App Detail » Motion Graphix Animator

Published by: Frances Dose

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $12.99
Current Version: 3.3
Released: June 23, 2017

What's New

V 3.3
Added Quality setting to H264 render
Added HDR and ProRes export
Fixed issues with GIF transparent background rendering
Fixed paused player jumping frame issue while editing background filters and looks
Added timecode display during play
Bug fixes and stability improvements

V 3.2
Improvements to GIF handling
Improvements to missing image handling
Fixed Cancel render
Updated metal kernels
Fixed anaglyph rendering
Fixed camera view zpos editing
Pixiedust procedural element
Bug fixes and stability improvements
Updated for ios15

v3.1
Various bug fixes and stability improvements

v3.0
Parenting - Connect elements as children to move with parent
Forward Kinematics - Animate element chains with motion hierarchy
Video Elements - Use movies as image sources
SVG Elements - Vector graphics as image sources
Depth Key Element - But people from backgrounds in Apple Portrait mode photos with depth
Clip, Add and Subtract Mattes - Powerful mattes for cleaning up Green Screen and Depth keys
Look Filters - Process image-based elements with artistic filters.
Edit Manager - A table of undo and redo options
New Shape Elements - Speech Bubble, Heart, Starburst, and more
New Element Attributes - Background Color, Border Color, Border Width and Corner Radius for all element types
Project Import and Export - Save and share projects as bundles
Tips and Tricks Help Document - Built-in hints and help
Curve-type Visualization in Keyframe Editor
Files App Support - Import media, share projects
Non-proportional Element Scaling
Negative Element Scaling - For flipping elements
Collapsible element list
Marker menu - Element options at your finger tip
Context-sensitive Layer Ordering Menu
Reworked Dedicated Element Editor
Reworked Timeline Editor
Reworked Text Editor - Direct editing, font size control
All-Metal Image Processing - Leverages the GPU for great performance
Bug Fixes, Performance and Stability Improvements - Fixed issues with color picking, network image loading, upside-down video, GIF elements, pivot representation

v2.0
Updated for iOS12, iPhoneX and new device variations
Added curve-based clip, holdout and boundary mattes into green screen element
Extended animation reset capabilities: reset current frame, reset whole channel
Added color picker access to all color parameters
Added support for slo-mo movie playback
Play control has been changed to accommodate new switch app gestures which compete with the time scroller.
Removed cover-flow project picker
Improved accessibility and UX
Bug fixes and stability improvements

v1.5
Draw-on Motions: Add motion paths with a few taps
Stability and performance improvements.

v1.3
IPhone support is here!
Expandable Time Bar for keyframe editing of the current element
Chromakey Element - Cut a greenscreen (or any solid color) background out of an element
Added Tiled Project Picker for a better browsing experience with many projects.
Added video frame picking to CutOut image picker
Added non-proportional element scale option
Fixed portrait moving transforms
Fixed SloMo movie import crash
Reworked item selection
Various bug fixes and stability improvements

App Description

This feature-rich 2.5D animation app lets you create anything from Ken-Burns-style photo montages to animated GIF 'memes', from instructional videos to stereoscopic film titles. Start by loading a photo or movie background, or create a colored background gradient. Add animated color correction, zoom, pan or blur to the background at any time. Next add layers using your own photos or one of the many included 'sprite' images. Now animate your layers with a powerful but simple keyframe animation system - just set the time and move the layer. You animate the size, rotation, transparency, and everything else the same way. And because Motion Graphix is a 2.5D animation system, you can also change the Z-position, or depth, of a layer, and it will shrink or move behind other layers as if it were moving farther from the 'camera'.

Motion Graphix lets you add as many layers as you like. And layers can be made not just from still pictures, but also from animated GIFs. You can create your own text elements with outlines and shadows, or define your own basic shapes using standard Bezier curves and color gradient fills. And Motion Graphix includes a built-in sprite cutter, making it easy to cut elements out of your own photos by tracing a Bezier curve around them. Once you cut an element out, it is added to your library, to reuse in future projects. Same goes for elements shot on a greenscreen.

You can also animate hand-drawn elements. Sketch a line or letter, and Motion Graphix will draw it on as the animation plays. This is great for making underlines or circles to highlight parts or places in your background picture. You can also add particle-system layers, like snow, fireworks, bubbles, and more.

And because advanced keyframe animation controls underlie the quick and intuitive process of simply setting the time and moving the element. You can dig in for precise control of your motion when needed, or let Motion Graphix do the work with built-in motions like spiral, jitter, bounce and more. For matching graphics to a moving background, try the revolutionary 'Digital Tracking' system: use your digit to follow the motion while the video plays, then apply that motion to a layer.

When you're done, share a picture or movie to Photos or any app that accepts sharing, including Mail, Messages, YouTube, Dropbox and many more. If you have set depths on your layers, you can even save out stereoscopic renders in standard split-screen formats, red-blue anaglyph 3D format, or VR format suitable for viewing with Google Cardboard type viewers.

Features:

Easy-to-use keyframe-based animation system, just set the time and adjust the layer
Animated filtering on background picture or movie: Color correction, blurring, still photo position and zoom
Large built-in sprite library including animated character and visual effects elements
Cut out your own sprites from any picture
Create and animate text elements with font, fill and outline control
Create your own basic shape and Bezier curves with fill and outline controls
Animate colored, transparent, soft shadows and glows for any layer
Import animated GIF images to use as sprites
Directly draw motion paths
Dope sheet - View and adjust keyframes for all your elements side-by-side in one place.
Particle system effects - Snow, Smoke, Fire, Fireworks, Starfield, Bubbles, Sparkler
Digital tracking - Use your digit to follow features on moving video, track any sprite to follow the motion
Animated drawing - Handwriting, arrows, annotations draw themselves over time
2.5D Animation: elements scale up and down as they move into or out of the screen, above or below other layers
Stereoscopic output of 2.5D animation in anaglyph (red/blue), side-by-side, top-and-bottom and VR formats
Export videos and photos to Photos, Mail, Messages, YouTube, Dropbox, etc.
Export MP4, GIF animation, PNG, JPG stills
Export to Full HD, HD(720), half HD, SD resolutions
Unlimited undo, redo

Motion Graphix works best on newer iPads.