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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
156 Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects
To clear the Open Recent submenu:
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Choose File > Open Recent > Clear Menu.
Closing Projects
You can close projects either one at a time, or all at once. You close projects by closing
their project window (the window containing the Canvas).
To close a single project, do one of the following:
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Press Control+W to close the currently selected window.
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Click the Canvas window’s close button.
To close all open projects, do one of the following:
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Press Command+Option+W.
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Option-click the close button.
Note: Depending on the version, Option-clicking the close button to close all open
projects may not work on your current operating system.
Moving and Archiving Motion Project Files
If you want to move a Motion project file to another computer, you must also move all
the media that the project uses along with it, including all QuickTime, still image, and
audio files. In addition, if your project uses any third-party Motion plug-ins or
nonstandard fonts or LiveFonts, you need to make sure that those are also installed on
the computer you’re moving the project to, or they’ll be unavailable to your project.
Similarly, when you’re finished with a project and you want to archive it, it’s a good idea
to archive not just the project file, but also all media used (especially media that wasn’t
captured from a device-controllable video or audio source), graphics, fonts, custom
behaviors, filters, or third-party add-ons used by that project. In the event you want 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 files to a recordable CD or DVD disc, see Mac Help in the
Finder Help menu.
Managing Multiple Open Projects
Each open project is self-contained in its own window, and each has its own Layers,
Media, Audio, Timeline, Keyframe, and Audio Editor tabs.
You can use the Exposé All Windows command to see all open project windows at
once. For more information on how to use Exposé, see Mac Help, available in the
Finder Help menu.
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