Motion: Don‘t use an alias for third-party plug-ins

Motion supports third-party After Effects-compatible plug-ins. But if you create an alias for any third-party plug-in, the plug-in won't be recognized in Motion or Motion 2. However, you can tell Motion where to find these plug-ins so that they appear in the 3rd Party Filters category of the Library. Here's how:

  1. Choose Motion > Preferences (or press Command-,).
  2. Click General.
  3. In the "3rd Party Plug-ins" group, click Choose (next to Search Path).
  4. In the resulting window, navigate to the folder that contains your third-party plug-ins, then click Choose. A message appears, informing you that the path has changed and that it will take effect the next time you open Motion.
  5. Quit and reopen Motion.

The third-party plug-ins now appear in the "3rd Party Filters" category, and can be applied in the same manner as all other filters.

This document will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Published Date: Oct 11, 2016