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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Orientation
- About Motion
- Getting Started
- The Motion Interface
- The Utility Window
- The File Browser
- Dynamic Guides
- Importing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Files
- The Canvas
- The Toolbar
- Current Frame and Project Duration Fields
- The Transport Controls
- The Mini-Timeline
- The Library
- Motion Dashboards
- The Inspector
- Parameter Basics
- Using the Animation Menu vs. Using the Record Button
- The Project Pane
- The Playground
- Your No. 2 Pencil
- Using the Timeline
- Using Keyframes in Motion
- Keyframe Basics
- Creating Keyframes in the Canvas
- Using Animation Paths
- Keyframe Interpolation Basics
- Using the Keyframe Editor
- Checking Your Selection
- Recording Keyframes During Playback
- Keyframing Objects With Applied Behaviors
- Keyframing in the Dashboard
- Keyframing in the Inspector
- Keyframing Filters
- Converting Behaviors to Keyframes
- Arts and Letters
- Extra Credit
20 Chapter 1 Orientation
To switch the time display in a project from frames to timecode:
m
Click the stopwatch next to the Project Duration field or next to the Current Frame
field.
To change the length of an existing project:
m
Enter a new project duration in the Project Duration field (located in the lower-right
portion of the Canvas adjacent to the transport controls).
Note: You can also choose Edit > Project Properties (or press Command+J) and set the
Duration field to a new project length, as well as change additional project settings.
The Transport Controls
Use the transport controls to play your project, move to the beginning or end of a
project, or scrub through your project one frame at a time. The controls also enable
keyframing and audio playback.
If you have a Wacom tablet installed on your computer, you can use gestures to control
playback and scrubbing, as well as to navigate your project. Gestures are contiguous
patterns drawn on your tablet that represent specific commands, such as advance one
frame forward, zoom in or out of the Canvas, and so on. For more information, see
Appendix C, “Using Gestures,” in Motion Help.
To play your project:
m
Click the Play button.
The Play button changes to a Pause button.
To stop or pause playback:
m
Click the Pause button.
Project Duration field
Stopwatch
Go to start
of project
Go to next frame
Go to end of project
Go to previous frame
Play from start
Loop playback
Play/Pause
Play/Mute audio
Record
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