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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
32 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Motion
Customizing the Toolbar
You have many options for personalizing the Toolbar. You can change which controls
appear on the Toolbar as well as the order in which they appear. You can put spaces
and separators between them to group them to your liking. You can view all of the
controls as icons, icons with a text description, or just as text.
To add controls to the Toolbar:
1 Do one of the following to display the Customize Toolbar sheet:
• Choose View > Customize Toolbar.
• Control-click the Toolbar, then choose Customize Toolbar from the shortcut menu.
2 Drag the buttons or icons you want to add to the position of your choice in the Toolbar.
3 Click the Done button to close the sheet.
To remove an item from the Toolbar:
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Control-click the button or icon you want to remove, then choose Remove Item from
the shortcut menu.
You can also remove items from the Toolbar when the Customize Toolbar sheet is open
by dragging the objects away from the Toolbar and releasing the mouse button. A
“poof” appears to indicate that the button has been removed.
Spaces and Separators
In addition to adding and arranging controls in the Toolbar, you can add spaces,
flexible spaces, and separators to arrange and group the contents of your Toolbar.
Separator: A separator adds a dotted vertical line between two controls. The separator
has no function other than as an organizational tool. The default layout uses a
separator between the Effects controls and the Interface controls.
Space: A space adds a single icon’s width of space between other controls.
Flexible Space: A flexible space distributes controls evenly across the Toolbar. It takes
up as much or as little space as needed to fill the empty parts of the bar. The default
layout has a flexible space between the Mask buttons and the Effects controls.
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