Motion Canvas is now Open Source!

=== Check out Motion Canvas ===
motioncanvas.io
=== Support the Channel ===
/ aarthificial
=== Livestreams on the Second Channel ===
kzbin.info...
=== Wishlist Astortion on Steam ===
store.steampowered.com/app/19...
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Signals
2:15 Layouts
3:00 User Interface
3:26 Closing Thoughts
=== Tools I'm using ===
Motion Canvas
Affinity Designer
DaVinci Resolve
Audacity
=== Music ===
"No.10 A New Beginning" by Esther Abrami
"Two Moons" by Bobby Richards
"Interstellar Mood" by Nico Staf
#MadeWithMotionCanvas

[@aarthificial]

The source code for this video is available here: github.com/motion-canvas/examples

[@t3ssel8r]

Thanks for the examples! they really fill in the gaps in the api documentation. The tooling around `CodeBlock` looks really nifty! Particularly the way `edit()` works. I'm excited to evaluate this as a candidate for the code segments in my future videos :)

[@Teturarsyra]

Nice project! Maybe put a link somewhere to the video that broadly present motion canvas because it was a bit hard to find (youtube recommended me this video first)

[@simian3455]

Thanks to this amazing software you made, the animations in this video were absolutely amazing. Appreciate that you made it open source. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚅𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚎

[@peterbelanger4094]

Ugh, I hate web based editors. How about some real software that can be downloaded and run locally? Enough of this 'everything on the cloud' nonsense.

[@capsey_]

@@peterbelanger4094 but this editor DOES run locally, just in the browser, wdym

[@capsey_]

This guy just did the impossible - finished a project that started as "existing tools are not good enough, let me make my own". Jokes aside, I can see this becoming very revolutionary for KZbin educators similarly to manim.

[@kongolandwalker]

For me it looks even more newcomer friendly than manim

[@ty.davis3]

@@kongolandwalker Grant Sanderson himself said that he didn't intend on making it for others to use and didn't have newcomers in mind when he developed the tool

[@kongolandwalker]

@@ty.davis3 it only proves my point.

[@andydataguy]

Just discovered your channel. Thank you for opensourcing this!! I've been hoping for a programmatic animations tool for years

[@ymndoseijin]

@@ty.davis3 it's simply superior, and it seems much more performant than manim as well, at least until the community edition fixes and adds core stuff to the opengl implementation of it. might even be more powerful considering it's using css too, I wonder if you can use webgl with it so you could build shaders?

[@erikahlundhelguera]

No library is good enough? Let me just make a new one and release it, open source, with full documentation while I'm development my own game. You're amazing! Big congrats! It must've been so much work. Not only all the coding but also writing the documentation, wanting to have everything stable for release, etc. I will definitely take a look at it this weekend (especially intrigued by the code. Now take a deserved time off and don't burn yourself!

[@aarthificial]

Thank you! "full documentation" is a bit of an overstatement though, there's still plenty to document :)

[@_chadrose]

@@aarthificial even so, it already made me feel confident enough to get started! That's saying a lot because I had numerous experience with poorly documented programs before and the confusion quickly made me unmotivated to try out new stuff. Keep up the good work, man! Hope this blows up and we can get a "Firefox situation" going where making it open sourced led it to huge success at the time.

[@demp11]

@@aarthificial compared to the python based software from 2blue1brown, this seems so much more intuitive and doable in comparison, even though he was already simplifying it.

[@mylegendaryway3105]

。。。..AI？

[@armanke13]

And make a beautiful animated youtube video explainer, nonetheless.. this video is process documentation.. a really nice one

[@ArkhamCookie]

I've been looking forward to this ever since you first talked about it. I was even starting to worry, but it is amazing how fast you got it to this level. Time can just be weird. I've already starting learning/playing with it. Also, I love that you're using Motion Canvas to create the Motion Canvas (videos).

[@aarthificial]

Thanks, I'm happy to hear that!

[@gridgaming_]

This guy really started out with "im just gonna make a game, shouldn't be too big of a project, this is my first one" and has ended up not only making what looks like a very complex, intriguing game, but also publicly releasing some revolutionary tools along with it. truely a legend.

[@Solaar_Punk]

What was the game?

[@nicholasfinch4087]

Holy shit! Open source and everything!! Here's some money because this is the most beautifully created masterpiece ever. I'm crying

[@Rayo75]

Yess, finally! HUGE props for making a tool of this caliber open source. I'm sure this will aid many programmers in expressing their ideas, myself included!

