Apple Motion 5 Templates

Open source Apple Motion 5 templates for Final Cut Pro X.

Available Templates

Titles

• Arrow - Animated arrow graphic overlay
• Bell - Bell notification animation
• Intro - Introduction title sequence
• Like - Like/thumbs up animation
• Pointer - Pointer/cursor animation
• Popper - Popping text effect
• Rectangle - Rectangle shape overlay
• Subscribe - Subscribe button animation

Effects

• Mask - A rounded mask with a border
• Popper - Popping effect causes media to pop in and out

Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

Clone the repository and run the installation script:

git clone https://github.com/shadanan/motion.git
cd motion
./install.sh

Manual Install

To install individual templates:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/shadanan/motion.git

2. Copy the template folder to the appropriate Motion Templates directory:

   • For Titles: ~/Movies/Motion Templates.localized/Titles.localized
   • For Effects: ~/Movies/Motion Templates.localized/Effects.localized

   For example, to install the Subscribe title template:

   cp -r motion/titles/Subscribe "~/Movies/Motion Templates.localized/Titles.localized/"

3. Restart Final Cut Pro X if it's running

4. The template will appear in the Titles or Effects browser

Contributing

If you've made changes to the templates in Motion and want to sync them back to this repository:

rsync -av --delete "$HOME/Movies/Motion Templates.localized/Titles.localized/Friendly TL/" titles/
rsync -av --delete "$HOME/Movies/Motion Templates.localized/Effects.localized/Friendly TL/" effects/

This will copy the installed templates back to the git project, keeping everything in sync.