FAQ

Is Motion State a transition or an effect?

Motion State is a Premiere video effect.

You apply it to a clip, then use State A and State B to animate that clip’s framing and style.

Do I need to set keyframes?

No. Motion State is designed to animate between State A and State B without manual keyframes.

You choose the animation mode, timing, and easing, then Motion State generates the movement.

If you want direct control, use Manual mode and keyframe Transition Progress yourself. See Timing and Easing.

What animation modes are available?

Motion State can animate:

• A to B
• B to A
• A to B to A
• B to A to B
• Hold A
• Hold B
• Manual
• Continuous

Can Motion State animate forever instead of stopping at State B?

Yes. Set Mode to Continuous. The clip animates from State A at constant per-second rates for its whole duration, with no State B target — useful for endless spin, slow drift, and creeping zoom.

State A still applies, so a static offset and continuous motion combine. See Continuous mode.

Does Motion State do 3D?

Basic 3D, yes. Turn on Enable 3D in the Transform group to swap the 2D Rotation control for X Rotation, Y Rotation, and Z Rotation, plus a shared Perspective control.

It treats the clip as a flat card you can tilt and swivel in space. It is not a full 3D environment — there are no lights, cameras, or geometry. See Basic 3D.

Can I give a project to someone who doesn’t own Motion State?

Yes, with Bake. It recreates the animation using native Premiere effects — Transform, Offset, Rounded Crop, Basic 3D, and Drop Shadow — keyframed per frame, so the motion plays without the plugin installed. Unbake reverses it.

Stroke, glow, and corner smoothness have no native equivalent and are dropped. A few things are carried approximately rather than exactly. Bake reports both for each clip. See Bake to Native Effects.

Can Motion State use the framing I already set up in Premiere?

Yes. Transfer Motion in the panel’s Clip actions pulls the clip’s native Motion and Opacity into Motion State’s State A and State B, so you can build on your existing layout instead of rebuilding it. See Transfer Motion.

My animation starts partway through a dissolve. Can I fix that?

Turn on Extend to Transitions in the Transition group. The timing then anchors to the transition’s bounds instead of the hard cut, so an incoming clip’s animation starts when the dissolve starts. See Extend to Transitions.

Can I align animation to the start or end of a clip?

Yes. Animation can be aligned to the start, end, or duration of the clip.

Start- and end-aligned animations can use a specific duration.

Can I use custom easing?

Yes. Motion State supports Bezier, Spring, and Bounce easing.

Bezier mode includes preset curve shapes and Custom controls for more detailed easing.

Does Motion State support motion blur?

Yes. Motion blur is available for fast moves.

Does Motion State support drop shadows?

Yes. Motion State includes Shadow Controls for per-state drop shadows. Shadows are based on the Motion State frame shape, including crop, corner radius, and corner smoothness.

Can Motion State animate crop and rounded frames?

Yes. Motion State includes crop controls for reframing a clip, plus Corner Radius, Corner Smoothness, and Edge Feather controls for rounded and squircle-style frames.

What does Content Offset do?

Content Offset moves the source media inside the cropped or shaped frame without moving the frame itself.

Use it after cropping when the frame is in the right place, but the visible part of the footage needs to shift inside that frame.

What is the difference between Scale and Content Scale?

Scale resizes the whole Motion State frame — the crop window, corners, stroke, and everything inside it.

Content Scale zooms only the footage inside the frame, leaving the frame where it is. Use it to punch into a picture-in-picture shot without changing the size of the picture-in-picture box.

The two compose, so you can animate both independently.

Can gradient strokes animate continuously across clips?

Yes. Gradient stroke cycling is based on sequence time, not clip time.

If multiple clips use the same Cycle Speed value, the gradient cycle can continue from one clip to the next.

What are good use cases for Motion State?

See Common Use Cases for more examples. Common use cases include:

• Quick zoom ins and zoom outs
• Slow zoom ins and zoom outs
• Pan and scan movement around the frame
• Fullscreen to picture-in-picture crops
• Revealing text or graphics on screen in sequence

Why does my clip have diagonal bars across it?

That is the unlicensed watermark — this computer has not been activated yet. Activate it with your license key, from the panel’s License dialog or the effect’s setup/options icon, and the watermark clears right away. See Installation and Activation.

Where do I activate my license?

Either place, and either one activates this computer for both:

• The panel — click the Not activated badge in the tab bar, or choose License from the ☰ menu. Nothing needs to be applied to a clip first.
• The effect — click the setup/options icon in the Motion State effect header in Effect Controls.

The same dialogs re-check status and deactivate this computer when you want to move your license to another machine. See Installation and Activation.

Does Motion State include presets?

Yes. The Motion State panel ships with 105 built-in presets you can apply to a clip with one click. Open the panel from Window > UXP Plugins > Motion State. See Using Presets.

Can I save Motion State setups as presets?

Yes. In the panel, select a clip and click + New Preset to save its setup to your library, where you can reuse, organize, and share it.

You can also save a native Premiere Effect Preset by right-clicking the effect and choosing Save Preset..., if you prefer to keep it in Premiere’s own Effects panel.

Can I send feedback from inside Motion State?

Yes. Choose Submit Feedback from the panel’s ☰ menu, or open the Motion State setup/options icon in the Effect Controls panel and choose Send Feedback from the Register dialog.

You can send general feedback, bug reports, or feature requests. Email is optional, but helpful if you want a reply.

Does Motion State read other Premiere effects?

No. Do not assume Motion State reads or copies arbitrary settings from other Premiere effects.

Motion State uses its own controls for transform, crop, shape, stroke, glow, shadow, timing, and motion blur.

Does Motion State support Mac?

Yes. Motion State supports macOS through Metal.

Does Motion State support Windows?

Yes. Motion State supports Windows in Premiere.

For GPU acceleration on Windows, Motion State requires an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support. AMD and Intel graphics use CPU fallback. See Platform Support.

Does Motion State use GPU acceleration?

Yes, on supported hardware.

• macOS uses Metal.
• Windows GPU acceleration requires NVIDIA/CUDA.
• Windows AMD and Intel graphics use CPU fallback.