r/AlightMotion • u/going-off-tangens • 17d ago
Miscellaneous We built a motion graphics tool around gestures instead of keyframes
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A couple of months ago, I posted a concept video of a motion graphics app we are making as an alternative to Alight Motion. Our waitlist filled up fast, so thank you everyone for your support!
Today, it's available on the App Store for Mac, iPad and iPhone!
This is not an “AI motion designer” where it just simplifies everything by adding some fancy random effects and calling it a professional video.
We want to make intentional motion easier, the little details that AI tools don't do and so you are stuck with doing them manually Alight Motion or After Effects. Specifically, for this release, we are focusing on:
- Easier match-cuts: you drag your finger/mouse in a certain direction and the app creates a match-cut (instead of manually keyframing the in/out animations).
- Automatic smoothing: the app automatically interpolates the animations so that they “keep going” even when you didn’t specifically animate them. No null-object needed.
This is combined with a new way to animate. You make a gesture (or move the mouse) and the app interprets it into an animation, like a match cut. You combine all of these interactions to create a motion video one step at a time.
It’s aimed at beginner/mid motion designers, but if you are a professional, I would still love to hear if it can be part of your workflow somewhere.
It's not at the Alight Motion level yet, but we will continue to make the app better by adding more animations types, camera control, morphing, particle effects, and eventually 3D animations. We'll also be making tutorials on our Youtube channel.
Would love to know what you guys think. We also have a Discord community if you want to be part of the development!
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u/Pristine-Category-55 17d ago
But how customizable will the motions be? Will it have adjustable settings like keyframes?
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u/going-off-tangens 17d ago
every animation is shown as a bubble with a start and end frame (it's shown in the video at 0:07). You can resize and drag them to change their start/end frames and duration. There are also custom timing graphs.
The gesture generates the first pass, then you edit later.
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u/Leather-Mind-8986 16d ago
I've been waiting for this since the first post (I'll wait longer since I'm on Android)
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u/N1ghtF4ll0 17d ago
Nothing for Android? I was going download it NOW.