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1253Motion User Guide
• Apple Devices: Exports your project using presets that allow you to watch it on
Apple TV, or download it to iPad, iPhone, or iPod. See Export to Apple devices in
Motion.
• Email: Opens the Mail application and attaches your project as a rendered movie file.
See Export to email in Motion.
• [Custom Compressor Setting]: If you’ve created a custom Compressor setting (in
the Compressor app), exports your project using that predefined export setting. See
Export from Motion using Compressor.
• Add Destination: Opens the Destinations pane of Motion Preferences. See Create
and modify share destinations in Motion.
• Send to Compressor: Renders your project through the Compressor app (if installed),
allowing you to further customize your export settings and output a single movie file
to a Finder folder. See Export from Motion using Compressor.
• Convert Project To: Opens a submenu of options for converting a standard Motion
project to a Final Cut Effect, Final Cut Generator, Final Cut Title, or Final Cut
Transition template, converting a Final Cut template to a different template type, or
converting any template to a standard Motion project. See Convert a Motion project
to Final Cut Pro or Convert a template to another type in Motion.
• Reconnect Media: Reestablishes a link to a file on disk when a layer in your project has
been moved or modified.
• Remove Unused Media: Removes a media item from your project when the item is
stored in the Media list but not used in the project.
• Remove Optical Flow Retiming: Resets the retiming information file when a media item
has been processed for retiming. See Intro to retiming media in the Motion Timeline.
• Page Setup: Displays the standard macOS Page Setup dialog, where you can set paper
size and orientation for printing. (Shift-Command-P)
• Print: Displays the standard macOS Print dialog, where you can print the contents of the
canvas. (Command-P)
Edit menu in Motion
The Edit menu contains familiar commands such as Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste and also
contains commands to select and delete objects, modify project properties, and control
the Motion spelling checker.
• Undo: Restores the project to the state prior to the action previously taken. This
command is usually followed by the name of the last command performed (Undo Move
or Undo Rotation Change, for example). If the menu item is dimmed, you cannot undo.
(Command-Z)
• Redo: Performs the action that was previously undone. This command is usually
followed by the name of the last command performed (Redo Move or Redo Rotation
Change, for example). It’s only active if one or more actions have been undone. (Shift-
Command-Z)
• Cut: Removes the selection and stores it on the Clipboard so it can be pasted later.
(Command-X)
• Copy: Copies the selection and stores it on the Clipboard so it can be pasted later.
(Command-C)