An After Effects template alternative,
no editor to open
No comp to open, screen layer to replace or plugin to install. Every scene is a finished shot in an art-directed environment, the camera already moving. Drop in your screen recording and export a polished video in minutes, in your browser.
Free to make · export with Pro
Why Motion Mockups
- 01
A finished shot, not a project
You open a scene that is already lit, animated and rendered. There are no layers to find and nothing to render before you see your app in it.
- 02
No video editor
The editor is a web page. Your recording plays on the device's screen and follows the camera by itself; there is no plugin to install.
- 03
Places by one designer
I build each one in Blender: a sideboard in low sun, a concrete loft, a meadow. Soft shadows, depth of field, reflections, and the camera moving through.
Try your recording in a scene
Drop a screen recording here and the editor opens with it on a MacBook's screen, the shot ready. Make and preview free; export with Pro.
Drop your screen recording
It opens in the editor, playing in this scene
MP4 · MOV · WEBM · OR AN IMAGE
Parlor · Orbit
Make it on your computer
The editor is built for a computer: your recording, the timeline and the export. Copy the link and open it there.
Drop it to open it in Parlor · Orbit
Five places, all by one designer
One frame from each collection. In the editor your recording plays on the screen while the camera moves.
HomeWarm wood and soft light · MacBook
GalleryClean lines, studio light · MacBook
ParlorOak in low sun · Display
MeadowDappled shade outdoors · Display
LoftRaw concrete · MacBookEach scene free to make and preview · export with Pro
From recording to video
Here, four steps with the shot already built. With a template you work in a video editor; those steps follow Envato's listing and licence pages.
In Motion Mockups
- 01Drop in a screen recording or a screenshot.
- 02Choose scenes from the five collections; the recording follows each camera.
- 03Arrange them on one timeline; trim and scale the recording, set the aspect, reflections or a speed ramp.
- 04Export the MP4 from the browser, 1080 or 2160 pixels on the short edge.
With an After Effects template
- 01Find a template on Envato Elements or VideoHive, download it and license it for your project.
- 02Open it in After Effects or another editor it supports; install a plugin if it needs one.
- 03Replace the screen placeholder with your recording and fit it to the screen.
- 04Change text, timing, colours and music as you like.
- 05Render from your editor in the format you choose.
Side by side
Every fact links to its source, checked on November 10, 2026. Envato's prices in euros before tax, VideoHive's in US dollars, ours with tax.
| Motion MockupsThis site | After Effects templates | |
|---|---|---|
| The scene | Motion Mockups Each scene is finished before you arrive: built, lit, animated and rendered in Blender by one designer. The browser puts your recording on its screen, frame by frame, along the scene's camera. motionmockups.com/about · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates A project file by the template's author: you open it in your editor, swap the screen placeholder for your recording and render. Elements device-mockup templates · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| The look | Motion Mockups 5 collections of lit, furnished places: 83 scenes, each 8 seconds at 30 fps, every one by the same hand. motionmockups.com/about · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates It varies by author. Elements lists device-mockup templates 48 to a page over several pages; VideoHive's Product Promo category has 1,033 for “device mockup”. Elements device-mockup templates · VideoHive Product Promo · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| What you set | Motion Mockups Scenes and their order, trim and scale of the recording, aspect, reflections, speed ramp and reverse. Each camera move comes with its scene. motionmockups.com/about · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates Anything your editor allows: timing, text, extra layers, music and voice-over, as far as you know the editor. Elements device-mockup templates · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| Time to a video | Motion Mockups Minutes: recording in, scenes picked, MP4 out. motionmockups.com/about · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates Envato states none; it depends on the template and on your editor. elements.envato.com/pricing · Elements device-mockup templates · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| Where it runs | Motion Mockups In the browser, with nothing to install. Export in Chrome, Edge or Safari on a computer, Windows or Mac. motionmockups.com/pricing · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates A download for After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion or DaVinci Resolve; 137 of VideoHive's 1,033 device-mockup items need a plugin. Elements device-mockup templates · VideoHive Product Promo · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| Price | Motion Mockups Make and preview every scene with your recording before paying. Export with Pro: $35 a month or $240 a year, tax included. motionmockups.com/pricing · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates Envato Elements from €14.50 a month (Core, excluding tax) with unlimited downloads, or single VideoHive templates, for example $19 to $39. Your editor's licence is extra. elements.envato.com/pricing · VideoHive Product Promo · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| Licence | Motion Mockups Commercial and client use without credit, with no licence per project; what you exported stays yours after you cancel. motionmockups.com/pricing · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates Elements: each download licensed for “a single, specific project”; existing uses stay covered after you cancel, new projects don't. VideoHive's standard licence: one end product. elements.envato.com/pricing · videohive.net/licenses/standard · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| Devices | Motion Mockups iPhone, iPad, MacBook, a display and a TV. motionmockups.com/about · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates Whatever each template shows; it depends on the template. Elements device-mockup templates · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
| Export | Motion Mockups H.264 MP4 at 1080 or 2160 pixels on the short edge, 30 fps, five aspect ratios, no sound; stills as PNG or JPEG. motionmockups.com/about · checked Nov 10, 2026 | After Effects templates What your editor exports: any codec, size and frame rate, with sound and transparency. Elements device-mockup templates · checked Nov 10, 2026 |
Prices as shown on November 10, 2026. Elements is a subscription with a licence per project and Pro a subscription without one, so no saving is worked out between them. Spotted something out of date? hello@motionmockups.com
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Motion Mockups suits you if
you'd rather not open an editor, install a plugin or swap a screen layer: your recording plays on the device while the camera moves through a lit place, and you see it with your own recording before paying.
Need it for one launch? One month of Pro covers it: export everything, then cancel. What you exported stays licensed.
After Effects templates suit you if
you already work in After Effects, Premiere Pro or Final Cut, want to change everything (timing, text, music, voice-over, extra layers), need a device or a setting this catalog doesn't have, or want stock footage, music and fonts in the same Elements plan.
Free to make · export with Pro
Questions
Do I need After Effects?
No. The editor is a web page: drop in the recording, pick scenes and export the MP4 from the browser. To export you need a computer with Chrome, Edge or Safari; there is nothing to install and no plugin.
Can I add music or titles?
Not in Motion Mockups: exports are silent and there are no text layers. Add music, a voice-over or titles afterwards in any video editor; a template in After Effects lets you do all of it in one project.
How long can my recording be?
There is no length or clip limit. Scenes of one device type share one continuous recording on the timeline, so a long walkthrough carries on from scene to scene.
Are the scenes stock footage?
No. I model, light, animate and render each one in Blender myself; none is stock footage, and no AI model makes any part of a scene.
What does exporting cost?
Pro is $35 a month or $240 a year, tax included, for unlimited MP4 and still exports. Make the whole edit and watch the 720 preview with a watermark first, without an account; a refund is possible within 14 days if you've made fewer than 3 exports.