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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
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Lines: Turns the display of object border lines on and off. Handles must also be turned
on in order to view lines. When lines are displayed, a checkmark appears beside the
menu item.
Animation Path: Turns display of animation paths on and off. Animation paths are the
lines that show where an object moves in the Canvas. Handles must also be turned on
in order to view animation paths. When animation paths are displayed, a checkmark
appears beside the menu item.
Show Overlays: Turns the display of all overlays on and off in the Canvas. This setting
must be on in order to view any of the other overlay items (grids, guides, and so on).
When Show Overlays is active, a checkmark appears beside the menu item
(Command+/).
Snap: Turns object snapping on and off in the Canvas. Snapping automatically aligns
objects as you drag them. When snap is enabled, a checkmark appears beside the
menu item (N).
Show/Hide Fonts: Displays (or hides) the Font dialog for selecting fonts and font
attributes (Command+T).
Show/Hide Colors: Displays (or hides) the Colors window for selecting colors
(Shift+Command+C).
Show/Hide Toolbar: Toggles display of the Toolbar. This is equivalent to clicking the
Roll-up button at the upper-right corner of the Canvas (Option+Command+T).
Customize Toolbar: Opens the Customize Toolbar sheet.
The Window Menu
This menu contains controls to show and hide all of the windows, panes, and tabs in
the Motion interface. You can also choose and manage window layout sets.
Minimize: Shrinks the active window to the Dock. This is equivalent to clicking the
Minimize button at the upper left of the window (Command+M).
Zoom: Resizes the active window to maximize desktop real estate. Toggles between
full screen and the previously saved non-full screen state.
Save Current Layout: Stores the current window arrangement. Choosing this option
requires you to name the layout you want to save. The new layout appears in the
Layouts Submenu.
Manage Layouts: Opens the Manage Layouts dialog where you can add, delete, and
modify custom window layouts.
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