Operation Manual

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Pinnacle Studio
Preset Motions
The Motions tab of the Presets Selector contains the animation
routines that give the Title Editor much of its power. These Motions
are assigned to and operate on single layers in your title. The
Motions are divided into three classes based on the portion of the
layer’s lifespan they affect: enter, emphasis and exit.
• An enter Motion controls the arrival of the layer – its first
appearance within the running title.
• An emphasis Motion maintains audience focus on the content of a
layer by giving it an attention-getting action during its time on-
screen.
• An exit Motion takes the layer off-stage again, completing its life
cycle.
Each layer is allowed to have one Motion of each type. All Motions
are optional, however, and it’s also quite possible to have a title with
no Motions at all.
The Motions collection
In each of the three types of Motion, most of the animations can be
grouped into several standard classes based on their mode of action.
Letter-based Motions operate at the level of individual letters in a
text caption (other kinds of layer are treated as consisting of a single
‘letter’). For instance, in the enter Motion ‘Letters turn’, the letters
in the text layer are first seen edge on, then rotate in place one by
one until all are in their normal orientation.
Word-based Motions work similarly, but with words as the
smallest unit of animation. In the enter Motion ‘Words from
bottom’, the words in the layer float up into position one by one
from below the frame.
Line-based Motions are meant for layers with multiple lines of text,
each of which is processed in turn. In the enter Motion ‘Lines from
behind’, each line of text is brought onto the screen along a
perspective track as though it originated from behind the viewer’s
own position.