Motion graphics
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Motion graphics are graphics that use video footage and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or rotation, and are usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects. Motion graphics are usually displayed via electronic media technology, but may be displayed via manual powered technology (e.g. thaumatrope, phenakistoscope, stroboscope, zoetrope, praxinoscope, flip book) as well. The term is useful for distinguishing still graphics from graphics with a transforming appearance over time without over-specifying the form.
See also
- Audiovisual art
- Film
- Live event support
- Video art
- Video synthesizer
- Music visualization
- User Experience Design
Motion graphics artists
- Kyle Cooper
- Murat Pak
- Len Lye
- Maurice Binder
- Lambie-Nairn
- MK12
- Norman McLaren
- Oskar Fischinger
- Pablo Ferro
- Saul Bass
- Stan Brakhage
- Sarah Joy Jordahl Verville
Motion design and digital compositing software packages
Since motion design is created using images and video sequences, a complementary tool is a 3d software package. Cinema 4D is widely used for its intuitive interface, layered export to Adobe After Effects, and the additional MoGraph module, but there are other software packages as well. Such packages can generate images or video sequences with an alpha channel, which stores all the transparency information.
Motion design applications include:
- Adobe After Effects
- Eyeon Fusion
- Nuke
- Autodesk Combustion
- Apple Motion/Shake
- Max/MSP
- Apple Quartz Composer
- Various VJ Programs
- Smith Micro Software Anime Studio
- Adobe Flash
3D programs used in motion graphics include:
- Maxon Cinema 4D
- Softimage XSI
- Autodesk 3d studio max
- Autodesk Maya
- NewTek Lightwave
- e-on Vue Infinite
- The Blender Foundation Blender software
- EI Technology Group Electric Image Animation System
Motion graphics plug-ins include:
