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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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Markers can be added to your project to identify an important frame or range of
frames. For more on creating and using markers, see “
Adding Markers” on page 312.
Zooming in the Timeline
As you get familiar with using the Timeline, you will find yourself wanting to focus on
an individual edit point one second, and the next, you’ll want to see the overview of
your whole project. Fortunately, you can quickly zoom in and out on the Timeline using
a variety of different tools.
The bottom of the Timeline contains a Zoom slider and a Zoom/Scroll control.
To zoom the Timeline using the Zoom slider:
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Click the thumb of the Zoom slider and drag left to zoom in, and right to zoom out.
The Timeline updates as you drag.
To zoom the Timeline using the Zoom/Scroll control:
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Click the edge of the scroll bar thumb and drag it away from the center to zoom out
and toward the center to zoom in.
The Timeline updates as you drag.
You can also automatically zoom the Timeline to include the entire duration of your
project or just the play range as defined by the play range indicators (In and Out
points).
To zoom the Timeline to fit the entire project, do one of the following:
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Double-click the Zoom Time View button to the right of the ruler.
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Choose View > Zoom Time View > To Project.
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Control-click the ruler, then choose Zoom to Project from the shortcut menu.
To zoom the Timeline to fit the play range, do one of the following:
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Click the Zoom Time View button to the right of the ruler.
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Choose View > Zoom Time View > To Play Range.
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Control-click the ruler, then choose Zoom to Play Range from the shortcut menu.
Zoom slider
Zoom/Scroll control
Thumb
Zoom Time View button
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