User Guide

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7 Click OK to import the Motion project.
The Motion project, identified by the Motion icon, is listed in the After Effects
Project window.
8 Drag the project into a new or existing composition.
The Motion project is treated like a QuickTime movie. Therefore, it can be composited
with other elements, and effects can be added.
To modify a Motion project once it has been imported into After Effects:
1 In After Effects, select the layer containing the Motion project.
2 Choose Edit > Edit Original.
If not already open, Motion launches and the project is opened for editing.
3 Modify the Motion project, then choose File > Save.
Changes to the Motion project are automatically updated in After Effects.
Additional After Effects integration notes
 Any Motion project with a field order set in the Project Properties dialog is
automatically rendered with fields in After Effects. To change this, edit the Motion
project using the Edit Original command in After Effects, then open the Project
Properties dialog in Motion (choose Edit > Project Properties, or press Command-J).
In the Project Properties dialog, set the Field Order to the desired setting (None/
Upper First [Odd]/Lower First [Even]).
 Motion blur in After Effects does not affect objects moving within the Motion
project. To enable motion blur for elements moving within the Motion project,
motion blur must be enabled in Motion. In Motion, choose View > Motion Blur (or
press Option-M), then save the project to update it in After Effects.
Fixed resolution
If a layer is set to the Combine blend mode when Fixed Resolution is turned on (in the
Layers tab of the Inspector), the layer is automatically set to the Normal blend mode.
Float
 When exporting a 16-bit or 32-bit float project, keep in mind that most file formats
available for export do not support float—including QuickTime (8 bit only). OpenEXR is
a float format. TIFF, PNG, and Adobe Photoshop files support the 16-bit integer format.
 Depending on your project, dithering can be useful or problematic. For example,
enabling dithering in a project in which banding is present may reduce the appearance
of the banding. In a float project, dithering may cause excessive noise in the project’s
output. For this reason, a checkbox has been added to the Project Properties dialog
(choose Edit > Project Properties or press Command-J) that allows you to turn
dithering on or off. This setting applies to the display and export of a project.