes it very easy to remove the objects from the video and replace it with the background that looks seamless. You can achieve this effect in Motion but you have to rely on third party plugins to accomplish this task or you have to go through a tedious task of masking frame by frame to achieve the result.

Check the system requirements here for After Effects & Motion . I hope this article helped you. If yes, please share!

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