Using Presets

The Presets tab is the fastest way to use Motion State. Instead of building an animation from scratch, apply a preset to a clip and adjust from there.

To open the panel, see The Motion State Panel.

Browse presets

Motion State ships with 105 built-in presets — zoom-ins, pan-and-scan moves, picture-in-picture frames, gradient and glow frames, spins, and more.

• Preview a preset by hovering its card. The thumbnail plays the animation on a loop so you can see the move before applying it.
• Search by name using the search box.
• Sort by name or by date with the sort control.
• Filter using the sidebar — jump to All, Favorites, or any collection you’ve created.

To have every visible card animate at once instead of playing on hover, turn on Autoplay all previews in the panel menu (☰). It is off by default. Only cards actually on screen animate, so the cost stays the same whether your library is small or large.

Apply a preset

1. Select one or more clips in your timeline.
2. Click a preset card.

Motion State applies the preset to every selected clip. If a clip does not already have the Motion State effect, the panel adds it for you and places it correctly — including on text, shape, and other graphic clips.

Applying a preset replaces the whole setup

Applying a preset is a complete replacement, not a partial overlay. Every editable parameter is set: the ones the preset defines get its values, and everything else returns to its default.

That means a 2D preset applied to a clip using Basic 3D switches the 3D off rather than leaving it half-applied — the result is the preset you clicked, every time, regardless of what the clip was doing before.

To bring across only part of one clip’s setup, use Copy/Paste in the Manage tab, which stays a partial overlay of the sections you check.

Save your own presets

1. Select a clip that already has Motion State set up the way you like.
2. Click + New Preset.
3. Give it a name.

Your preset is saved to the panel’s library and appears alongside the built-in presets, ready to apply to future clips or projects.

Organize presets

Use the ⋯ menu on a preset card to rename, duplicate, delete, favorite, change its thumbnail, or move it into a collection. Create collections from the sidebar to group presets however you work.

To give a whole collection a consistent look, use Edit all thumbnails in the collection’s ⋯ menu in the sidebar. Pick one reference thumbnail — built-in or your own import — and it applies to every preset in that collection at once.

Built-in presets can be favorited and organized, and you can restore the original built-in set at any time from the panel menu (☰).

Import and export

The panel menu (☰) includes Import presets… and Export presets…. Use these to back up your library, move presets between machines, or share a preset pack with someone else. Importing merges new presets into your library without disturbing the ones you already have.