Motion Clock

Accurately tracks and exports (Bar chart and CSV) your project hours in real-time in all Adobe Creative Suite applications (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro).  It's intuitive, unobtrusive, and syncs with your workflow effortlessly. Motion Clock ensures that every minute counts. Don't just track time; master it.

Pros, Freelancers: One-time leap, eternal tracking. Your creative flow is charted and sketched into an easy-to-export report!

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Description
Our time is running out

One-time leap, eternal tracking:
Your creative flow, charted into an ever-ready report: CSV + Bar Chart.

Ever thought of dictating time rather than racing against it?
Motion Clock harnesses the time flow in After Effects and Adobe Suite.

Tweak it, and add or subtract some time at will.
Then export your data per file as .csv, or turn it into a bar chart. Join the designers who aren't tracking time but mastering it!


 After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Illustrator

Motion Clock's features:

1. Project Time Management UP to 150 project files at the same time (save as CSV if you have more)
Tracks the time spent on each project, visually representing elapsed time. The time display format is customizable
2. Project Information and Switching:
Displays the current project's information, including its name and elapsed time. Users can easily switch between different projects, with time tracking adjusting automatically.
3. CSV Upload and Data Management:
Users can upload a CSV file to update their project data, allowing for the removal of old or unnecessary projects. The tool also supports exporting project data in different formats like CSV (Excel, Numbers), and HTML bar Charts
4. Idle Time Alert:
A customizable feature that notifies users to know if the timer needs to stop. Users can switch it on or off and set a delay for the alert.
5. Project Archiving:
Allows users to mark a project as archived, removing it from the active project list but retaining the data for future reference.
6. Help and Customizable Settings:
It provides a help section for users to understand its functionality better. Users can also customize various settings according to their preferences.
7. Dockable and Multilingual:
The tool can be docked and remains active after saving and restarting the project. The core system supports multiple languages, enhancing its accessibility to users worldwide.
8. Robust Error Handling:
Equipped with mechanisms to handle issues like no project selected, no matching project found, and more.


A Companion in Sync with Your Rythm.


Quote

Motion Clock accompanies you on your digital journey, as discreet as a shadow but as handy as a sidekick.
Docked conveniently within your application, Motion Clock automatically recognizes when you launch a project, tracking the hours spent in real-time. It's like a silent co-pilot, keeping a vigilant eye on the flight time while you steer your creative ship through the seas of pixels.


UI

Effortless Project Tracking for an Accurate Overview

With its intuitive ability to update project data as you hop from one piece of work to another, Motion Clock ensures that no minute is overlooked.
So whether you're tweaking a keyframe in After Effects, creating a vector in Illustrator, touching up a photo in Photoshop, or editing a sequence in Premiere Pro, your hours are accurately tracked, turning your creative efforts into tangible data.


Short Tutorial

An assistant, not a stalker.

Modal Dialogs - Your Project's Snapshot at a Glance

Gone are the days of scrolling through endless timelines or rummaging in complex directories to understand the time spent on your projects. Instead, Motion Clock's modal dialogs are your project's instant snapshot.

It's like a time capsule, capturing your work progress and status for a quick overview without opening each project.

Simple Data Export - Your Project Details, a Click Away

Exporting project data with Motion Clock is as simple as clicking a button.
Be it for an upcoming client meeting or to soothe a feline friend with a penchant for keyboards, you can secure your data effortlessly.

An Ongoing Journey of Improvements

We're just getting started. We're relentlessly enhancing our UI, refining our logo, and even considering expanding our capabilities to related apps.
Like your keyframes and shapes, we believe in moving forward and evolving to serve your creative journey better.
In a realm where creativity meets pixels and projects dance with deadlines, Motion Clock becomes your guide, scribe, and historian. It doesn't just track time; it helps you master it.
Dive nto the world of Motion Clock, your personal time tracker. Start making every creative moment count because, with Motion Clock, you're not just tracking time.

2025 COMPATIBILITY:
2025


You're creating The Art of Time.



Update Time, Switch Projects, Export CSV or Bar Charts

update switch graph


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Version History

1.1.7 -

Nov 6, 2024

Export CSV in a click.
Compatibility with 2025 cosolidated
Minor fixes.

1.1.6 -

Aug 17, 2023

Fixed an issue for users with a message to save first.

1.1.5 -

Jul 2, 2023

Chameleon Mode: Adapts to the background of your Adobe software environment - be it After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, or Illustrator.

Enhanced Info Button: Your one-stop hub for all essential details.

One-Touch Settings Closure: Hit save and the settings window closes automatically, saving you an extra click.

Bug Swatting: We've tackled and eliminated minor bugs to ensure a seamless experience.

1.1.4 -

Jun 29, 2023

CSV Upload
Idle Time Alert: ON/OFF
Delay for the Idle Time Alert

1.1.3 -

Jun 25, 2023

Timer is now a textfield

1.1.21 -

Jun 25, 2023

Fixed : timer management

1.1.2 -

Jun 23, 2023

New Feature: Manage your timer

1.1.1 -

Jun 22, 2023

Typo fixed
Graph tooltip fixed
Menu fixed

1.1.0 -

Jun 21, 2023

NEW UI: ARCHIVE, EXPORT CSV, EXPORT HTL
Minor bug fixed

1.0.9 -

Jun 20, 2023

Graph HTML fixed

1.0.8 -

Jun 19, 2023

New Graph displayed

1.0.7 -

Jun 19, 2023

Important update: Now you can export in 1 CLICK your .csv and your BAR CHART in Html :)

1.0.6 -

Jun 18, 2023

Important update: Now you can export in 1 CLICK your .csv and your BAR CHART in Html :)

1.0.5 -

Jun 15, 2023

CEP Panel fixed

1.0.4 -

Jun 15, 2023

Window bug with PS fixed

1.0.3 -

Jun 15, 2023

Timer stops every 10 minutes fixed.

1.0.2 -

Jun 14, 2023

Initial Release

Compatibility

After Effects

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

Illustrator

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

Photoshop

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

Premiere Pro

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020