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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
Chapter 1 Getting To Know Motion 27
Full Screen Mode
Motion has an option to cover your entire monitor with the Canvas. This is helpful for
watching playback of your project without the distraction of the software interface. In
this mode, all of the tools and controls that affect the Canvas remain active, though you
have to rely on keyboard shortcuts and shortcut menus (Control-click) to change from
one tool or control to another. You can access the menu bar by positioning your
pointer at the top of the screen where the menu normally is.
To switch into Full Screen mode, do one of the following:
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Choose View > Full Screen Mode.
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Press F8.
To return to normal view, do one of the following:
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Choose View > Full Screen Mode again.
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Press F8 again.
The Toolbar
Motion’s Toolbar is located at the top of the Canvas. The default set of controls provides
access to all of the tools you need for manipulating objects in the Canvas and
elsewhere in the application. There are tools that create new text and shape objects as
well as particle systems and masks. There are also icons to apply filters and behaviors.
Finally, there are icons to show and hide the various windows and panes of the Motion
interface such as the Timeline, Dashboard, and others.
Tool Groups
Tools are grouped in different ways. Several tools have multiple modes or options, such
as Shape tools which can be either a rectangle or a circle. The Circle tool is hidden until
you click and hold the Rectangle tool. Tools with additional states are indicated with a
tiny downward arrow on the lower-right corner of the tool.
Arrow indicates hidden tool states.
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