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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
954 Appendix B Video and File Formats
To scale an imported graphic to match the frame size of a sequence, use the following:
Creating Graphics for HD Projects
Creating graphics and still images for high definition video projects is the same process
as for standard definition video. To determine the image dimensions for your sequence,
follow the guidelines below.
Unlike standard definition video formats, which use rectangular pixels, high definition
video formats use square pixels. You don’t have to worry about adjusting high
definition image dimensions before importing your graphics into Motion.
Frame size (pixels) Type of video
1920 x 1080 High definition, 16:9, Square Pixel
1280 x 720 High definition, 16:9, Square Pixel
720 x 486 Standard definition, 4:3, Nonsquare Pixel for NTSC
720 x 480 Standard definition DV, 4:3, Nonsquare Pixel for NTSC
720 x 576 Standard definition, 4:3, Nonsquare Pixel for PAL
640 x 480 Multimedia, 4:3, Square Pixel
480 x 360 Multimedia, 4:3, Square Pixel
320 x 240 Multimedia, 4:3, Square Pixel
240 x 180 Multimedia, 4:3, Square Pixel
160 x 120 Multimedia, 4:3, Square Pixel
Sequence preset Still image dimensions
1080i 1920 horizontal x 1080 vertical
720p 1280 horizontal x 720 vertical
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