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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
178 Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects
Import Merged Layers: All layers of the Photoshop file are collapsed into a single
object.
Import All Layers: A new layer is created and nested within the currently selected layer.
Each layer of the Photoshop file appears as an individual object nested within this layer.
You can also import individual layers from the Photoshop file. Each layer in the selected
Photoshop file appears as a separate item in the drop menu. Selecting an individual
layer adds only that particular layer to your project, where it appears as a single object.
Note: When a Photoshop file contains more layers than can be displayed in the drop
menu, the Choose Layer option appears in the drop menu. Once Choose Layer is
chosen, use the Pick Layer to Import dialog to select which layer to import.
To control how a layered Photoshop file is added to your project using the
Import command:
1 Choose File > Import.
2 Select the file you want to import, then click Import.
The Pick Layer to Import dialog appears.
3 Choose a command from the Layer Name pop-up menu.
Merged Layers: All layers of the Photoshop file are collapsed into a single object.
All Layers: A new layer is created and nested within the currently selected layer. Each
layer of the Photoshop file appears as an individual object nested within this layer.
Individual layers: Each layer in the selected Photoshop file appears as a separate item
in the drop menu. Selecting an individual layer adds only that particular layer to your
project, where it appears as a single object.
Adding iTunes and iPhoto Files From the Library
You can add files from your iTunes and iPhoto libraries to a project via the Motion
Library. This is very convenient, as the iTunes library and playlists and iPhoto albums
appear in the Library subcategories.
Note: Although a connected iPod appears in the File Browser as a hard disk, you can
only browse for and import iPod files that are stored as data. Music transferred to the
iPod via iTunes cannot be imported into Motion.
To add an audio file from iTunes:
1 In the Library, select the Music category.
The iTunes library and playlists appear. By default, All is selected (the iTunes library).
2 With All selected or by selecting a playlist, select an audio file from the stack.
Note: When displayed in list view, the Music category shows information created in
iTunes, such as the Name, Artist, Album, Duration, and Size of the file.
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