Note: Motype requires the Noise Industries FxFactory engine. FxFactory (a free download) must be installed on your system in order to use Motype.
What is Yanobox Motype?
Yanobox Motype is a unique text animation plug-in designed to work with the Noise Industries FxFactory Engine, which provides hardware-accelerated previews and rendering.
FxFactory is a FREE download, and contains over 300 plug-ins; upgradable to the FxFactory Pro version, containing 140+ additional plug-ins. FxPlug based: FxFactory is based on FxPlug, Apple's new plug-in architecture which guarantees the best integration with Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express. Presets can be shared with all supported hosts. More Info On FxFactory and FxFactory Pro.
Saving time and money is always very important to low budget filmmakers, and Yanobox Motype is a great way to do both. Motype turns your text treatments into moving works of art quickly and easily. It allows you to create complex text animations that would normally take several layers, lights, and additional plug-ins to create. It also contains it's own internal camera system, which you can set to auto animate with nice easing/ velocity interpolation.
There are quite a few options and parameters to this plug-in since you're essentially creating 3D text layers, secondary text effects, a 3D floor and backdrop with textures, lights, and an animated camera all within one layer and plug-in. The especially nice thing about Motype is the myriad of presets: as of version 1.1.1, there are 26 presets, each one unique, highlighting the different options available to you. This allows you to get up and running quickly without having to adjust all the settings right away, see many of the options available to you, and to reverse-engineer and learn the plug-in without much trouble. it's fairly easy to start with one of these presets and tweak it to tailor it to the look of your individual project.
This is great if you're pressed for time or if you have a client sitting in on your edit or session and want to make a big impression right away. That said, it's FAST. No waiting several seconds for a pixellated preview window to update, freeing you to create what you need quickly. Many effects have the option to auto-animate, so you can create animations quickly without keyframing. Adding the extra depth of camera motion- complete with slick easing- is as simple as a few clicks.
