Instruction Manual

Chapter 6 Create and manage projects 191
Move and archive Motion project les
To move a Motion project le to another computer, you must also move all media that the
project uses, including all QuickTime, still image, and audio les. In addition, any third-party
Motion plug-ins or nonstandard fonts used in the project must be installed on the new
computer, or they’ll be unavailable to your project.
Similarly, when you nish a project and want to archive it, it’s a good idea to archive the project
le and all media (especially media that wasn’t captured from a device-controllable video or
audio source), graphics, fonts, custom behaviors, lters, and third-party add-ons used in the
project. If you need to restore the project for later revisions, you’ll have everything you need to
get started quickly. If you have a recordable CD or DVD drive, backing up your media is easy. For
more information on copying les to a CD or DVD, see OS X Help (in the Finder, choose Help >
Help Center).
The easiest way to collect all media for your project is to use the Collect Media feature. For more
information, see Save projects on page 187.
Note: If you move a project to another computer without collecting, its media can go oine
even though you’ve moved its media les with it. For more information on how to relink media
les to your project, see Online versus oine media on page 175.
Search for projects using the Finder
Spotlight indexes the following properties of Motion projects, allowing you to perform advanced
searches. Use Spotlight in the Finder to take advantage of this feature.
Project property Description
Width Project width, in pixels
Height Project height, in pixels
Duration Project duration, in seconds
Layer name The name of a layer in a project
Media name The name of a media object in a project
Pathname The path to a media object in a project
Text The content of a text object in a project
Description Text in the Project Description eld in the Properties
Inspector
Marker name The name of a marker in the Timeline of a project
Marker comment Text of a marker comment in a project
Project properties
Project properties overview
When you create a project, you specify a set of project properties—Resolution, Frame Rate,
Duration, and so on. You can change most of these properties at any time, even after you add
objects to the project.
The Properties Inspector lets you dene the most essential attributes of a project. By choosing
dierent parameters, you can accommodate nearly any video or lm format you need to output
to. These properties are the default settings used when you export your project.
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