Instruction Manual

Chapter 6 Create and manage projects 153
Note: You cannot edit or delete locked project presets. You cannot unlock a preset that is built
into Motion. When the preset is double-clicked, an alert appears stating that the preset cannot
be modied. To create a copy of the preset that you can customize, click OK.
Moving presets between computers
Each preset you create is saved as a separate le. If you create custom presets that you rely on,
you can move them to other computers that have Motion installed.
Copy a project preset to another computer
m Copy your custom preset les to that computer’s /Users/username/Library/Application Support/
Motion/Presets/ folder.
Note: The Library folder is hidden in the OS X Finder. To show your Library folder, hold down the
Option key, then choose Go > Library.
Project background color
Two parameters in a project’s Properties Inspector aect the background color of a project and
aect how a composition appears when exported out of Motion. (To open a project’s Properties
Inspector, choose Edit > Project Properties.)
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Background Color: Use this color well to set the color appearing in the Canvas when no other
object obscures the background.
Note: To export a project with a premultiplied alpha channel, Motion always renders
against black.
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Background: Use this pop-up menu to set whether the background color is rendered as part of
the alpha channel. If set to Solid, the background color creates a solid alpha channel. If set to
Transparent, the background color does not render as part of the alpha channel. In either case,
the background color is visible in the Canvas.
Organize groups and layers
Organize groups and layers overview
When you drag a media le from the Library or File Browser into the Canvas, Layers list, or
Timeline, or generate an image from within Motion, the resulting element is represented
as a layer. Think of layers as a series of clear overlays stacked on top of each other. These
layers combine to create the composite you see in the Canvas. Motion provides a graphical
representation of this layer hierarchy in the Layers list and in the Timeline. You can rearrange the
stacking order of layers in your composition by dragging them to a new location in either list.
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