Alight Motion is a versatile mobile application designed for creating complex multimedia projects. It supports multiple layers of graphics, videos, and audio, allowing users to build rich and dynamic compositions. The app provides both vector and bitmap support, enabling users to edit vector graphics directly on their device for precise and scalable illustrations. This flexibility makes it suitable for a wide range of creative projects, from simple animations to detailed visual effects.
The app features a wide array of tools and effects to enhance creativity. Users can access over 160 basic effect building blocks that can be combined to produce sophisticated visual effects. It also offers keyframe animation for all settings, giving precise control over movement and transitions. Additionally, users can link parent and child layers and rig character joints, which is useful for animation and character design. The inclusion of camera tools that pan, zoom, and support focus blur and fog effects adds another layer of depth to projects.
Alight Motion provides comprehensive editing capabilities such as grouping and masking layers, adjusting colors, and applying solid color or gradient fills. Effects like borders, shadows, and strokes help refine visual details. Users can incorporate custom fonts, copy entire layers or just their styles, and save favorite elements for future use, streamlining the creative process. Animation easing options, including presets and custom timing curves, help create more natural and fluid motions. Features like bookmarks and velocity-based motion blur improve workflow efficiency and visual quality.
The application allows exporting projects in multiple formats, including MP4 videos, GIF animations, PNG sequences, and still images, ensuring compatibility across various platforms and purposes. Sharing project packages with others facilitates collaboration. Alight Motion offers a free version with basic features and watermarked videos, while paid memberships unlock additional effects, remove watermarks, and provide access to an updated library of premium tools. Subscriptions are managed through Apple ID settings, and more information about billing options and policies can be found on the app’s support page. The software is governed by terms of service and privacy policies available online.