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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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Contents
Chapter 3 217 Basic Compositing
219
Layer and Object Order
221
Object and Layer Transforms in the Canvas
243
Editing Opacity and Blending
269
Drop Shadows
Chapter 4 273 Using the Timeline
274
Getting Familiar With the Timeline
282
Working in the Timeline
293
Editing Objects in the Timeline
306
Working in the Ruler
312
Adding Markers
Chapter 5 317 Using Behaviors
320
Browsing for Behaviors
321
Applying and Removing Behaviors
329
Customizing Behaviors
331
Working With Behaviors
335
Changing the Timing of Behaviors
341
Animating Behavior Parameters
343
Saving and Sharing Custom Behaviors
344
Behavior Descriptions
392
Behavior Examples
Chapter 6 401 Keyframes and Curves
405
Animating in the Canvas
409
Animating With the Dashboard
414
Animating Using the Inspector
419
Animating in the Timeline
424
Animating in the Keyframe Editor
446
Animating On the Fly
Chapter 7 453 Using Text
454
Using Text in Motion
456
Setting Object Duration Preferences
457
Working With Text
464
About Fonts
468
Using the Text Tools
473
Editing Text in the Inspector
524
Using Text Animation and Text Sequence Behaviors
556
Using Other Behaviors With Text Objects
559
Animating Text With Keyframes
560
Using LiveFonts
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