User Guide

Late-Breaking News About Motion 2.1.2

The following known issues have been fixed in Motion 2.1.2.

Filters

Motion 2.1.2 provides improved compatibility with third-party After Effects filters on

PowerPC-based Macintosh computers.

Motion 2.1.2 resolves visual differences between Motion 2.1 and Motion 2.0.1 when

using certain blur, color correction, distortion, glow, stylize, and tiling filters.

Motion 2.1.2 resolves visual differences between Motion 2.1 and Motion 2.0.1 when

using certain generators, including Checkerboard and Star.

Motion 2.1.2 fixes an incorrect value for the Glass Distortion filter’s default Softness

parameter. (The correct value of 5.00 has been restored.)

Motion 2.1.2 resolves an issue that caused the MinMax filter, when applied to large

images, to corrupt the resulting output image.

Motion 2.1.2 fixes an incorrect minimum value for the Bulge filter’s Scale parameter.

(The correct minimum value of –10 has been restored.)

Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when

simultaneously playing back a project containing a text object with an applied Circle

Blur filter and previewing the Texture Screen filter or Glass Distortion filter in the

Utility window.

Motion 2.1.2 resolves an interface issue that prevented adjustment of the Angle

parameter for all Image Unit filters and for certain Motion filters.

Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that caused certain Motion filters to clamp RGB values

greater than 1 when rendering in float.

Library

Motion 2.1.2 resolves an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when a user’s

system contains a volume for which the user has no Read permissions.

Timeline

Motion 2.1.2 fixes an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when the Caustics

generator is added to the Timeline while the Timeline is displayed.

Soundtrack Pro Integration

Motion 2.1.2 resolves an issue that sometimes caused Motion to stop responding when

the user modifies an audio file in Soundtrack Pro, saves the file, then quickly switches

back and forth between Motion and Soundtrack Pro.