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Table Of Contents
- Motion User Manual
- Contents
- Motion 2 Documentation and Resources
- Getting To Know Motion
- Creating and Managing Projects
- Creating New Projects
- Managing Projects
- Editing Project Properties
- Browsing Media Files in Motion
- File Types Supported by Motion
- Adding Media to Your Project
- Managing Objects in Your Project
- Deleting Objects From a Project
- Exchanging Media in a Project
- Object Media Tab Parameters
- Using Media in the Library
- Organizing Layers and Objects in Motion
- The Background of Your Project
- Selecting Objects and Layers in the Layers Tab
- Reorganizing Objects in the Layers Tab
- Nesting Layers Inside Other Layers
- Grouping and Ungrouping Objects
- Showing and Hiding Layers and Objects
- Fixing the Size of a Layer
- Locking Layers and Objects
- Collapsing and Uncollapsing Layer Hierarchies
- Renaming Layers
- Searching for Layers and Objects
- Sorting Layers and Objects in the Media Tab
- Customizing and Creating New Templates
- Basic Compositing
- Using the Timeline
- Using Behaviors
- Keyframes and Curves
- Using Text
- Working With Particles
- The Anatomy of a Particle System
- Using Particle Systems
- Creating Graphics and Animations for Particle Systems
- Advanced Particle System Controls
- Animating Objects in Particle Systems
- Using Behaviors With Particle Systems
- Applying Filters to Particle Systems
- Particle System Examples
- Saving Custom Particle Effects to the Library
- Using the Replicator
- The Difference Between the Replicator and a Particle System
- The Anatomy of the Replicator
- Using the Replicator
- Advanced Replicator Controls
- Animating Replicator Parameters
- Using the Sequence Replicator Behavior
- Using Behaviors With Replicators
- Applying Filters to Replicators
- Saving Custom Replicators to the Library
- Using Filters
- About Filters
- Working With Filters
- An Introduction to Filters
- Working With Filters
- Enabling, Renaming, and Locking Filters
- Copying, Pasting, and Moving Filters
- Reordering Filters
- Changing Filter Timing
- Blur Filters
- A Fun Effect That Can Be Used With All the Blur Filters
- Border Filters
- Color Correction Filters
- Distortion Filters
- Glow Filters
- Keying Filters
- Matte Filters
- Sharpen Filters
- Stylize Filters
- Tiling Filters
- Working With Third-Party Filters
- Working With Generators
- Using Shapes and Masks
- Working With Audio
- Exporting Motion Projects
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Video and File Formats
- Supported File Formats
- Standard Definition vs. High Definition Video Formats
- Popular Video Codecs for File Exchange
- What Is Field Order?
- Using Square or Nonsquare Pixels When Creating Graphics
- Differences in Color Between Computer and Video Graphics
- Using Fonts and Creating Line Art for Video
- Scaling Imported High-Resolution Graphics
- Creating Graphics for HD Projects
- Integration With Final Cut Pro
- Using Gestures
- Index
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To open one or more project files in the Finder, do one of the following:
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Double-click a Motion project file. Motion automatically opens with that project.
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Select one or more Motion project files, then drag them onto the Motion application
icon either in the Applications folder or in the Dock, if you’ve placed one there.
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Select one or more Motion project files, then choose File > Open (or press
Command+O) in the Finder.
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Select one or more Motion project files, Control-click one of them, then choose Open
from the shortcut menu.
Motion automatically starts and opens all selected projects.
To open a project file from within Motion using the Open command:
1 Choose File > Open (or press Command+O).
The Open dialog appears.
2 In the Open dialog, navigate to the project file you want, then click Open.
To open a project file from within the Motion File Browser:
1 In the File Browser, navigate to the project file you want and then select the file.
2 Do one of the following:
• Double-click the project file.
• In the Preview area, click the Import button.
The project opens in a new Canvas.
Opening Recent Projects
Every project you open in Motion is automatically added to the Open Recent submenu
in the File menu. You can choose a project from a list of projects that you’ve worked on
recently from this submenu. Motion keeps the names of the previous projects you’ve
worked on in the Open Recent submenu.
To open a recent project:
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From the File menu, choose a project’s filename from the Open Recent submenu.
If the Open Recent submenu becomes too crowded, you can clear it out.
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