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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
24 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Motion
Tabs
Motion uses tabbed windows to provide convenient access to multiple windows at
once. You can switch between windows simply by clicking the appropriate tab. In
addition, you can drag any tab out of its docked position to show the tabbed window
in its own separate window. You can also drag a tab into another window. This lets you
view multiple tabbed windows from the same group at one time. For example, you can
drag the Inspector tab to a new location so that you can view the Library and the
Inspector windows simultaneously.
To detach a tab:
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Drag the tab out of its docked position to any new location.
When you release the mouse button, the tab becomes its own window, and you can
use all standard window controls, such as closing, minimizing, and resizing.
To reattach a tab:
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Drag the tab at the top of the window back to its original location. For example, drag
the Inspector tab back to its original group of tabs, and release the mouse button.
The tab is reattached.
To show or hide a tab:
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In the Window menu, choose the name of the tab you want to show or hide. For
example, choose Window > Timeline to show or hide the Timeline tab. You can also
choose Keyframe Editor or Audio Editor to show or hide those tabs.
If the tab is detached from the Timeline area, click the close button. This closes the
window, and it does not reappear as a tab. To display the window again, use the
Window menu, and choose the appropriate command to show the window you want.
To reorder tabs:
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Drag a tab left or right in the tab area to reorder the tabs.
Swapping the Project Pane and Canvas
Similar to changing tab order, you can also change whether the Project pane appears
to the left of the Canvas (default), or to the right. This can be especially useful when
working with multiple monitors. For example, if the Canvas occupies the entire left
monitor and your Utility windows are on the right monitor, moving the Project pane to
the right side of the Canvas would make it closer to the Utility windows.
To move the project pane to the opposite side of the Canvas:
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Choose Window > Layouts > Swap Project Pane and Canvas.
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