Most editorial work eventually needs a title card or a lower third. Historically this meant a trip to After Effects, a round-trip to Motion, or a favour from a motion designer — before you could even cut a rough sequence together. AVScript’s Motion Graphics Generator eliminates that detour entirely.
The MG generator lives inside the editor itself. You open it, pick a template, type your text, hit preview, and the result loads straight into the main player. When it looks right, you send it to the bin as a WebM clip. From there it behaves exactly like any other clip — in/out points, timeline placement, FCPXML export.
No plugins. No install. No After Effects license required.
Available template types
Five templates cover the most common editorial needs:
| Template | Description | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Third | Two-line text bar anchored to the bottom of frame. Name line + role/subtitle line. | Interview identifiers, on-screen speaker tags |
| Title Card | Full-frame centred title with optional sub-title and background colour or gradient. | Act titles, chapter cards, documentary chapter breaks |
| Countdown | Animated numeric leader counting from a set value down to zero. | Broadcast leaders, pre-roll for streaming delivery |
| Transition Wipe | A directional wipe element — solid or gradient — that fills the frame then clears. | Scene transitions, chapter wipes, graphic stingers |
| Credit Roll | Multi-line vertical scroll with configurable speed, from bottom to top. | End credits, documentary credit sequences, acknowledgements |
How to use it
Step 1 — Open the panel and pick a template
Click the 🎬 MG button in the toolbar. The Motion Graphics Generator panel slides open. Template cards are displayed in a grid — click one to select it.
Step 2 — Customise and preview
Fill in the form fields: text content, accent colour, font size, duration, and output resolution. A live preview renders in the area below the form.
Preview in player
Click ▶ Preview in player. AVScript renders the graphic to WebM entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server. The rendered clip loads into the main video player and loops automatically, muted. Adjust the form and re-preview as many times as you need; each render takes under a second.
No audio on MG clips: Motion graphics clips have no audio track. When you export to FCPXML and import into Final Cut Pro, the clip arrives as a video-only element — no silent audio track to delete.
Add to Bin
When the preview looks right, click + Add to Bin. The WebM file drops into your Media Bin as a standard clip, with a name based on the template type and your text. From here it is treated identically to any footage clip:
- Set In and Out points with
I/O - Add to the Timeline with
E - Drag to reorder in the clip list
- Export as part of your FCPXML or Premiere XML
The clip’s duration in the bin matches the duration you set in the form.
Export
Motion graphics clips export as video-only WebM references in FCPXML. When you open the FCPXML in Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve, the clip is listed as a connected media item. On a delivery machine without the original WebM you can re-render from the source parameters — or simply flatten the MG layer before export.
Tip: Set your lower third duration slightly longer than you expect to use — it is easier to trim a clip in the timeline than to re-generate a shorter one.
Use cases
Workflow tip: For documentary work, create all your lower thirds early in the edit — before you start fine-cutting — so the names are already in the bin waiting when you need them. It takes about 30 seconds per subject.