With Motion Effects, you can quickly transform your designs into scroll-stopping loops, create insane motion effects in seconds, and edit your motion design in real-time, during playback.
Hey Product Hunt 👋,
I'm beyond excited to introduce you to the latest addition to Modyfi: 'Motion'. As a designer, Modyfi’s motion editor is a game changer. It's intuitive, empowering, and honestly, fun. The way it allows me to create dynamic designs seamlessly has transformed my approach to motion design.
What makes 'Motion' for me, is its real-time editing feature. It keeps me immersed in my creative flow, enabling instant adjustments without the usual pre-rendering or frame-by-frame hassles. This, combined with the ability to add dynamic modifiers easily, has opened up a whole new world of possibilities, allowing me to create complex animations that look and feel fluid.
Play around with it and let us know what you think!
Happy Designing,
Alyssa
@joe___b that’s great to hear.
I’ll send you guys a nudge via the app if I stumble across any items which can help in anyway. Or just a round of high-fives. After all, can’t have too many of those.
Very impressive 👏 takes me back to my After Effects motion graphics days! Is there a limit to how many effects / layers can be rendered/modified in real-time?
Ps if you're into real-time graphics, check out Lungy (https://www.producthunt.com/prod...) we're launching on Thursday! 🎉
@lukehale thanks so much! There's no hard limit on the number of layers/modifiers, it depends on your machine spec - but we'd love to hear how things perform for you 🙂 in general we're completely blown away with the performance we've been able to achieve in the browser.
Awesome launch video (expect nothing less from you though)@alyssaxuu! Excited to see how this paves the way for the next generation of motion designers and their tool choices. Looks great team, excited to try it out!
@alyssaxuu@kylerjphillips We can't wait for you to try it out! We really think this is going to change the game for the next generation of motion designers!
👋 Hey Product Hunt Community!
Piers here, co-founder and CTO at Modyfi. When we first launched the Modyfi beta in August, one of the first questions we heard from users was “Can I animate my designs?” – and to date this is still the most frequent piece of feedback we get. Today, I’m excited to say that the answer to that question is yes!
What makes motion in Modyfi unique?
- Scroll-stopping loops
Create perfectly-timed looping animations at lightning speed. Simply set your timeline duration and the number of cycles you want your animation to run, and we'll take care of the rest. Your animations will repeat seamlessly, making them ideal for any use cases where perfect looping is a must.
- Real-time editing and playback
There’s no boundary between editing and playback. Tweak, refine, and experiment with your design live in the editor, all while playing your motion at 60fps. This real-time feedback allows you to quickly explore new creative paths, and is honestly just mind blowing to use.
- Insane effects in seconds
We've added some truly mind-bending modifiers – like 2D Shadow, Shrinkwrap and Pixel Sorting – and these, along with the rest of our huge library of modifiers, can be procedurally animated faster than you can say "Aft*r Eff*cts could never."
With the release of motion effects, we are taking a big step towards realizing our vision of being the design platform for multidisciplinary designers – allowing creatives of all kinds to design, generate, and animate – all without switching apps.
We truly can’t wait to see what you create. Our productivity has dropped through the floor since we began testing our motion features internally, because it’s an absolute blast to create work. I hope you have as much fun creating as we’re having building these tools for you.
As always, your support is fantastic, but your feedback is what truly drives us. We're building Modyfi for you. Let us know how we can make this tool more empowering for your creative journey.
Cheers,
Piers
Hello everyone, Alyssa X, Piers Cowburn, Joe, David Hornsby.
Modyfi Motion: A Designer's Dream (with a Few Wishes)
Modyfi just dropped "Motion," I myself, am not a big fan Of motion graphics. I found it difficult, And it would take up my whole day to make a single project look at least presentable. Here's my honest take on this game changing tool:
🙌 Three things I love:
1. Real time editing: This seamless flow keeps me in the creative zone, making adjustments on the fly and watching my animation come alive.
2. Dynamic modifiers: Animations has never been easier. Just a few clicks and you've got fluid, sophisticated movement.
3. Modyfi gets it: The interface is clear, user friendly, and empowers even beginners to create stunning motion graphics.
🤔 Three things I wish it had:
1. Advanced animation tools: While Motion is great for basic animations, some more complex controls (like path animation or rigging) would take it to the next level.
