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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
880 Chapter 13 Working With Audio
Adding an Audio File
To work with audio in your project, you start by adding an audio file to the project.
Note: Although you can see a connected iPod in the File Browser as a hard disk, you
can only browse for and import supported non-music files into Motion, such as images.
To add an audio file from the File Browser, do one of the following:
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Drag the file from the File Browser or the Finder into the Canvas.
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Drag the file from the File Browser or the Finder into the Project pane or Timeline Layer
list.
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Drag the file from the File Browser or the Finder into the audio area of the Timeline (not
the Audio Editor).
Note: To display audio in the Timeline, click the Show Audio button in the bottom of
the Timeline Layer list.
When the black border appears around the audio section, release the mouse button.
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In the Audio tab, click the Add button (+), locate the file you want to add, then click
Import.
Note: If you use the Add button (+) in the Media tab, the audio file is only added to
that tab. To use the file in the project, drag the file from the Media tab to the Canvas.
To add an audio file from iTunes:
1 In the Library, select the Music category.
2 Select a playlist, then select a song in the file stack.
3 Do one of the following:
• In the Preview area, click Apply.
• Drag the file to the Canvas, Project pane, or Timeline Layer list.
Note: Rights-protected AAC files cannot be imported into Motion and do not appear in
the file stack. This includes all music purchased from the iTunes store.
Click to display audio
tracks in the Timeline
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