Julio Cacko - MotionUIFX - Animate UI Materials on the Timeline

Animate Your UI Like Never Before

Are you fed up with interfaces that remain static and lifeless? MotionUIFX provides UMG developers access to material animation features so they can easily produce rich dynamic and visually attractive user interfaces. This plugin connects materials to UMG timelines through a performance-oriented design which allows artists to animate parameters with position and opacity-level ease.

MotionUIFX delivers the essential tools to help you create professional-grade AAA-quality UI effects including both simple glow and pulse animations and advanced dissolve and glitch effects.

Key Features

  • Effortless Timeline Animation: The tool allows you to animate any scalar material parameter directly within your UMG animation timelines. You can animate any widget movement to create glowing, dissolving or glitching effects.

  • Performance First Design: Beauty does not need to compromise performance. MotionUIFX optimizes performance by turning off rendering for hidden widgets and executing parameter updates only when necessary to minimize GPU usage.

  • Simple "Animatable Effects Box" Widget: This widget serves as an advanced replacement for the regular RetainerBox. To start animating your widget simply add the Animatable Effects Box to your hierarchy then assign the material.

  • No-Code Workflow: The tool serves artists and designers along with anyone who wants amazing outcomes without needing to write C++ code or build intricate Blueprint frameworks.

  • Full Blueprint Control: Advanced users can access the entire API through Blueprint for creating dynamic event-driven effects along with deep customization options.

Quick Start Guide

Example Use Cases

  • Interactive Buttons: Buttons that pulse or glow effects can be made for hover interactions.

  • Dynamic Health/Mana Bars: Custom damage and healing effects and resource warning animations can be applied to health bars.

  • Cinematic Menu Transitions: Create stunning screen transitions through fade and dissolve and pixelate effects.

  • Engaging Loading Screens: Make your loading screens dynamic through animated spinners and progress indicators with background animations