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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
Chapter 4 Using the Timeline 277
Enabling Timeline Tracks
To the left of each track in the Timeline Layer list is an activation checkbox that turns
that track on and off. When a track is turned off (disabled), it is ignored in the Canvas.
Not only can you turn video or audio objects on and off, but you can also disable or
enable effects such as masks, filters, and behaviors.
To turn visibility for an object on or off:
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Click the checkbox at the left edge of the track you want to control.
When the box is checked, visibility is on, and when the box is unchecked, visibility is
off. Additionally, when a track is disabled, the entire track is dimmed in the Timeline.
Managing the Layer List
Motion allows you to collapse and expand different parts of your Layer list to show
more or less data to accommodate different working styles. Individual objects with
masks, generators, or filters can be collapsed to hide those effects bars. Furthermore,
whole layers can be collapsed to hide all of the objects contained within them.
When an object or effect is collapsed in this manner, it still appears in the Canvas
window. Unlike enabling or disabling tracks, collapsing and expanding the Timeline
Layer list is only an organizational tool to help manage the view of the Timeline.
To collapse or expand an object in the Timeline:
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Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the object name. If no disclosure triangle is
present, that object cannot be collapsed or expanded any further.
Activation checkbox
is turned off.
Disabled track
Disclosure triangle
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