Lessons for Motion For Mac

Motion is a powerful application that can be used to create and edit motion graphics, titles for video projects, as well as 2D and 3D animations. Despite offering an intuitive interface, the app may prove to be too challenging for users who have little or no video editing experience.

Lessons for Motion, as you can probably gather from its name, provides a crash course into the many functions offered by the Apple utility. The tutorial is split into a series of videos, each explaining certain aspects.

It has probably happened to all of us at least once: you buy an application, cannot make sense of its functions and menus, so you resort to the user manual, which can leave you more confused than you were before.

While the provided documentation may be extensive, having someone explain everything while watching a practical demonstration it a much easier way to familiarize yourself with new concepts.

The lesson plan is organized into a series of clips, 20 in all, that each cover certain subjects. Watching the entire tutorial will take about one hour and thirty minutes, at the end of which you should know how to create motion graphics that can be incorporated into Final Cut Pro or used as standalone projects.

Each video is accompanied by a brief summary that lets you know what is explained throughout its length. However, it would help if a more extensive description was available, as well as shortcuts that lead you to a specific section of the clip, where instructions for a certain operation are offered.

Even though you could just consult the provided documentation, there is no denying that the lessons offered by this application are much easier to understand and can help you learn the necessary operations faster than you would on your own.