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Creating Motion Backgrounds in After Effects |EP 6

In this motion bolt video episode, we take a quick look behind the scenes on a the last 4 Christmas motion backgrounds, and how they were designed. Using After Effects and a few resources laying around, it is possible to make really cool backgrounds with everyday items.

Winter Forest Tutorial

In this After Effects Tutorial, a summer picture is taken and through hue/saturation, adjustment layers, curves, and other tools, is transformed into a winter motion background.

Rustic Candles Behind the Scene

Rustic Candles is a fantastic motion background package that is a great way to top off the 2020 season of backgrounds. It had been two years since a new candles package had been produced so it was time. So what did it take in order to pull this off?

Summer Grass – How It was Made

Most of the time when people review how they produced a video, they start with a giant list of problems they ran into, and how they used their ingenuity to solve them.  It’s smart to skip over the first 5 minutes of any behind the scenes video.  Thankfully, there are no unique problems that were […]

Church Music Video

A church down in South Africa made an incredible church music video using some of the motion backgrounds from our Candle Light motion background package. Using a combination of several backgrounds fading in and out of the video create a neat dramatic effect that really help give the video a unique look. Several of the […]

Silent Lights – Behind The Scene

The famous Dan Brown once said, “Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.” When you have 100 tea candles sitting on the floor of your garage and you are looking around trying to find the right angle to film them, it’s all about the perspective from which you are […]

How To Get A Moving Background On Power Point

There are hundreds of different ways motion backgrounds can be used, but one of the most common is in power point presentations. So, this begs the question, how exactly does a motion background get added to a power point presentation. The process is simple and with just a few clicks, it can be done with […]

Why Is Utilizing Video Important?

There was a time not too long ago when people asked each other, “what’s an email address, and who really needs one.”  As technology progressed, those questions have been slowly revolutionizing our daily lives in ways that quite dramatic. Similar to the communication aspect of digital media, video has been in the forefront of being […]

Are Subtle Movements The New Trend?

Early Years Of Worship Motion Backgrounds For almost two decades, maybe even longer for those people that jumped on the video bandwagon shortly after their compact projector bulbs burned out, motion backgrounds have steadily become more complex, dynamic, and creative. From light bursting from the top, then all sides, then the middle, to particles going […]

Superbowl 53 Commercial – The Twilight Zone

If there was something memorable about Superbowl 53, it definitely wasn’t the match up between the Los Angeles Rams, and the Boston Patriots. Mid-way through the 4th quarter, the Patriots scored there first touchdown and the audience re-awoke from their deep sleep. The only life-saving parts of the games were the 3 minute intermissions when […]

The Worlds Best Preview Uses Motion Backgrounds

After the Superbowl LIII broadcast on CBS this year, there is a new show called The Worlds Best. Similar to America’s Got Talent, Britain Gots Talent, or a host of other shows that highlight how awesome people are, The Worlds Best is the culmination of those shows scraping off the cream of the crop and […]

When On Vacation, Be On Vacation

Why is it important to take breaks during the day? Your brain gets tired of staring at the screen and requires short recharges. Taking a few minutes per hour to look out a window, get a drink, or talk to a co-worker is all it takes to be able to refocus and allow your brain […]

A Closer Look at the Canon C200

Harness the power of Canon’s powerhouse flagship cinema camera, the Canon C200. The Canon C200 comes fully loaded with a super 35mm CMOS sensor, Dual Pixel CMOS AF Technology, and Dual DIGIC DV 6 Processors.  In addition, it shoots in 4K and in UHD 1920 resolutions at 59.94/50/29.97/25/24/23.98p & 120p in HD frame rates.

Odyssey 7Q+ 4k Video Recorder and Monitor

Though it’s not the newest piece of gear on the market, it’s solid, and it is reliable. The Odyssey 7Q+ is an industry standard 4K video recorder and monitor that has been used by professional film makers for several years. Toted as the best ProRes and Raw video recorder on the market, the Odyssey 7Q+ […]

Digital Anarchy Transcriptive Video Plugin

Digital Anarchy’s newest video plugin Transcriptive is finally out. This new powerful video plugin for Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects takes does in minutes, what it would take a team of workers to do in days. Full automated using Speechmatics or IBM Watson, this new plugin has been released by Digital Anarchy and is […]

Reviewing The Sony A7s II

We all know the importance of using a good camera. When the right moment comes, you need a camera that is reliable, high quality, and going to be something that you are proud of. The Sony A7s II fits this bill. If you can afford this camera, coming in at just under $3000, this full […]

Portable Power | Goal Zero Yeti 150 Solar Generator

Power is an important aspect when shooting a scene away from standard outlets or civilization. What is important to realize is that while batteries the best source for being able to power equipment in remote places, batteries do have their own limitations. For one, they eventually wear down and need to be recharged. So, what […]

Drones Can Fly Commercially

The Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration announced major changes to drone regulation, including commercial use of aerial footage. This is been long forth coming as we have been waiting for permission to use this new technology for business purposes. The FAA originally required all drone operators to obtain a pilot’s license at it’s […]

What is a motion background?

Motion Backgrounds are modern ways of adding excitement behind text or graphics to create movement.

Where can I get moving backgrounds?

Motionbolt.com has thousands of free motion backgrounds and video loops that are completely royalty free and ready to download for free.

How do I make a motion background?

Motion Backgrounds can be made using any program that accepts a video file. Anything can be used as a background, so simply grab a few seconds of video, or get more creative by using Adobe After Effects, or another video editing software program.

How do you add a background to presentation software?

The standard format for motion backgrounds is Mp4, so any presentation software that accepts that format will import these types of backgrounds. Motionbolt.com strictly uses Mp4 codecs to make sure all the motion backgrounds are compatible with the latest presentation software.