2. Pre built assets and templates: Getting started can be quicker with a library of ready to use elements, especially for common motion design needs.
3. Collaboration features: Sharing and working on projects with other designers could unlock even more creative potential.
Overall, Modyfi Motion is a fantastic addition to any designer's toolkit. It's intuitive, powerful, and makes creating stunning motion graphics Easier. With a few additional features, it could truly be the ultimate animation playground.
I really enjoyed using Motion.
I myself stay away from motion graphics altogether. When Alexi got sick, That's when I realized My time of avoiding graphic design had come to an end. Alyssa Once again your apps got me through what I thought was going to be disastrous. Congratulations all of you did a great job.
#ModyfiMotion #MotionDesign #GraphicDesign #Animation #UIUX #CreativeTools #GameChanger #MustHave
Jerry Lead Product Engineer, Team Create It Search It
Hi @jay_click_one,
Thanks so much for the thoughtful comment. I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed the real-time editing coupled with modifiers, which is something I’m personally just hugely excited about – and I frequently just have several hours go past while testing because of how absorbing this is!
Some responses below to your feedback, which is hugely appreciated:
- Advanced animation tools
100% agree re advanced animation tools like rigging and path animation – and this is absolutely on the roadmap! We have some big things coming in the next weeks and months – watch this space :)
- Pre built assets and templates
We have a ton more coming in this area – for now though, every community listed on our homepage is openable and remixable – so you can click through to any of those amazing designs and see exactly how they were built. Remix links for the assets that make up our Product Hunt launch video are also linked from the YouTube description, so you can jump right into those. And we have 10 amazing new motion templates dropping into the dashboard of the app in the next hour.
- Collaboration features
Maybe it’s not obvious, but the app is actually 100% collaborative and multi-user. As many people as you like can be in a project at the same time making changes, all in real-time.
Again, really glad you enjoyed trying the app, and would love to see what you create!
Piers
This is amazing, coming from creating animations in Flash and Photoshop, editing in real time is going to be a gamechanger. Makes me want to go create a sweet new ad campaign for something right away 😄✨ Congrats to all the Modyfi team on the launch!
I'm a lifelong designer turned engineer now building Modyfi along with an amazing team of fellow creatives. I've gone the rounds of graphic design, motion graphics, 3D, and photography. Spent thousands of hours in the Creative Suite and after all that I can confidently say Modyfi is my dream creative workbench. While writing this I've realized I seriously can't remember the last time I reached for any of my old tools; I just do everything in Modyfi. I guarantee you've never been able to make such insane, production-quality designs this quickly and easily.
Designing has never felt so fun and fluid. We've combined the tenets of generative design / creative coding with a real-time visual and tactile design experience that feels markedly different than anything the dinosaurs of the industry come close to offering. You stay in the zone, constantly experiencing these "woah, what the fuck??" moments of being surprised and impressed by what you're creating.
Modyfi gives you this tool belt of powerful and exploratory Modifiers with the granular control of something like Photoshop, all in a non-destructive playhouse you can feel confidently dangerous about messing around without breaking your design. We've put tons of effort into harnessing and amplifying this feeling of play to make Modyfi feel second-nature without ever getting in your way. I've spent countless hours on the UX-side of things building an intuitive experience which can only be achieved by genuinely using and loving what we've making, as a designer.
Before I joined the team, I had this recurring pipe dream of building a generative art platform, which would lower the barrier of entry to a class of design then only achievable to the creative coding community. And now I'm doing that??? Almost doesn't feel real 🤪
@ketcham Without a doubt, working with you has challenged and expanded my creative boundaries. Every time I think I've made something whacky in Modyfi, I see yours and its even more insane. It's truly amazing to be part of this journey with you!
Such a slick product. Loving the motion design tools, the Spotlight style search is really intuitive, and the fact it all runs in browser is so convenient. Really impressive progress and an amazing team. Nice work Modyfi!
@alyssaxuu, this looks incredible! Congrats for creating something that allows users to design, generate and animate - all under one roof. Amazing job!
Modyfi's Motion Effects seem like a powerful and user-friendly addition to the app's existing capabilities. It has the potential to empower designers and creators of all levels to bring their ideas to life in a visually stunning and efficient way
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