[@TetyLike3]

i can agree, i can 99% see this helping me in a Roblox programming tutorial I'm making 💀

[@brunoaltoe100]

You have no idea! I was looking for something like this, so happy it was recommended to me :DDD

[@WantOxide]

How? This looks like a useless toy and I'm a programmer myself

[@Rayo75]

@@WantOxide It's PowerPoint for programmers

[@brunoaltoe100]

@@WantOxide It's great to create didatic videos about many topics. They likely refer to programmers because the tool itself relies on programming, making said group more proficient at it.

[@devwulfcodes]

What a wonderful tool! The only thing that amazed me even more is your dedication to not only finish everything, but also polish and make everything right. I've seen many projects that started great but are now abandoned (mine included). You've really inspired me to continue working on those projects and to stick with it until the end. Thank you for your amazing work!

[@OsamaSpinLadeen]

bro donated 500 of a programming language (php)

[@pedro.brantes]

@@OsamaSpinLadeen What is the HTML exchange rate?

[@quinndirks5653]

@@OsamaSpinLadeen Philippine Peso, 500 = $8.98

[@NatteDweil]

Thank you, SO MUCH! I've been looking for a good animation-as-code tool for ages and it looks like this is IT.

[@the_yashe]

Congratulations on the brilliant signal concept. I've been following your work since the start of your channel and I must say, it's very impressive. The effort put into releasing the full software and its comprehensive documentation is truly commendable. The decision to make it open-source is a testament to your commitment to the community and shows your generosity - it's a giga chad move to be honest. Keep up the great work! Cheers!

[@aarthificial]

Thanks so much!

[@noahwinslow3252]

This is like 3 blue 1 brown animated slides but for TS. I was literally working on something similar last week and then this video pops up and blows me out of the water! Amazing work, love the implementation of signals

[@dreamingtulpa]

Finally 🔥🔥🔥 Great job Jacob and a huge thank you for putting this amazing library into the hands of the community 🙌

[@alish2001]

Every now and then the youtube algorithm recommends a GEM of a channel like yours. As a software engineering student + motion graphics designer this is a combination of worlds I've been longing for.

[@VDurel]

No words are good enough to congratulate you on this release. Like many other commenters, I have no idea how you even manage to do this while designing, coding and making assets for Astortion. Thank you for blessing the community with this tool, and thank you for the high quality content you make :)

[@HJfod]

This is absolutely amazing, I've been really interested in this tool since you first previewed it and I'm pumped to give it a shot.

[@early2000skid]

Man, you're an inspiration to other devs and dev content creators. You've created a variety of interesting and actually useful tools and concepts for game development - that are not just unique to your project but can be applied to other projects your viewers might be working on - and then elegantly communicated how to implement or use them in a series of entertaining videos. I'd resolved to donate to your patreon once Motion Canvas launched to get access, but now you've gone and launched it open source and free to use. I'm speechless. Donating to your patreon now man, you do amazing work Aarth :) Can't wait to see where Motion Canvas and Astortion go from here (but for now take a well deserved break soon :) ).

[@CamelliaOleifera]

congrats on the release! looking forward to seeing what kinds of new projects this enables

[@AnnisVeryGoodGames]

This looks awesome! I have a bunch of video ideas around more technical topics, and I'll definitely give Motion Canvas a try when I get to these. The types of slick transitions and animations in your videos take ages in classic editing tools, though that is probably also because I don't know what I'm doing in those. Motion Canvas looks much more usable to me.

[@leodesaintsalvy6948]

The efforts you go to to not only make stuff like this but also fully document it is jaw-dropping. Huge respect

[@_Cuddles]

Congrats on the release! I absolutely love your videos and can't wait for more!, keep up the amazing work

[@brunokaiser3497]

Started watching because of your game development, continued for all the amazing ideas and ways you document your work. Never thought I'd enjoy different types of software being created and documented on YT, but here I am.

[@pastpresence8173]

Love your projects and seeing the progress, big respect and keep doing what you do man

[@igniuss]

This is incredible! I was working on something similar in C# but decided to pause it when your first video of Motion Canvas came out. Can't wait to try it!

[@nonso8647]

I've been very hesitant to start my educational KZbin channel but seeing this video just gave me the jolt I needed. Thank you for making such a powerful tool

[@predopogdois]

I was so hyped for this tool! You have amazing coding skills.

[@Szystedt]

This is seriously amazing! I struggle to believe you did this on _the side_ while working on your game

[@godnyx117]

I know you are taking tons of messages but I just wanted to add my own as well! I don't have any experience with animations but this tool seems amazing! It's really awesome that you opened-sourced it! Thanks a lot and I wish you to have lots of fun in whatever you're going to do in the future! Videos like this one motivate me to keep progressing!

