Surprisingly reliable even when it isn

This long-needed overhaul to Motion works quite well. Its relatively fast and, unlike its NLE brother, most of the changes are for the better. Regarding the title of my review, Motion crashed a few times while working on a relatively simple titling project (which has been a feature of Motion for its entire existence), but what was nice was about it how well it was able to recover and none of my work was lost (this is on Lion.)

We still need video-out support for broadcast monitoring (again like FCPX), but for straight up Motion graphics work and/or titling, I still find Motion the superior alternative to After Effects - the later having more power but not as quick for certain productions.

Also, even if you dont use FCPX, having Motion will give you access to all its talents plus install the wonderful ProRes codecs for use in other NLEs and video suites.

yoink about Motion, v5.0.1