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Video Previews for Motion Graphics Templates Thumbnails in After Effects (Beta) 24.2.0x22

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November 21, 2023
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We're excited to announce that starting in After Effects (Beta) 24.2.0 build 22, you'll have the choice to export your .mogrt thumbnail with a video preview of the primary composition. Additionally, all .mogrt thumbnails will export at a full 16:9 resolution instead of being letterboxed.

In After Effects, in the Essential Graphics panel, select Export Motion Graphics Template… Select the Include video preview checkbox to create a video preview, or deselect it to create a static thumbnail.

In Premiere Pro, open the Essential Graphics panel and hover scrub over your .mogrt to see it animate.

Tell us what you think, your feedback is appreciated!

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Chris3457100805fo

Participant

Love this! However, there should be an option to toggle the video preview off to make even smaller MOGRTs.

Theresa Rostek

Author

Community Manager

hi @Chris3457100805fo,

There is a checkbox to enable or disable the video! The video itself is a 700x394 mp4, so it never should be more than a few megabytes. Mogrt filesize is impacted mostly by the size of any assets used inside of it, just the same as an AEP.

Cheers,

Theresa

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naim khan347338186gx0

Participant

This is what we have been waiting for a long time...!!

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Marissa Joyner

Participant

So looking forward to this update! It would be great if the video container itself was responsive to the mogrt aspect ratio instead of trying to fit all video sizes into a 16:9 container. The hover scroll playback can be a little weird, I would prefer the preview to auto-play on hover.

Alex White

Legend

Sorry for self-promotion, but you can already do that and even more with Aep To Mogrt Pro.

kulss

Inspiring

Just last week I learned how to get into the MOGRT and add my custom thumb.mp4 besides thumb.png, great timing! Hahah

Great update, thank you! Do you think it would be possible in the future to have a preview without hovering the whole frame from left to right to see the animation?

Theresa Rostek

Author

Community Manager

Thank you for your feedback. Are you envisioning an on rollover preview, and on click preview, or something else?

ribaslucas

Participant

I fear the new bugs that will come with it :C

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Jarle Leirpoll

Legend

Fantastic! Does it also get rid of the super-strange aspect ratio of the AE MOGRT thumbnails in Premiere Pro?

All of them should be square by default IMO, as the real aspect ratio of a MOGRT could be anything between 16x9 and 9x16 (plus some more). But it would be nice if the background would show the boundaries of the MOGRT. Black (transparent) areas are now rendered as black, as they probably should, but since the background of a thumbnail is also black, the boundaries do not show.

Theresa Rostek

Author

Community Manager

Hi Jarle,

The thumbnail now fills the 16:9 size. You can see the new thumbnail on the left, with the old behavior on the right, and vertical mogrt export on the bottom for comparison.

Thanks for your feedback! For the boundaries of the mogrt, what are you envisioning for that?

Best,

Theresa

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Jarle Leirpoll

Legend

Hi Theresa, I've tried to do some Photoshopping to illustrate my point. Most MOGRTs I make are NOT full screen, and they're NOT all 16/9. I think the previews should be square, not 16x9 - that's SO 2022. 🙂

In a square preview box, the 16x9 MOGRTs and the 9x16 MOGRTs would fill the same area. Why should 9x16 MOGRTs be smaller in the preview? Makes no sense to me.

Also, see how easy it is to see the boundaries when I changed the background from black to dark gray? Everyone can see what aspect ratio they are at a glance. Please don't give us a black background outside of the boundaries! Anything else but black will do.