Notes from the Match-Cut team
Product updates, and editing techniques — from the people building.
Free online motion design software
Nearly every free tier in this category makes the same trade: a watermark, a cap, or both. A tool-by-tool look at which one, and why watermarks are usually the honest default.
Platforms for generating interactive SVG animations without coding
SVGator, Expressive Animator, Rive, Lottie editors, and Match-Cut's own frame-based event system, compared on trigger models and output formats.
Match-Cut's SVG animation capabilities
Paths stay paths, start to finish. What it actually means to animate vector work on the same timeline as your footage.
Animated GIF maker online
Why "just make a GIF" turns into a multi-tool afternoon, and when it's actually worth finishing the clip on a real timeline instead.
Online motion design software
A tour of the category — Rive, Lottie, Spline, Jitter, template tools — and the one job most of them still don't cover: real video footage.
After Effects vs. Match-Cut: which one is actually for you
Two timeline tools, two very different jobs. A compositor-vs-editor breakdown of when the depth of After Effects is worth the round trip.
Canva vs. Match-Cut: which one is actually for you
Both get filed under "video editor," but they're built for different jobs. A social-manager-vs-motion-designer breakdown of where each one wins.