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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
Composite edit 283, 285
copying and pasting 298
creating new layers 72, 288, 289
defining the play range 308
deleting all markers 314
deleting keyframes 422
deleting Layers 292
deleting markers 314
deleting objects 292, 297
disabling tracks 277
disconnecting Layer track from its contents 305
displaying 274
displaying frames 74
displaying thumbnails 76
displaying timecode 74
display options buttons 70
divider 71
editing in the layer track 301, 306
editing markers 314
editing objects 293–306
editing overlapping objects 304
editing terminology 293
effects controls 69
enabling tracks 277
Exchange edit 285, 286
gestures for 969
grouping layers 291
hiding video objects 71
icon mode 281
Insert edit 284, 285
jumping to end of project 307
jumping to start of project 307
keyboard shortcuts 936
keyframing 419–424
Layer list 68, 276
Layer list width 72
locking tracks 278
manipulating audio/video elements
separately 279
markers 312, 316
markers, different types 312
modifying keyframes 420
moving a keyframe 420
moving an entire layer as a single object 301
moving an object 293
moving an object from one layer to another 290
moving an object to the playhead 294
moving a single object within a layer 302
moving behaviors 337
moving by one frame 307
moving by ten frames 307
moving objects in the Layer track 301
moving overlapping objects within a layer 303
multi-selecting tracks 292
navigating 306
navigating to markers 316
nesting layers 291
object colors 274
Overwrite edit 284, 286
Paste Special 299
placing one layer inside another 291
rearranging objects within a layer 289
regions 309
removing objects 72
renaming objects 276
replacing an object in an existing layer 288
resizing track height 280
Ripple Delete 297
ruler 74, 306
ruler format 74
Sequential edit 285, 286, 287
showing audio 280
showing audio files 71
showing behaviors 70, 280
showing filters 280
showing keyframes 70, 280, 419
showing layers 280
showing masks 70, 280
slipping an object 296
slipping objects in the layer track 305
splitting tracks 292
thumbnails 281
Timeline tab 68
track area 73
track display settings 281
track height 71
track order 289
track visibility 277
trimming an object 294
trimming behaviors 336
trimming keyframed effects 423
trimming multiple objects 296
trimming objects in the Layer track 304
trimming without changing effects 305
turning behaviors off 69
turning filters off 69
turning masks off 69
ungrouping 291
view options 279
Zoom/Scroll control 75, 280
zooming 75, 280
zooming to play range 75
Zoom slider 280
Timeline icon 33
Timing
of behaviors 335
particle systems 583
Timing icon 274
Timing pane 21, 67–87
Audio Editor 21, 82
displaying 67
icon 31
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