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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
134 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Motion
Field Rendering: Turns off field rendering to improve performance. When field
rendering is enabled, a checkmark appears beside the menu item (Option+F).
Motion Blur: Turns off motion blur rendering to improve performance. When motion
blur rendering is enabled, a checkmark appears beside the menu item (Option+M).
Show Rulers: Turns display of rulers in the Canvas on and off. When rulers are visible, a
checkmark appears beside the menu item (Shift+Command+R).
The Guides Submenu
This submenu lets you control the guides in the Canvas.
Lock Guides: Causes all guides to be fixed in their current position. This prevents you
from accidentally moving a guide instead of moving an object (Option+Command+;).
Unlock Guides: Releases guides to be manually manipulated.
Clear Guides: Removes all guides from the Canvas.
Add Vertical Guide: Adds a vertical guide to the Canvas.
Add Horizontal Guide: Adds a horizontal guide to the Canvas.
The Overlays Submenu
This submenu turns the various indicators, guides and grids in the Canvas on and off.
Grid: Turns the display of a grid on and off. You can customize the grid in Canvas pane
of Motion Preferences. When the grid is displayed, a checkmark appears beside the
menu item (Command+’).
Guides: Turns the display of guides on and off. When guides are visible, a checkmark
appears beside the menu item (Command+;).
Dynamic Guides: Turns Dynamic Guides on and off. Dynamic Guides are the lines that
appear when you drag one item into alignment with another object. When Dynamic
Guides are enabled, a checkmark appears beside the menu item (Shift+Command+;).
Safe Zones: Turns the display of title and action safe borders on and off. You can
customize the safe zones in the Canvas pane of Motion Preferences. When safe zones
are displayed, a checkmark appears beside the menu item (‘).
Film Zones: Turns display of film-based aspect ratio borders on and off. You can
customize the film zones in the Canvas pane of Motion Preferences. When film zones
are displayed, a checkmark appears beside the menu item (Shift+’).
Handles: Turns the display of object handles in the Canvas on and off. The handles are
the corner points that let you manipulate an object. When handles are displayed, a
checkmark appears beside the menu item.
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