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Yanobox Motype

by Yanobox (FxFactory)·Motion Graphics

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Why we like it

Motype earns its place in the toolfarm library for pairing native typographic layout with Text Motion Painting, and version 2.1 adds a styled particle system with a dedicated emitter editor.

What is Yanobox Motype?

Yanobox Motype 2 generates 3D motion titles with smooth light trails, curved long shadows, and text-flowing effects. Its Text Motion Painting extrudes characters along motion paths, letting you adjust trail length over space and time, apply color gradients, and inject fractal noise. You can auto-animate characters, words, or lines, apply 3D effects to selected portions, and build transitions between text paragraphs.

Text layout and styling run through a native Mac interface, with control over font, style, color, kerning, and alignment, plus RTF import. Text fits interactively to any rectangular selection, and padding, animation, and effects can be customized by selecting characters, words, or lines. Color gradients apply to specific portions with animatable hue and gap, and you can iterate on designs by changing random seed, spin direction, and animation spread across 250 presets and templates.

Motype 2 works in Final Cut Pro X, Motion, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve from one installation, running on Apple Silicon and Intel. It is built on Metal graphics acceleration and Core Text, with real-time animation and Mercury Engine GPU support in Premiere Pro and native 3D camera and multi-frame rendering in After Effects. The product requires Noise Industries FxFactory to run.

Who is Yanobox Motype best for?

Yanobox Motype is best for video creators building animated titles and text-driven motion graphics across After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, and Motion.

How much does Yanobox Motype cost?

Yanobox Motype is completely free to download and use.

Key features

  • Text Motion Painting generates 3D motion titles with light trails, curved long shadows, and text-flowing effects
  • Extrudes characters along motion paths, with adjustable trail length over space and time, color gradients, and fractal noise
  • Auto-animates characters, words, or lines, with 3D effects on selected text portions
  • Native Mac text layout covering font, style, color, kerning, alignment, and RTF import
  • Auto-fits text to any rectangular selection, with padding, animation, and effects set per character, word, or line
  • 250 presets and templates, available as Titles and Generators, with saveable custom presets
  • Runs across Final Cut Pro X, Motion, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve from a single installation

Tags

#text animation#motion titles#typography#3D text#particles#FxFactory#presets

Frequently asked questions

Which apps does Yanobox Motype run in?

Yanobox Motype works in Final Cut Pro X, Motion, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve, running on both Apple Silicon and Intel processors. A single installation expands its capabilities across those supported hosts simultaneously. The plugin requires Noise Industries FxFactory to run, which is available as a free download. For confirmed operating system and hardware details, refer to the FxFactory page, which is kept updated with the current system requirements for the plugin.

Does Yanobox Motype require FxFactory?

Yanobox Motype requires Noise Industries FxFactory to run, and FxFactory is available as a free download. Once installed, one FxFactory installation lets Motype operate across its supported hosts: Final Cut Pro X, Motion, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. FxFactory Pro is a paid version that shares the same system requirements as the free version. For the most current system requirements, refer to the FxFactory page.

Is Yanobox Motype free?

Yanobox Motype is listed as free in this catalog. The plugin runs on Noise Industries FxFactory, which is offered as a free download, while FxFactory Pro is a paid version with the same system requirements. Motype's presets and templates are all included and modifiable. For current licensing terms and any purchase details, check the developer's page, since pricing and availability can change over time.

What's new in Yanobox Motype 2.1?

Yanobox Motype 2.1 introduces Styled Particles, giving particle emitters their own editor where you can assign dedicated text, symbols, and abstract graphics with custom styles and colors. The update adds full control over particle rotation and scaling over lifetime, plus multi-directional emission that lets particles burst in all directions or travel along a motion path with dynamic or fixed orientation. It also includes 25 new particle presets, available as generators and titles templates inside Final Cut Pro.

Does Yanobox Motype support 3D in After Effects?

Yanobox Motype 2 natively supports the 3D camera and multi-frame rendering with GPU acceleration in After Effects. In Premiere Pro, it provides a real-time text animation library with support for Mercury Engine GPU acceleration, and in Motion it offers native camera support with responsive previews. The plugin is built on Apple's Metal graphics acceleration and Core Text for typographic layout, which underpins its performance across the supported applications.

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