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Motion 3 1
User Manual 1
Contents 3
Contents 7 7
Motion 3 Documentation and 9
Resources 9
Apple Websites 10
Getting to Know Motion 13
About Motion Graphics 14
Timing Tools 15
2D and 3D Compositing 15
Special Effects Tools 15
Unique Tools 16
About Motion 18
About the Motion Workspace 19
Mini-Timeline 21
Transport controls 21
Project pane 22
Timing pane 22
Window Arrangements 23
Drag the thin black line 25
Tool Groups 29
’s drop 30
Create Tools 32
Customizing the Toolbar 35
Icon & Text 38
Icon Only 38
Text Only 38
Toolbar button 38
Status Bar 39
Canvas View Options 41
Channels View and Overlay 42
Zoom Level 42
Resolution 42
3D View 42
Inset view 47
Canvas in 3D Mode 54
Playing Your Project 58
RAM Preview 59
RAM Preview indicators 60
Trim pointerStart of media 63
A semicolon in this position 64
Left arrow 65
Right arrow 65
Value slider 65
Drag pointer 65
Counting Time 66
Project Pane 67
Layers Tab 68
Timing Pane 84
Selected keyframeKeyframe 88
In point 92
Out point 92
Playhead 92
Zoom Time View button 93
Name Plus Thumbnail (default) 94
Filmstrip 94
Keyframe Basics 96
Current frame field 100
Zoom slider 103
Scroller 103
Audio Editor 104
Peak indicators 108
Audio track bar 108
Utility Window 110
View buttons 111
Forward/Back buttons 111
Path pop-up menu 111
Search field 111
Icon view List view 114
Icon View 114
List View 114
Theme pop-up menu 118
Icon view 123
List view 123
Reset button 128
Style Preset pop-up menu 128
Animation menu 129
Preferences 137
Appearance 140
The Inset view appears 149
Video Output in Motion 152
Gestures 158
Application Menu 159
Cloned image layer 168
Cloned 3D group 168
Favorites Menu 169
Creating New Projects 179
When Motion First Opens 180
Managing Projects 191
Using Autosave 193
Reverting Projects 193
Opening and Closing Projects 194
Unused Media 196
Archiving QuickTime Video 196
Editing Project Properties 197
Icon View button 200
List View button 200
QuickTime Movies 204
Still Images 204
Click to choose large still 205
Image Sequences 208
Layered Photoshop Files 209
PDF Files 210
More About Alpha Channels 212
Adding Media to Your Project 213
Adding Files to Your Project 215
Online Versus Offline Media 220
Exchanging Media in a Project 223
Object Media Tab Parameters 225
Using Media in the Library 228
Nested objects 234
Enclosing group 234
Nested groups 234
Background of Your Project 239
Activation 243
Dashed checkbox 243
Fixing the Size of a Group 244
Locking Groups and Layers 246
Renaming Groups 247
Clear button 248
Blank drop zone 251
Creating New Templates 252
Basic Compositing 257
Group and Layer Order 259
Bring Forward command applied 261
After scaling 263
Before scaling 263
Before scaling After scaling 263
Using 2D Transforms 264
Scale handle 270
Rotation handle 270
Anchor point 270
Bounding box 270
Canvas center point 280
-360 pixels +360 pixels 280
+240 pixels 280
-240 pixels 280
Making Clone Layers 283
Editing Opacity and Blending 285
Preserve Opacity Option 289
Using Blend Modes 290
Group Blend Modes 291
Object Blend Modes 294
Top object Bottom object 300
Screen composite 300
Drop Shadows 309
Drop shadow blur 311
Drop shadow position 311
Retiming 312
Analysis indicator 314
Stop button 314
Exporting a Selection 315
Retiming in the Timeline 315
Expose Commands 317
Exposing the drop zones 319
Using the Timeline 321
Timing icon 322
Timeline Layers List 324
Activation checkbox 325
Disabled track 325
Disclosure triangle 325
Add button 326
Lock icon 326
Tracks appear locked in 326
Before After 327
Timeline View Options 328
Working in the Timeline 330
Composite Sequential 335
Unused frames 343
Show/Hide Keyframes button 349
Editing in the Group Track 351
Working in the Ruler 356
Navigating in the Timeline 357
Defining the Play Range 359
