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The Project Browser closes and the project you selected opens in the Motion workspace. If you
selected an existing project, that project opens to its last saved state. if you select a blank project
type, preset project type, or Final Cut Pro X template, a new, unsaved project is opened. Saving
that project does not overwrite the preset project or template.
Open an existing Motion project le that does not appear in the Project Browser
Using the buttons at the bottom of the Project Browser, you can also open a specic project that
doesn’t appear in the Project Browser, but is accessible through the Finder. Alternatively, you can
open a specic media le or group of les—movies, still images, and so on—and create a Motion
project containing those les.
1 In the Project Browser, click Open Other or press Command-O.
The Open dialog appears.
2 In the Open dialog, navigate to the Motion project le to open, select it, then click Open.
Open a recent project
m From the File menu, choose a project’s lename from the Open Recent submenu.
Create a project prepopulated with specic media les
1 In the Project Browser, click Create Project From File.
The Import Files as Project dialog appears.
2 Navigate to and select the one or more media les, Shift-clicking to select contiguous items or
Command-clicking to select noncontiguous items.
As you select les, format settings at the bottom of the dialog become available. Settings
inherent to the selected les remain dimmed, but propagate to the new project. For example,
because movie les have an inherent frame rate, aspect ratio, and eld order, those settings are
dimmed in the Import Files as Project dialog. Because still images do not have a frame rate or a
eld order, those settings are enabled in the dialog, allowing you to choose a frame rate and eld
order for the new Motion project.
3 If needed, set the frame rate, aspect ratio, eld order, and audio mix settings.
If you selected an item from an image sequence, select the Image Sequence checkbox to
have Motion use each image as a frame in a movie clip. For more information, see Image
sequences on page 169. Except for Frame Rate, these settings can be modied after the project
is created, in the Properties Inspector. For more information, see Project properties overview on
page 191.
4 Click Import as Project.
The le opens in a new Motion project window.
Create projects from templates
An easy way to create a project in Motion is to open and modify an existing template. Motion
templates—shown in the Compositions category in the sidebar—are premade, royalty-free
projects that you can customize. Each template contains graphics, text objects, and backgrounds.
You can also create templates for frequently used layouts, customizing them with updated text
and graphics.
Create a project from a template
1 Choose File > New (or press Command-N).
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