Apple Motion Interface

Trapcode Shine has been ported to run as an FX Plug in Motion 3.0 and later.

Accessing Shine

The Shine Filter is accessible from the Library tab under the Filters > Trapcode category.

Motion Library

Interface

Trapcode Shine offers nearly the same control s as the After Effects version, except for the presets under the Colorize... menu.

Motion Shine UI

Colorize...

Shine does not feature built-in presets under the Colorize... menu. This is a limitation of the FX Plug format.


Motion Colorize

Note: The Colorize.. presets are now available as Favorites that you can drag and drop from the Library > Favorites tab. Simply drag and drop the preset onto the target layer in the Timing panel or into the preview.

Motion Favorites

Float Support in Motion

The Trapcode Shine filter will support greater than 8-bit per channel output but you have to change the Project settings to render using 32-bit Float settings. Choose Edit > Project Properties... and then click the Bit Depth pop-up to change the value to 32 Bit (Float). Click the Dither button if you plan to output to lower bit depth formats.

Motion Float settings

Pre-Grouping

Shine cannot naturally expand the bounds of Text Objects or other objects in Motion that are smaller than the project size. This causes clipping of the rays which is rarely the desired result. To avoid this issue you will need to create a Group and set the Fixed Resolution to the project output size or larger. Here is a preview of the Motion Timeline with the Fixed Resolution tag set to off.

Shine Clipped
Motion Group Off
Clipping in the Preview Fixed Resolution off

To Avoid the clipping issue simply click the Fixed Resolution button on for the selected group where Shine is applied.

Motion Canvas Fixed
Motion FR On
Clipping Fixed Fixed Resolution On