Working with Regions 359
Adding Markers 362
Object marker 363
Project marker 363
Next marker 367
Previous marker 367
Using Behaviors 369
Behaviors Versus Keyframes 372
Browsing for Behaviors 373
Where Behaviors Appear 375
Apply button 378
Default Behavior Duration 379
Applying Parameter Behaviors 380
In this example, the 382
Randomize parameter 382
Parameter behavior 385
Size parameter of the 386
Crystallize filter 386
Modifying Behaviors 387
Working with Behaviors 389
Dragging a behavior from one 392
Trimming Behaviors 395
Behavior effect curve 400
Editable curve 400
Moved keyframe 401
Animating Behavior Parameters 402
Keyframing Behaviors 403
Behavior Descriptions 408
Fade Out 409
Scale Rate/Scale To parameter 410
Zoom level of the HUD control 410
Original size 410
Motion path 412
). For more 413
Use the outer control 414
Damping value set to –3 416
Motion is applied 417
Spin behavior with axis 427
Axis set to X 427
Axis set to Y 427
Latitude 428
Longitude 428
Parameter Behaviors 430
The new parameter 434
and parameter assignment 445
Noisiness 451
Behaviors 452
Retiming Behaviors 453
Simulation Behaviors 458
Shape object of attraction 461
Shape object with 461
Attracted To 461
Animation path 461
Animation path of an object 469
This image well defines 471
Object with Repel behavior 476
Behavior Examples 483
Keyframes and Curves 503
Animation in Motion 504
Animating in the Canvas 506
Applying Movement to a Clip 509
Animating with the HUD 511
Animating Filters 513
Animating Behaviors 514
Behavior motion path 515
Keyframe motion path 515
Combined motion path 515
Animating Using the Inspector 516
Animation Menu 517
Add Keyframe Shortcut 518
Keyframed parameter 519
Parameter is not animated 519
Behavior applied to parameter 519
Keyframed parameter with 519
Animating in the Timeline 520
Check Your Selection 527
Parts of the Keyframe Editor 528
Edit tool (default) 529
Sketch tool 529
Box tool 529
Filtering Controls 531
“Clear curve list” button 535
Modifying Keyframes 538
Frame number 539
Keyframe value 539
Current frame 539
Modifying Curves 545
Transforming Keyframes 545
Original keyframe graph 552
Repeat Extrapolation applied 552
Snapping enabled 553
“Show audio waveform” enabled 554
Mini-Curve Editor 555
Collapsed mini-curve editor 556
Edit tool 556
Mini-curve editor 556
Animating on the Fly 557
Keyframe Thinning 559
Fill color well 563
Using Text 565
Using Text in Motion 566
Chapter 7 Using Text 567 567
568 Chapter 7 Using Text 568
Working with Text 569
570 Chapter 7 Using Text 570
Text as a Layer 571
572 Chapter 7 Using Text 572
Chapter 7 Using Text 573 573
574 Chapter 7 Using Text 574
Chapter 7 Using Text 575 575
About Fonts 576
Chapter 7 Using Text 577 577
578 Chapter 7 Using Text 578
Using the Text Tools 579
Text Tool and the Toolbar 580
Margin values 581
582 Chapter 7 Using Text 582
Chapter 7 Using Text 583 583
Editing Text in the Inspector 584
Editing Text Format 585
586 Chapter 7 Using Text 586
Chapter 7 Using Text 587 587
588 Chapter 7 Using Text 588
Chapter 7 Using Text 589 589
Editing Text Style 590
Chapter 7 Using Text 591 591
592 Chapter 7 Using Text 592
Chapter 7 Using Text 593 593
594 Chapter 7 Using Text 594
Chapter 7 Using Text 595 595
596 Chapter 7 Using Text 596
Chapter 7 Using Text 597 597
598 Chapter 7 Using Text 598
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600 Chapter 7 Using Text 600
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602 Chapter 7 Using Text 602
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604 Chapter 7 Using Text 604
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606 Chapter 7 Using Text 606
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608 Chapter 7 Using Text 608
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610 Chapter 7 Using Text 610
