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Motion is a behavior-driven motion graphics application that allows you to create stunning
imaging effects for a wide variety of broadcast, video, and film projects.
This preface covers the following:
• About Motion (p. 15)
• About the Motion Documentation (p. 16)
• Additional Resources (p. 16)
About Motion
Motion lets you create sophisticated moving images and other visual effects on the fly
and in real time. Simply drag one of Motion’s built-in behaviors (such as Spin or Throw)
or filters (such as Glow or Strobe) onto an object in the Canvas and watch your composition
spring to life—twirling, zipping across the screen, pulsing with luminescence, or any of
hundreds of other effects.
You can also animate the traditional way, using keyframes, but Motion behaviors give
you instant feedback, so you can sit with your clients, art directors, or friends and
interactively design a motion graphics project on your desktop. You want a title to fade
in, do a little shimmy, and then slide out of view? Click Play, then drag the Fade, Random
Motion, and Gravity behaviors onto the title in the Canvas—no preview rendering time
is necessary.
Whether you need simple text effects like lower-thirds and credit rolls, a complex 3D
motion graphics project for a show intro or television commercial, or more advanced
image manipulation techniques to stabilize footage or composite green screen effects,
Motion has a flexible tool set to meet your motion graphics needs.
If you use Final Cut Pro X, you can modify the Final Cut Pro preset titles, effects, and
transitions in Motion. Additionally, you can use Motion to create original presets for use
in Final Cut Pro, specifying which, if any, controls are exposed when the preset is applied
in Final Cut Pro. When saved, these presets appear in the Final Cut Pro media browsers.
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Welcome to Motion
Preface