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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
96 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Motion
Text Styles: Contains a collection of preset type styles that can be applied to text
objects.
Music: This Library category allows you to browse for and import audio files directly
from your iTunes library. The Music subcategories include the library and any playlists
created in iTunes. The contents of each playlist appear in the file stack. When displayed
in list view, the Music category shows the Name, Artist, Album, Duration, and Size
information created in iTunes.
Note: Rights-protected AAC files cannot be imported into Motion and do not appear in
the file stack. This includes all music purchased from the iTunes store.
Photos: This Library category allows you to browse for and import image files directly
from your iPhoto library. The Photos subcategories include the library and any albums
created in iPhoto. The contents of each album appear in the file stack.
Note: When importing large-scale images into Motion, you have the option to import
the files as is, to scale the images to the size of the Canvas, or to change the resolution
of the images to fit the Canvas. For more information, see “
Using High Resolution Still
Images” on page 165.
Content: Contains individual elements used in the templates and other presets.
Favorites: As you make custom versions of any type of effect, you can store them in
the Favorites folder. You can also add shortcuts to frequently used items. By default, this
folder is empty.
Favorites Menu: This is another category of favorites. Items stored in this folder appear
in the Favorites menu in the menu bar.
The File Stack
The bottom section of the Library shows the contents of the folder selected in the
Sidebar, or the contents of a subfolder.
To view the contents of a folder displayed in the file stack, do one of the
following:
m
Double-click the folder.
m
Select the folder, then press Return.
The contents of the folder replace the current file stack view.
To return to a previously viewed folder, do one of the following:
m
Click the Back button directly beneath the Preview area.
m
Choose a new folder from the Path pop-up menu directly beneath the Preview area.
m
Press Command+Up Arrow.
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