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612 Chapter 7 Using Text 612
Chapter 7 Using Text 613 613
614 Chapter 7 Using Text 614
Chapter 7 Using Text 615 615
616 Chapter 7 Using Text 616
Chapter 7 Using Text 617 617
618 Chapter 7 Using Text 618
. The left value slider 619
620 Chapter 7 Using Text 620
and adjust its angle 621
622 Chapter 7 Using Text 622
Chapter 7 Using Text 623 623
624 Chapter 7 Using Text 624
Chapter 7 Using Text 625 625
626 Chapter 7 Using Text 626
Chapter 7 Using Text 627 627
628 Chapter 7 Using Text 628
Editing Text Layout 629
630 Chapter 7 Using Text 630
Chapter 7 Using Text 631 631
632 Chapter 7 Using Text 632
Chapter 7 Using Text 633 633
634 Chapter 7 Using Text 634
Chapter 7 Using Text 635 635
636 Chapter 7 Using Text 636
Chapter 7 Using Text 637 637
638 Chapter 7 Using Text 638
Chapter 7 Using Text 639 639
640 Chapter 7 Using Text 640
Chapter 7 Using Text 641 641
642 Chapter 7 Using Text 642
Chapter 7 Using Text 643 643
644 Chapter 7 Using Text 644
Chapter 7 Using Text 645 645
Working with Text Margins 646
Chapter 7 Using Text 647 647
648 Chapter 7 Using Text 648
Text Animation Behaviors 649
650 Chapter 7 Using Text 650
and end offset of the 651
For example 651
652 Chapter 7 Using Text 652
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654 Chapter 7 Using Text 654
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656 Chapter 7 Using Text 656
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660 Chapter 7 Using Text 660
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662 Chapter 7 Using Text 662
Chapter 7 Using Text 663 663
664 Chapter 7 Using Text 664
Chapter 7 Using Text 665 665
666 Chapter 7 Using Text 666
Chapter 7 Using Text 667 667
Text Sequence Behaviors 668
Chapter 7 Using Text 669 669
670 Chapter 7 Using Text 670
Chapter 7 Using Text 671 671
672 Chapter 7 Using Text 672
Chapter 7 Using Text 673 673
674 Chapter 7 Using Text 674
Chapter 7 Using Text 675 675
676 Chapter 7 Using Text 676
Chapter 7 Using Text 677 677
678 Chapter 7 Using Text 678
Animating Text with Keyframes 679
680 Chapter 7 Using Text 680
Using LiveFonts 681
682 Chapter 7 Using Text 682
Chapter 7 Using Text 683 683
684 Chapter 7 Using Text 684
Working with Particles 685
Anatomy of a Particle System 687
Cell Source 688
Using Particle Systems 689
Using the Particle Library 690
Motion Blur and Particles 692
Particle 693
Particle system at frame 1 694
Particle system at frame 30 695
Emitter center point 695
Emission Angle 696
(angle of arrow) 696
Emission Range 696
2D Emitter HUD 696
3D Emitter HUD 697
Emission control 697
Modifying Emitter Properties 703
After Shear effect is applied 704
Resulting particle system 705
Rectangle mask (inverted) 706
Rasterization indicator 710
Rasterization frame 710
Emitter Parameters 713
Emitter tab for particle 714
Arms and Twists 722
3D checkbox 724
Life set to 5 (frame 60) 727
Life set to 2 (frame 60) 727
Additive Blend off 728
Additive Blend on 728
Scale set to 200% 730
Scale set to 50% 730
Attach to Emitter set to 100 731
Applying Behaviors to Cells 738
Using Particles Behaviors 738
Particle System Examples 741
Pan tool 749
Orbit tool 749
Dolly tool 749
Using the Replicator 753
Anatomy of a Replicator 755
Replicator Source Objects 758
Adjust Item tool 764
Elliptical shape moved 767
Layers tab 767
(red star and white arc) 769
Using Replicators in 3D 780
Mask applied to replicator 782
Advanced Replicator Controls 783
Replicator Parameters 785
and Origin 787
Image Source well 792
Shape Source well 802
Animation menu icon 804
Replicator Cell Parameters 805
Scale Randomness set to 75 810
the pattern on which the 815
Align Angle parameter 818
Additive Blend parameter 818
Adjust Anchor Point tool 820
Using Filters 841
Working with Filters 842
An Introduction to Filters 842