[@BettaTech]

This is beyond incredible. Amazing work. I think i'll investigate this and start using it for my own videos. This amazing product needs to be made known to all the community!

[@monkeech]

That looks amazing. Can't wait to try it out! Thanks for sharing!

[@AByteofCode]

I've been waiting for this for so long, thanks so much for releasing it! Definitively gonna try and use this for my next video :)

[@mjhc25]

You were already an incredible person, but this is a whole new level. Thanks for existing, and for being an inspiration, really

[@bomdiajj]

that's amazing!!! congrats on the launch. will take a look and definitly use it myself!

[@ZTimeGamingYT]

Woah! The amazing tool is now available! Great work so far!

[@ZakManley]

This is absolutely stunning! Phenomenal work!

[@Linuxfy]

Congratulations on releasing this project. Looking forward to trying this. 😊

[@MikeMcRoberts]

This is fantastic. Thanks for all of your hard work on this and for making it open source. I look forward to further documentation and/or tutorials.

[@Nevvulo]

Amazing job launching this, looks super helpful and straight-forward to use!

[@richtigmann1]

oh my god, this is amazing! I could seriously see this being a thing people widely use for making animations in a technical way

[@santifiorino]

This looks great! I'm definitely gonna check it and give it a try. Thanks for sharing your work!

[@GglSux]

Mind boggingly impressive, on multiple levels. Massive kudos to Your accomplishments, and also for making it "open" !! And also a big thank You to Your patreons who help making it possible for You to do it. Best regards.

[@ns4k_tv]

Woah! this is amazing!! As an AE user and as as Software Engineer, this is HUGGEE!! Kudos to you! Hope I can comprehend enough so that I can contribute to the project!

[@KiwiRedstone]

Wow, I tried playing with it for a whole day and I'm not disappointed at all. Also, congrats for 100K subs. I'm very new here, knowing you from friend's recommendation of Motion Canvas. Excited to see what you will come up with in the future!

[@cowjuh]

i cannot believe this is open source! so excited to use it and maybe even contribute to it this is INCREDIBLE thank you so much

[@thatdevsherry]

I've just started using motion canvas, and I find it very useful. Thank you so much for working on it and making it public!

[@FazriGading]

This is definitely revolutionary. I'd love to see more of this development. I appreciate all your work, dude. Subscribed!

[@MartinFX]

This is so great on so many levels. Thank you for your fantastic work 🙏

[@nostalgie3282]

感謝の言葉を言わずにはいられない。素晴らしいソフトを公開してくれるなんて本当にありがとう

[@fraser21]

The idea of using generators to represent animations felt genius from moment I heard it. Love to see this thing fully fleshed out.

[@DrNabeel20]

Your work is god-level! super inspirational and every time I watch your videos you remined me why I love programming and inspire me to be as good as you :D Great job 🔥👏

[@aarthificial]

Thank you!!

[@_Nikko_-cz8mi]

This is incredible! Well done! Definitely want to try this!

[@Soundy777]

Incredible tooling! Your mind is truly an impressive construct mon ami! Inspiring to see this level of consistent creativity & productivity!!

[@jojodi]

Congrats mate :) Such a fantastic concept, and it looks great! I'm looking forward to contributing :)

[@FilledStacks]

Wooooooo hoooooooooooooooo!!!! I just started my KZbin Fulltime journey again. I'm veeeeery excited about this. I'm going to start using it immediately. Great to see that there's docs for this now ... I'm going through all of it today! Thank you for all the effort and your hard work. I personally appreciate it a lot.

[@tokuvu]

Amazing job, really. Releasing a new tool whilst developing a game takes so much dedication and honestly motion canvas looks like something I'll have fun testing out. Thanks for releasing it open source and just, great job!!!

[@DetectivePoofPoof]

WOW thats amazing! You did an excellent job with this!

[@cj1871]

This looks amazing, I can't wait to try it! Well done!

[@logicprojects]

Very excited to try this out! I might use it in my next video

[@danielsmeyer]

Congrats! This looks amazing.

[@polrk]

I'm unbelievably amazed! This is the best thing I have ever seen in my life! Thank you so much for such an incredibly powerful and fantastic tool! All my life I wanted to create video tutorials, but I was stopped by the lack of time due to the large labor costs, with this framework I can implement everything much faster and easier!

[@alfredogonzalez9420]

this looks amazing! you're what every developer aspires to be, I for sure will check it out this week.

