Apple Motion 2 Tutorials manuals

Apple Motion 2 Tutorials User Manual (235 pages)

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English

Table of contents

Motion 2

1

Tutorials

1

Contents

3

Welcome to Motion 2

5

Relinking Missing Media

6

Checking Preferences

6

Preface

7

Welcome to Motion 2

7

8 Preface

8

Welcome to Motion 2

8

Getting Started

10

Tutorial 1

11

The Motion Interface

11

Opening the Starting Project

12

The Motion Interface

13

14 Tutorial 1

14

The Motion Interface

14

Working in the Layers Tab

15

Compositing Basics

16

Motion Dashboards

19

Current Frame field

20

Color selection modes

24

Use the color picker

24

Using the Inspector

25

• Press Command+3

26

Shear X value slider

27

Sheared box

27

Using the Value Sliders

28

Using the Timeline

30

Layer bar (dolphins) in

32

The File Browser

35

Playhead

38

Basic Object Manipulation

39

Selecting and Nudging Objects

41

Applying Motion to an Object

45

The Library

47

Zoom slider

48

Record button

49

Keyframe Basics

50

Using Filters

51

Basic Motion Behaviors

55

What You Will Learn

56

Background Color well

59

Project Duration field

59

(located below Canvas)

60

Create Objects At

61

Importing the Project Files

62

Project icon

63

Add button

64

Cropping the Dolphins Clip

65

• Set the Left value to 22

66

• Set the Right value to 6

66

Crop controls

69

Good Housekeeping

70

Timing icon

73

Add New Layer button

76

Rectangle tool

77

Shape Fill color well

78

Color picker tool

79

A dot on the Scale slider

83

Creating the Dolphin Titles

90

Size value field

93

Tracking value field

93

Rate value field

96

Offsetting Behaviors

100

Saving Custom Behaviors

102

Animating the Squares

108

Animating the Logo

111

What You Have Learned

117

Working With Text

119

Creating a New Project

120

Exercise 1: Using Text

121

Organizing Your Project

123

Adding a Text Object

124

Applying Text Tracking

126

Animating Text Properties

127

Applying a Fade In

128

Adding a Second Object

129

Applying a Gradient

130

6 Click the left color tag

131

Text Sequence Behaviors

133

Adding the Third Text Object

135

Creating an Animated Glow

137

Adding More Movie Elements

140

Inspector button

142

The Final Touch

143

The Sequence Behavior

145

Creating the Project

146

Adding Text

146

Adding Another Text Element

152

Finishing the Effect

158

Working With Particles

161

Adding a Particle Preset

163

Opacity tag

168

Color bar

168

Opacity bar

168

Color tag

168

Spread control

168

Additive Blend

172

Adding a Shape

179

Modifying the Gradient

180

Using Custom Gradients

186

Reverse Tags icon (color)

188

Reverse Tags icon (opacity)

188

Adding a Shape and an Emitter

192

Modifying the Cell Source

193

Additive Blend on

194

Additive Blend off

194

Emitter Shapes

197

Fine-Tuning the Emitter

200

Opening the Exercise Project

203

Adding a Simulation Behavior

206

The Replicator

215

Replicating the Shape

217

Adding a Gradient

219

Origin and Build Style

221

Bottom Origin

222

Replicator Patterns

223

Animating the Offset

226

Shuffle Order

227

Custom Setting

227

Sequence Replicator Loops

229

Parameter Behaviors

231

Position indicator

232

Traversal

234

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