Gomotion was born from our frustration with how hard it is to bring ideas to life through animation. Traditional tools like After Effects take months to master, and every video can swallow days—sometimes weeks—of production time. We want to make it possible to craft motion animations in minutes and give everyone the power to express ideas with no technical barriers, just creativity.
— Lionel & Philippe
Co-founders, former timeline hostages, still pressing "publish"
I'm sitting here at 2 AM, staring at a timeline that should have taken 20 minutes but has eaten my entire weekend.
My co-founder just messaged me: "Started another After Effects project. Please help."
Here's the thing: I have a Master's in Data Science and 1,380 YouTube subscribers who trust me to explain complex AI concepts. My co-founder is a senior frontend engineer who's shipped amazing products for more companies than we can count. We're not dumb.
But when it comes to turning our ideas into motion? We're hostages.
Me: I've got this brilliant way to visualize how neural networks learn. It's crystal clear in my head. Should take 5 seconds of animation.
Reality: 47 hours later, I'm googling "how to make text follow bezier curve" for the thousandth time, my idea is half-dead, and I'm questioning my life choices. The timeline? Never finished.
My co-founder: I need a simple product demo. Clean, professional, 30 seconds max.
Reality: Three abandoned After Effects projects later, we're still explaining our product with static screenshots and hand gestures.
“Why is explaining an idea pure joy, but showing the idea pure torture?”
Forget everything you know about motion graphics. We're notbuilding another After Effects, and we're not adding more buttons to Figma. We're replacing the entire timeline with a single prompt.
Every creator has that folder. You know the one. "Video Ideas"with 47 half-finished concepts that died because animation was too hard.
Every entrepreneur has that moment when you realize a simple demo video would explain everything, but the learning curve feels steeper than your startup journey.
Every educator has that frustration when the perfect explanation is right there in your head, but getting it out requires learning software that feels like rocket science.
We're a few months deep, shipping every Friday night with pizza boxes and energy drinks scattered across our desks. Our north star is simple: let anyone on Earth turn words into moving pictures before their coffee gets cold.
If you've ever had a brilliant idea die in a timeline... If you've ever started an After Effects project and never finished it... If you've ever chosen not to share something because making it move felt impossible... This is for you.
— Lionel & Philippe
Co-founders, former timeline hostages, still pressing "publish"
P.S. Yes, we're still learning After Effects. No, we're not getting better at it.
