User Guide

Exporting

Issue: When exporting an interlaced NTSC D1 SD project to NTSC DV, the fields are

scaled, and therefore do not match the original NTSC D1 SD fields.

Workaround: Convert the NTSC D1 project (for example, any built-in templates) to

NTSC DV.

To convert an NTSC D1 project to an NTSC DV project:

1 Choose Edit > Project Properties (Command-J).

2 Choose NTSC DV from the Preset pop-up menu.

3 Click OK.

The contents of the project are centered vertically in the new project (the height

changes from 486 to 480). At this point, with certain templates, you can optionally

choose to nudge the background video up by a pixel. For example, in most lower-third

and transition templates, the video is assumed to be full-screen, so if you add field-

based video to replace the placeholder, you should nudge it up by a pixel to make sure

the fields match the fields of the original. For templates in which the placeholder video

is already scaled, you do not need to do this.

Frame rate

Issue: Once a project is created, you cannot change the frame rate of that project.

Workaround: Create a new project with the desired frame rate. Then in the old project,

select all the layers in the Layers tab. Drag the selected layers to the Layers tab in the

new project. You may have to adjust the timing of keyframes and objects in your

project to match the new frame rate.

Gradient generator

Issue: When the blend mode for a Gradient generator is set to anything other than

Normal on computers with ATI Radeon graphics cards, performance will be degraded

significantly.

Workaround: Apply a gradient to a shape instead.

Integration

Issue: Projects created in Motion, moved to another computer, then imported into

Final Cut Pro may have missing media.

Workaround: Once the Motion project is moved to the other computer (and all media

used in the project is available on the other computer), open and close the Motion

project in Motion, then open the project in Final Cut Pro.