Apple Motion: "Data Vortex" Tutorial

[@navysteel]

Thank you for the tutorial Simon. It's inspiring to watch an Apple Motion master.

[@SWExplore]

That was great Simon! I look forward to your next tutorial as I learn more of what Apple Motion can do.

[@michaos1]

Apple owes you a lot for telling how to use their software for various creative purposes. Such a great tool! I though it was just for creating silly titles and transitions for FCPX and never had an idea of what it’s really capable of.

[@TheSteveSteele]

michaos1 I’m not sure why there’s this perception about Motion. Maybe because Apple doesn’t advertise it. Motion is very deep and is a program one needs to learn to understand its capabilities. One of their best, especially for $50. Works well with Keynote too.

[@navysteel]

I agree Apple doesn't have much guidance or tutorials about apple motion.

[@tomsharpe8160]

Awesome…so glad I made the switch…love your tuts! Thanks!

[@mcsemeister]

Thank you Simon. I join in the praises of the other commentaries. Keep up this marvellous work.

[@onlyrjCG]

You inspired me to start using motion

[@SimonUbsdell]

That's great.

[@spalaum]

Your depth of insight you give in your tutorials is always of great quality. Thank you.

[@simonkerridge]

Excellent tutorial! Motion really does have some incredible abilities which deserve further exploration. Please keep producing videos like this one. 👍😀

[@anthonybrown1577]

Your the best I learn so much, without you I would not know a lot about motion 5, thank you

[@MikeOfca]

Nice! I always appreciate your tutorials. Thank you once again. Cheers!

[@SimonUbsdell]

Thanks, Mike.

[@ericgcastile]

REMARKABLE TUTORIAL! WOW!

[@PhilsDroneZone]

what can you say that hasn't already been said before....Bravo Simon

[@SimonUbsdell]

Thanks, Phil. I appreciate it :)

[@KhaledMohamed-bu2ym]

you are amazing and we learn alot from you ,thank you and keep it up

[@mickyb275]

thank you Simon - more interesting tips to apply and as always - great project build method logic Cheers

[@comicjian2010]

such an inspiration to me !!!! but still need to watch several times to learn great video and thank u

[@toddlask]

great one simon! i like that bump map on the 1s and 0s! very cool lokking!

[@SimonUbsdell]

Glad you liked that - sometimes it's the more subtle effects that give a design the edge and you picked out the one thing I was really wanting to showcase here.

[@zeljkoa.2298]

Great Video. Thank you!

[@Danieltrotti]

He is the Dali and Picasso of Motion 5! yes both together.

[@inghilt]

Thank you very much 💚 💚 💚

[@PaulMDillon]

This is awesome! Thank you for this tutorial.

[@Nathaniel4109]

i really enjoyed watching this. I've just done one myself too. Although I could not follow through adding the clouds and gaussian blur adjustment towards the end. So I skipped it and added the camera and lights. It made a significant difference in making it look 3D! Nevertheless it is a great tutorial.

[@olghinavideo]

this is too cool ! I'll never need something like this in my projects but now I HAVE TO FIND a reason to fit it into! Is there anything you don't know about this motion thing?

[@HenriT]

Good one! Gave me few comedic ideas.

[@SimonUbsdell]

Comedic ideas????!!! What have I done wrong?

[@1234clarknj]

U r amazing!

[@letsm0ti0n]

Thank you very much for the tutorial! A few questions: did you use Numbers as the source of the generator through a clone - because the text generators used directly as the source of the replicator and emitter are very buggy? It is also incomprehensible trick with Color Solid - did you put it in the title of the list somehow yourself?

[@SimonUbsdell]

To be honest I used the Numbers generator because it has always seemed the easiest way to go for a number sequence. I have not encountered the bugs you refer to, although I have just recently moved over to a brand new system running and I am experiencing more crashes and problems than I have ever seen. I just don't understand the Color Solid problem - I have deleted and reinstalled Motion a few times to try and resolve it but no luck. But I know that not everyone is seeing this issue so it's a real puzzle. I have submitted feedback so hopefully Apple will fix it because it's diving me crazy. I always wanted to have the Color Solid more readily accessible but I was hoping it would actually work when they did it!!!!!!

[@letsm0ti0n]

@@SimonUbsdell I often noticed that if use text generators as sources for a replicator or emitter directly, not through a clone, they shut down Motion when you try to adjust the parameters of the generator or emitter. What is very disappointing, especially with 3D text, which loses its properties when cloned.

[@SimonUbsdell]

Thanks for the explanation. I haven't noticed that but I'll look out for it.

[@ericgcastile]

And you did all that in under 20 minutes.

[@MeliusEsseQuamVideri]

Thank you Simon again for such another grate tutorial. Apple should build you a monument in their stores ;-). Just one question: I cannot explain why my level effect applied to the glow layer is not visible during the playback of the project... I can see the right color in the miniature in the upper left corner, but in the main view area I only see BW circles glowing. When I export the movie, I can see the right colors...

[@SimonUbsdell]

Thanks very much! I have to say that I don't know what is causing the issue you are seeing but if you would like to email me your project I'd be happy to take a look: [e-mail]

[@danieledituccio3004]

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[@m1nt9reen]

i wonder if you could do this effect in Fusion, and if so what the playback speed would be on the same machine?

[@SimonUbsdell]

Yes, you could something like this in Fusion and make it look much fancier, but whereas I can get realtime playback of this project in Motion, you still can't get that kind of performance in Fusion.