[@paulensor9984]

Powerful tools made simple to use, I'm really looking forward to using this software ♡

[@little_fox9695]

This looks so goood! Can't wait to try it out!

[@PharoahJardin]

Looks really good! I've been wanting to do this myself for a while now. Guess that it won't be necessary! Can't wait to check it out, thanks a lot for your work

[@ChristopherCricketWallace]

Amazing. When I see projects like this I question my own intelligence and how I spend my time. This is sooooo inspiring (and intimidating). This is impressive work, dude.

[@levilukeskytrekker]

This is incredible! Thank you for making this open source-I hope it continues to grow! I'm not sure yet exactly how to download and use this, but I definitely hope to take a look at it more, this looks like a really slick and useful tool.

[@TheInevitableHulk]

That explanation of how generator functions work in the animation flow docs was the most cohesive description I've heard so far.

[@Dorbellprod]

Congrats on 100K, you're doing some great work!

[@Skeffles]

Fantastic! I need to put this on my todo list to check out.

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

This is.. exceptional. I'm really looking forward to seeing what can be done with this, both for myself and others.

[@CreativeBuilds]

YES, Thank you so much, this is possibly my favorite open source project now. Amazing work

[@akhiln]

Thank you so much for the tool. It looks awesome.

[@SkalskiP]

I'm honestly blowned away... I neeeed that!

[@SalymGuer]

Okay we need more tutorials about this awesome tool. This is awesome, thank you for making it possible !

[@twonyn7204]

This looks awesome! Im a junior animator of sorts but had 1 year of computer science university and the code looks simple enough for me to use this awesome tool that is capable of things adobe tools aren’t! Huge congrats

[@SRG-Learn-Code]

Really cool, both the tech and the release of it. I'm also very excited about the docs related to the architecture of the project. Many projects forgets this part and it's really hard to collaborate or learn from the source. Canvas is topic I recently discover and a project like this could be an eye-opener for me. Thanks for sharing.

[@nevesto]

Your channel is simply beautiful, everything that I find it difficult to learn on my own you show in a super didactic and content-rich video. I love your channel (:

[@tuc_mage]

this is so cool. i really wanna use this to make presentations in the future. thank you for your hard work

[@feelgoodmusic8722]

Damn, that's freaking impressive. Amazing work.

[@FobosLee]

THAT’S AWESOME!!! Wow. And code looks clean. Gotta check it out

[@quriz4609]

I love the really well designed and intuitive UI. It also looks like a joy to code with. A great alternative to Manim, if not better!

[@zephyr733]

This is going to entirely change the way I work with equations. I've been wanting exactly this. Thank you

[@augustday9483]

This is amazing, great work!

[@techlifejournal]

Wow this is awesome and simple. I will definitely use this in my future projects

[@mehmeh8883]

FINALLY I've been waiting for this!!

[@ReBufff]

Congratulations on the release!

[@roryburke1639]

you're just going to drop this on my birthday, i feel so blessed 💖

[@aarthificial]

Happy birthday!

[@JohnMcclaned]

Congratulations, this is incredible.

Thanks for making this open source , I will be trying this project rn! Kudosss

[@khoinguyen-ft2ys]

Thank you for your awesome library!

[@huangwilliam9880]

I'm so grateful for this awesome dude.

[@func_e]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I'm so happy! Thank you so much! This is very nice of you to do =D

[@Comrade_Santos]

I truly appreciate your work and admire your competence as a programmer and problem solver

[@RenderingUser]

LETS GOOO I've been waiting since the first announcement of the tool on this channel You sir are the greatest thing that happened to gamedev on KZbin so far Time to make some epic videos My whole weekend is now so much better

[@RenderingUser]

so uhh... ``` npm WARN read-shrinkwrap This version of npm is compatible with lockfileVersion@1, but package-lock.json was generated for lockfileVersion@2. I'll try to do my best with it! ``` this gonna be alright?

[@Yurro]

This is AWESOME! Just what I was looking for as a beginning KZbinr focusing on teaching how to code 🙌

[@MrDunski]

This is awesome! I hope it will go viral.

[@smellslikeupdog80]

I am so glad I just found this. this is amazing.

[@battatia]

This looks incredible! Very excited to give it a shot :D

[@masela01]

congrats on reaching 100k today! Also today is when I subscribed right as i noticed i wasn't already

[@ericlunadev]

This is superb! Thanks for this man! Not interested at all in game dev but just subscribed to the channel because of this!

[@iub.9893]

Trully inspirational and revolutionary, i'll definetly check it out!