<s>
Motion	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
their	O
macOS	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
pre-NAB	O
event	O
in	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
Motion	O
2	O
along	O
with	O
new	O
revisions	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
Pro	O
applications	O
,	O
optimised	O
for	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Mac	I-Device
G5	I-Device
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
at	O
a	O
reduced	O
price	O
of	O
$49.99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Import	O
,	O
playback	O
,	O
and	O
editing	O
of	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
video	O
clips	O
and	O
HEIF	O
photos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	O
is	O
a	O
motion	O
graphics	O
and	O
compositing	O
application	O
similar	O
in	O
some	O
ways	O
to	O
After	B-Operating_System
Effects	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nuke	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
added	O
power	O
,	O
plus	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
accelerated	O
nature	O
of	O
Motion	O
,	O
allows	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
those	O
packages	O
for	O
titling	O
and	O
simple	O
animation	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
address	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
at	O
8-bit	O
,	O
16-bit	B-Device
and	O
32-bit	O
float	O
color	O
depths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rectangle	O
,	O
ellipse	O
,	O
Bézier	O
curve	O
and	O
B-spline	B-Algorithm
creation	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rectangle	O
,	O
ellipse	O
,	O
Bézier	O
and	O
B-spline	B-Algorithm
masking	O
tools	O
(	O
which	O
define	O
the	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
object	O
that	O
is	O
visible	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	O
uses	O
pixel	O
shaders	O
which	O
move	O
the	O
processing	O
of	O
video	O
effects	O
to	O
the	O
Graphics	B-Architecture
Processing	I-Architecture
Unit	I-Architecture
(	O
GPU	B-Architecture
)	O
of	O
a	O
modern	O
graphics	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	O
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
Core	B-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
technology	O
,	O
allowing	O
one	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Image	B-Operating_System
Units	I-Operating_System
that	O
come	O
standard	O
with	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
pixel	O
shaders	O
,	O
Core	B-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
'	O
stacks	O
 '	O
various	O
effects	O
,	O
allowing	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
effects	O
to	O
be	O
combined	O
without	O
slow-down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
Pro	O
App	O
to	O
introduce	O
FxPlug	B-Application
Apple	O
's	O
plug-in	O
architecture	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
dedicated	O
to	O
compositing	O
,	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
Blender	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
limited	O
node-based	O
compositing	O
feature	O
which	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
basic	O
keying	O
and	O
blurring	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
