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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
980 Index
Exporting
advanced options 907
audio 898
audio files 912
current frame 901
defining output type 901
image sequences 901
play range 909
projects 899–912
QuickTime movies 901
with alpha channels 902
with Compressor 909–912
Export options 121
Export presets 901
creating 904
deleting 904
duplicating 904
editing 903
options 905
External Video icon 34
Extrapolation
about 441
about defaults 410
Constant 442
generating keyframes 443
Linear 442
Ping Pong 442
progressive 442
repeat 442
table of methods 442
Extrapolation data
converting to keyframes 443
Extrude filter 770
F
Fade In/Fade Out behavior 344
Dashboard controls 345
example of 392
Favorites category 193
Favorites folder 96
Favorites menu 96, 132, 192
Feathering
masks 857, 860
shapes 843
Field dominance 950
Field order 146, 187, 950
defined 950
setting in presets 120
Field rendering 42
File Browser 19, 88–93
adding a new folder 91
collapsing animations 92
customizing 160
file stack 89
Forward and Back buttons 89
icon 31
icon size 92
icon view 91
Icon View button 89
importing files 88
importing image sequences 93
keyboard shortcuts 933
list view 91
List View button 89
moving files 91
navigation controls 159
Path pop-up menu 89
Preview area 88
previewing files 88
Scale slider 161
Search field 89
selecting files in 175
sorting columns 92
File Created 62
File formats
See also video formats
File menu 125
File Modified date 62
Files
adding to existing layers 176
adding to new layer 176
adding to project 180
adding to projects 176
adding without using 177
browsing 162
previewing 163
renaming 90
searching 162
selecting in the File Browser 175
types supported 163
File size information 62
File stack 89, 159, 160
browsing 162
sorting 162
Filmstrip display 76
Film zone 42
color of 116
Filter parameters
applying behaviors to 708
keyframing 707
Filters
about 701
Add Filter icon 31
adjusting 706
adjusting paramters 706
and replicators 698
appearance 705
applying 703
applying multiples to an object 704
applying to image masks 869
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