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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 10 Using Filters 793
Video Filters
Video filters are more utilitarian in nature, and can be used to help prepare a project for
broadcast output.
Broadcast Safe
This filter limits the range of luminance or chrominance in an image to the broadcast
legal limit.
Parameters in the Inspector
Video Type: Sets the rule set to be used for filtering image data. Value can be NTSC or
PAL.
Fix Method: Sets the type of fix to be made to the image. Value can be Reduce
Luminance or Reduce Saturation.
Dashboard controls
The Dashboard contains the Video Type and Fix Method controls.
Deinterlace
This filter deinterlaces an interlaced object using one of several possible methods.
Parameters in the Inspector
Dominant Field: Selects the dominant field. Value can be Upper or Lower.
Method: Sets how the object is interlaced. The method can be Duplicate, Interpolate,
or Blend.
• Duplicate: The non-dominant field is eliminated, and the data from the dominant
field is duplicated to fill in the missing lines.
• Interpolate: The non-dominant field is eliminated, and a new field is created by
averaging each pair of adjacent video lines to create new ones.
• Blend: The non-dominant field is eliminated, and new lines are created by averaging
the eliminated line along with each pair of adjacent video lines.
Dashboard controls
The Dashboard contains the Dominant Field and Method controls.
Working With Third-Party Filters
Motion supports After Effects-compatible third-party plug-ins. Once you specify the
location of the third-party plug-ins, they appear in the 3rd Party Filters category of the
Library.
To set the path to third-party plug-ins:
1 Choose Motion > Preferences (or press Command+,).
2 Click General.
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