Motion graphics and compositing
Motion Studio is a motion graphics and compositing application for your Windows PC. Layer video, images, shapes and text in a composition, animate anything with keyframes or expressions, add effects and render the result.
Version 1.0.0 · Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit
Comes with every paid plan, or buy it once. Without either, it opens and previews projects. An alternative to Adobe After Effects.
Prefer to own it?
Pay once and keep Motion Studio without a subscription.
$100
One-time payment. The key arrives by e-mail and in your account.
Build a composition from video, stills, image sequences, audio, solids, shapes and text. Trim, stretch, parent and nest layers on the timeline. Your footage files are never modified.
Animate any property with linear, bezier or hold keyframes, shape the timing in the graph editor, or drive a property with a JavaScript expression.
Draw shape layers with fills, strokes and gradients, animate text with range selectors, and cut layers out with bezier masks.
Add effects to any layer and adjust them in Effect Controls: blurs, colour correction, keying, distortion, generators and transitions.
Preview your composition as you work, then add it to the render queue. Output as H.264 video, an image sequence, a GIF or a WAV file on any paid plan.
The included command-line tool lets an AI assistant such as Claude build and animate compositions through MCP, and lets scripts render projects without opening the window.
Motion Studio opens on every plan. A paid plan or a permanent license unlocks creating, saving and rendering.
| Limit | Free $0 | Personal $10/mo | Pro $18/mo | Family $25/mo | Business Starter $12/mo per seat | Business Standard $18/mo per seat | Business Plus $25/mo per seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open, play and preview projects | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Create, save and render | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Advanced output | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included |
Free $0
Personal $10/mo
Pro $18/mo
Family $25/mo
Business Starter $12/mo per seat
Business Standard $18/mo per seat
Business Plus $25/mo per seat
Advanced output means ProRes, output that keeps transparency, frames above 1920 x 1080 and queuing more than one render. Prefer to pay once? A permanent license unlocks every feature of Motion Studio 1 on two computers, with no plan needed.
Compare plansA 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Download the installer, run it, and sign in with your Motaware account or enter a permanent license key under Motaware Account in the Help menu.
Yes. A permanent license unlocks every Motion Studio 1 feature, including ProRes, output with alpha, frames above 1920 x 1080 and a full render queue, on two computers. It covers version 1; a future version 2 will need a new license or a Motaware plan. You can move the license to another computer from the app.
Creating and saving projects and rendering need a paid Motaware plan. ProRes, output with alpha, frames above 1920 x 1080 and queuing more than one render need a plan with advanced features. See Pricing for the plans.
Motion Studio still opens your projects, so you can play, preview and inspect them. Saving and rendering wait until you have a plan or a license. You are never locked out of your own work.
Not yet. Motion Studio 1 works in 2D: there are no 3D layers, cameras or lights, and no motion tracking or stabilisation. Text layout is simple too, with no ligatures or right-to-left scripts.
Only where your PC has a hardware HEVC encoder that Windows can use, so it depends on your graphics hardware. H.264 and ProRes are encoded in software and don't depend on it.
Download Motion Studio for Windows, then sign in with your Motaware plan or enter a permanent license key.
