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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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2 Navigate to the file you want to import, then select the file.
3 Click OK.
The file is added to the Audio tab.
To remove a file from the Audio tab:
1 Select the file you want to remove.
2 Click the Delete (–) button in the upper-left corner of the tab.
The object is removed.
Note: This action removes the file from the project.
Filtering the Audio Tab
As your project becomes more complex, you may want to temporarily hide certain
audio files from view. This allows you to focus on one or more files without the
distraction of all the other files in your list. You can perform this sort of filtering by
using the Search field in the upper-right corner of the tab. For instructions on how to
filter your view, see “
Filtering the Layers List View” on page 59.
Additional Options
Quite a few additional features are available in the Audio tab, accessible through the
shortcut menu that appears when you Control-click files in the list.
Cut: Removes the file and places it on the Clipboard.
Copy: Copies the file to the Clipboard.
Paste: Places the contents of the Clipboard in the current location.
Duplicate: This creates a new file identical to the selection.
Delete: Removes the selected file.
Active: Turns the file on and off. This is equivalent to clicking the activation checkbox
in the On column.
Mute: Sets the selected item to be muted. This is equivalent to clicking the Mute
button in the Status column.
Solo: Sets the selected item to Solo. This is equivalent to clicking the Solo button in
the Status column.
Reveal Source Media: Opens the Media tab and highlights the media file associated
with the selected clip.
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