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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 4 Using the Timeline 281
To zoom in or out of the Timeline:
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Drag the thumb at either end of the Zoom scroll control. Drag toward the center of the
Timeline to zoom in. Drag away from the center to zoom out.
Normally, the center of the current view remains fixed as you zoom in or out. If you
press Shift while dragging one end of the Zoom scroll control, the opposite end
remains locked in position and allows you to zoom in or out on the edge of the current
view.
Adjusting the Height of the Timeline Tracks
In addition to zooming in and out in the Timeline, you can adjust the height of the
tracks. Audio and video tracks may be resized separately. Some tracks, such as filters or
behaviors, do not resize at all.
To adjust the height of the tracks, do one of the following:
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Drag the divider line between two layers in the Timeline Layer list. When the pointer
changes to an adjust pointer, drag up to decrease the vertical size of the tracks; drag
down to increase the size.
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Click one of the “Set timeline row size” buttons.
Specifying the Track Display
You can choose several different ways to display the objects within the tracks in the
Timeline. You can display just the name of the object in the track, which makes the
track thin, and is the easiest way to see many tracks at a time. You can choose to show
the name and a thumbnail image of the object, which provides quick visual feedback
and lets you identify exactly what each object is. You can also display tracks as a
filmstrip, which shows a series of thumbnails, and lets you see where changes occur in
a movie object. When you modify the track display setting, it changes the display for
image and mask tracks in the Timeline.
To specify the track display:
1 Choose Motion > Preferences to display the Preferences window.
2 Click the Appearance icon.
3 In the Timeline section, click the Timebar Display pop-up menu, then choose the item
you want.
4 Click the close box to close the Preferences window.
The bars are displayed according to your choice.
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