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Restore oine media using the Reconnect button
1 In the alert dialog, click Reconnect.
A manual reconnection dialog appears.
2 In the dialog, navigate to the le’s location, select the le, then click Open.
The le is reconnected.
Reconnect oine media via the Media Inspector
If you do not immediately reconnect an oine layer, you can still save changes to the project and
even close it again, then reconnect the oine layers later, via the Reconnect Media File button in
the Media Inspector.
1 Open the Media list.
2 Select the oine layer to reconnect.
3 Open the Media pane in the Inspector.
4 Click the Reconnect Media File button under the Linked Objects list.
Motion attempts to nd the rst missing le in the list. If it is found, a le browser dialog appears
with the missing media le selected. If the search is unsuccessful, you navigate manually to le’s
location, then select the le.
5 Click Open to reconnect the le.
Note: You can also use the File > Reconnect Media command.
If more than one missing media le appears in the same folder, clicking Open reconnects all les.
Delete objects from a project
You can remove a single instance of an object (an image layer or eects object) in Motion by
deleting it from Layers list, Timeline, or Canvas. Alternatively, you can remove all instances of
objects corresponding to source media by deleting that source media from the Media list.
Delete a single instance of an object from a project
1 Select an object or objects by doing one of the following:
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To delete an object, select it in the Layers list, the Timeline, or the Canvas.
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To delete multiple objects, Shift-click to select the objects.
Note: In the Layers list or Timeline, you can Command-click to select noncontiguous objects.
2 Do one of the following:
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Choose Edit > Delete.
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Press Delete.
The objects are deleted from your project.
Delete all objects that correspond to source media le in the Media list
1 Open the Media list, then select the source media le to delete.
2 Do one of the following:
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Choose Edit > Delete.
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Press the Delete key.
A dialog appears and prompts you to conrm the deletion.
3 Click Delete.
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