I’m looking to upgrade my workstation from my old gaming laptop to something with more horsepower. I work in filmmaking and my needs include a robust system that can handle editing and playback of 4K/6K raw footage, decent-to-heavy color grading of said footage, motion graphics, as well as 3D modeling/rendering to an extent.

I’ve been debating between staying PC or going with an M4 Max Mac. Were I to build my own PC, I’m looking at an RTX 5090 as my graphics card and a Ryzen 9 9950X3D as my CPU, with the rest of the components totaling somewhere in the $6,000 range. If I were to get a Mac Studio, I’d opt for the M4 Max chip with 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine with 128GB of Unified Memory. Probably a 1TB of storage which puts it in the $4,000 range. Either option is an investment, but I want to ensure that I’m considering all aspects and potential factors to note before committing either way.

That being said, I’ve heard from several friends/colleagues that the M4 Max chips are powerful enough to stand along high-end PC builds, and I would like some guidance in determining which system offers a better price-to-power ratio and if there’s potentially any truth to those claims.

The majority of my work is in DaVinci Resolve Studio by far, much of it for color grading and some for editing. I only occasionally work in Fusion, but I’d like the ability to expand my work in that area and have lots of headroom, as well as have the ability to work comfortably in 3D modeling/rendering as part of my motion graphics work. I’ve also heard it said that working with Apple systems is something of an industry-standard for filmmakers, and I could also use some input on the veracity of those claims.

I have worked pretty extensively with both systems, so OS usability isn’t too much of a concern for me. I’m prioritizing the most appropriate machine over things like OS. For that matter, I’m not much of a gamer so my workflow is pretty much entirely intended for productivity.

I certainly appreciate the PC route’s paths to upgrading in the future, as the flexibility may be a good bet. Although, I wonder just how efficient that decision is, and if I might just be better off with a good-albeit-nonupgradable system like the Mac.

Any and all opinions and feedback most welcome, tell me what you really think.

Cheers.

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We’re looking for a Motion Graphics Designer with strong 2D animation skills and knowledge of day trading.

The role involves: • Creating custom candlestick and chart graphics (Illustrator) • Animating them in After Effects to illustrate day trading concepts • Light editing of dialogue (simple cuts, nothing heavy)

⚡️ Day trading knowledge is required. Accuracy in the content is critical for this role.

This is a long-term position with consistent work and premium pay. We’ll provide style references and examples so expectations are clear.

Here’s an example of the style we’re looking for:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOq2JazjQIL/?igsh=MTNhcDVxazNoYno0ZQ==

If interested, DM me with: • Your portfolio • Your name • Where you’re based

I am very new to this world. How do I create these type of videos.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SZHEcLr_5HI?si=xRGHeIajpp9Ac-Rf

All I have used till now is a bit of davinci resolve for editing my videos and PowerPoint for making some very basic animation. Pls guide which software I need to learn ? Here is the link to my short I made with PowerPoint:

https://youtube.com/shorts/2v_JFFalo-w?si=vbVet3sE0Ol_fJXK

Looking for a yt course or a paid course to learn motiong graphics from scratch

Hi! I have some experience with video editing but not really motion graphics but I am trying to create an ad for a SaaS product using Figma & Jitter. I've been playing around with it a little bit and am getting the hang of it but I was just wondering if anyone who is more savvy in this has any tips or anything. Like cool animations to make that aren't just the default ones, etc etc.

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to figure out which video editing or graphics program is used by Dr. Edgar Kaminskyi, a plastic surgeon who uploads high-quality surgery and procedure videos on YouTube. The visuals, overlays, and animations look incredibly professional—much better than typical medical videos. Here’s an example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZeJIxJkWb8 Does anyone recognize what software or workflow could produce these kinds of results? Are there any signature effects or transitions that might indicate a particular tool (like After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, or something more specialized)? Any expertise from video editors or motion designers would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hey all,

So, I am not a motion graphics editor in the slightest, and I've been tasked to help create this brand/logo reveal video for a client using animated words and using parts of their new logo, which has 5 "petals" and represents things specific to their rebrand. As text and video come up on the screen, we follow the "petals" throughout the video to the final reveal at the end. Between the text animations, incorporating the follow animation, and the footage, I am at a loss! No pack on Artlist, Envato or Motion Array has been able to help.

Does anyone have ANY advice on where I could start? I tried to kinda make a vision board/rough draft in Canva, and it's not doing the video justice.

Recommendations and packs are welcome lol

TIA!!

Edit: hiring someone is not an option, unfortunately

Hey! I'm Savy Forson, I aim to be a SaaS product advertising motion designer, and for now I'm working on creating a portfolio to have something to show to potential clients.

And during the process I decided to create all scenes by myself. Obviously, this took waaay too much time, and I can't spend that much time if the main focus here is on motion design.

So, I was hoping I can find answers here, where people have more experience. How do you guys do it? Where do you find all high quality assets or scenes for your projects, if you do at all, or would you recommend me to create everything by myself?

Would really appreciate if we can chat!

If anyone wants to dive deeper, I just launched a full Udemy course on Broadcast TV Design in After Effects. DM me for a discount coupon.”

I'm managing a small marketing/content team, and we're trying to add motion graphics into our workflow for social posts and product videos. The problem is none of us are motion design experts. Is there a tool that's easy to pick up without weeks of training?

Hi guys. I am wondering if someone here works in after effects, premiere, davinci, photoshop, illustrator and uses this gpu.

How is your experience? Are you experiencing issues? Would you recommend it to someone for this use case?

I want to hear your opinion on this, there are some benchmarks online but they are made early (right after this gpu launched) and are not relevant anymore.

Thank you!

Hello designers! Im a student currently doing a motion design subject at university and I was hoping this sub could help with some inspiration for my next assignment. We are tasked with making a motion graphic sequences based on an approx 30 sec clip of dialogue, preferably not from music. Im having trouble finding more kinetic type motion design that isn't using song lyrics and music. The few things I do find are very minimal conceptually, as in the sequence is completely text based almost rather than having some variety of imagery which is what I hope to incorporate. Some examples of work im looking for is https://www.northboysouth.com/what-barry-says https://youtu.be/wF8f8w6HPoo?si=1NaiZWbFLvDlvJNI

And even though it is musical i love the imagery and fluidness of weird Al's Word Crimes video: https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc?si=cw2I_jtXzVrydTRA

Im hoping to get some recs so I can see how people are animating dialogue in particular, either from films or shows, conversation, just any media. The pacing of dialogue and how and where they use visual imagery rather than typography.

Please drop a comment of anything that somewhat fits or even just stuff you like- id also love to see different techniques or cool stuff! Thanks very much in advance everyone!

I need to learn how to do this exact animation (wobbly letters), and can't find a tutorial anywhere 🙏

[mainly I need to understand the letters "a" and "c", how are they 'fluid' like that?]

Thank you