Apple Motion for Mac

What's new in this version:

Apple Motion 5.6.3
- Includes stability and performance improvements


Apple Motion 5.6.2
- Fixes an issue where video frames may be out of order during playback or export


Apple Motion 5.6.1
- Use the new Sliced Scale filter to divide an image into slices to prevent distortion when scaling
- Optimized playback and graphics performance for M1 Max and M1 Ultra on the new Mac Studio
- Adds Korean language support
- Includes stability improvements and bug fixes


Apple Motion 5.6
- Automatically track objects in a scene, edit videos recorded in Cinematic mode, and experience workstation-class performance on the new MacBook Pro

Object Tracker:
- Select the new Object mode in the inspector to automatically detect, track, and match the movement of faces or objects using machine learning
- Use object tracking with the Analyze Motion, Match Move, and Track behaviors
- Choose between different tracking analysis types
- Object tracking uses the Apple Neural Engine to accelerate video analysis on Mac computers with Apple silicon

Cinematic Mode:
- Edit videos recorded on iPhone 13 in Cinematic mode (Requires macOS Monterey)
- Use Cinematic controls in the inspector to modify the intensity of the depth effect, and add keyframes or behaviors to change the effect over time
- Choose to focus on faces or other objects by selecting them using the Cinematic tool in the viewer
- View or delete focus points in the video timeline

Neon Filter:
- Easily add a neon glow to text, shapes, video, stills, and more


Apple Motion 5.5.3
- Improves stability when exporting with certain macOS Language & Region preferences
- Improves stability when playing H.264 or HEVC media


Apple Motion 5.5.2
- Includes stability improvements


Apple Motion 5.5.1
- Adds a new Auto-Shrink option to the Text Layout tab of the Inspector to automatically reduce text size to fit in a paragraph, scroll, or crawl layout
- Includes UI refinements for macOS Big Sur
- Includes stability and reliability improvements


Apple Motion 5.5
 - Improved performance and efficiency on Mac computers with Apple silicon


Apple Motion 5.4.6
3D object support:
- Add 3D objects as elements in Title, Generator, Effect and Transition templates
- Animate a 3D object’s position, rotation, and scale using keyframes
- Use behaviors to easily add realistic and complex animations to 3D objects
- Use 3D objects with tools like replicators, emitters, lights or cameras
- Use a collection of 60 premade 3D objects in the Motion library
- Import USDZ objects from third-party websites and developers
- Adjust 3D object environment lighting in the project inspector

Stroke filter:
- Create a solid or gradient color outline around the edge of an object or clip based on its alpha channel
- Use the filter’s gradient tools to create multiple colored strokes
- Animate the stroke’s offset or apply multiple stroke filters to the same object to create stunning effects


Apple Motion 5.4.5
- Fixes an issue in which the HUD would not appear when using the Grow/Shrink behavior
- Fixes an issue in which the Color Space Override menu option was not available when working in Wide Gamut HDR
- Fixes an issue in which 3D text with transparency could display artifacts
- Prevents an issue that could lead to visual artifacts appearing onscreen for systems with Nvidia graphic cards that have the Reduce Transparency accessibility preference enabled
- Improves stability when sharing
- Improves reliability when entering Korean text


Apple Motion 5.4.4
- New Metal-based processing engine improves playback and accelerates graphics tasks including rendering, compositing, real-time effects, exporting, and more
- Enhances graphics performance with support for multiple GPUs including Radeon Pro Vega II and Radeon Pro Vega II Duo on Mac Pro
- Optimizes CPU performance with support for up to 28 CPU cores on Mac Pro
- Accelerates ProRes and ProRes RAW playback when using the Afterburner card on Mac Pro
- View, composite, grade, and deliver stunning HDR video on Pro Display XDR
- View High Dynamic Range video tone-mapped to compatible Standard Dynamic Range displays when using Motion on macOS Catalina
- Improved load balancing of graphics processing across multiple GPUs