Applying and Removing Filters 843
Timeline tab 844
Adjusting Filters 846
Filters tab 847
Original location 852
Reordering Filters 853
Changing Filter Timing 854
About Rasterization 855
Blur Filters 857
Original image 859
Defocus applied 861
Directional Blur applied 862
Gaussian Blur applied 863
Prism applied 865
Radial Blur applied 866
Soft Focus filter applied 867
Zoom Blur applied 868
Border Filters 869
Color Correction Filters 871
Color Reduce defaults applied 877
Colorize with defaults 879
Contrast filter applied 879
Desaturated image 880
Equalize applied 881
Gamma filter applied 882
Image inverted 885
Negative applied 886
Saturated filter applied 887
Tint (brown) applied 889
Distortion Filters 890
Basic 3D applied 891
Black Hole applied 892
Bulge applied 893
Disc Warp applied 895
Droplet applied 897
Fisheye applied 898
Fun House applied 899
can be customized 900
Values range from 0 to 2000 901
Insect Eye applied 902
Mirror filter applied 903
Poke applied 903
Ring Lens applied 905
Ring Warp applied 906
Ripple applied 906
Scrape applied 907
Sphere filter applied 908
Starburst applied 908
Stripes applied 909
Target applied 910
Twirl filter applied 911
Glow Filters 913
Aura applied 914
Bloom applied 915
Dazzle applied 916
Gloom applied 917
Light Rays applied 918
Outer glow filter applied 919
Keying Filters 920
Matte Filters 927
Sharpen Filters 928
Stylize Filters 929
Add Noise filter applied 930
Values 931
The entire image is 931
Circle Screen applied 932
Circles applied 933
Color emboss applied 934
Crystallize applied 935
Edge Work applied 936
Edges applied 937
Extrude applied 937
Halftone applied 939
Hatched Screen applied 939
Highpass applied 940
Indent applied 941
Line Art applied 942
Line Screen applied 943
MinMax dilating dark areas 944
Noise Dissolve at 50% 945
Pixellate applied 946
Posterize applied 946
Relief applied 947
Slit Scan applied 948
Slit Tunnel filter applied 949
Vignette applied 952
Tiling Filters 953
Kaleidoscope applied 954
mix at 50% 955
Vertical Offset controls 956
Perspective Tile applied 957
Random Tile applied 957
Tile applied 958
Time Filters 959
Video Filters 962
Working with Generators 965
Adding a Generator 966
Generator Types 967
Turbulent Clouds 970
Normal Clouds 970
Default Grid generator 972
Lens Flare applied 973
brightness, and 975
One Color Ray generator 976
Default Op Art 1 generator 977
Default Op Art 3 generator 978
Modifying Generators 983
Checkerboard generator HUD 984
Drag a color chip 985
Size slider 986
Contrast slider 986
Customized generator 989
Behaviors icon 991
Using Shapes and Masks 997
Replicator using Bezier shape 998
Shape and Mask Drawing Tools 999
B-Spline control point 1000
Bezier tool 1000
Bezier Mask tool 1000
B-Spline tool 1003
B-Spline Mask tool 1003
Freehand Mask tool 1006
Original image before masking 1006
Creating and Editing Shapes 1007
Filled shape Empty shape 1008
Feathered inFeathered out 1009
Creating Paint Strokes 1012
Paint Stroke tool 1014
How to Edit Shapes 1017
Selecting three points 1020
Curve Corner 1023
Shallow curve 1026
Very Smooth B-Spline point 1027
Paint stroke icon 1028
Shape Parameters in the HUD 1031
Style Pane Parameters 1032
Feathered out Feathered in 1033
Left tag set to Constant 1034
Interpolation 1034
Location slider 1036
Drag the color tag 1036
Spread control 1037
Click in the lower color 1037
New color tag 1037
Gradient preset pop-up 1039
Custom gradient saved in 1040
Start triangle 1041
Opacity tag 1041
End triangle 1041
Color tag 1041
No outline 1043
With outline 1043
Outline opacity set to 50% 1045
Outline opacity set to 100% 1045
Over Fill 1046
Under Fill 1046
Round joints 1046
Beveled joints 1046
Gradient preset pop-up menu 1050
A green line represents 1057
Animating Shapes 1063
Using the Shape Behaviors 1064
Click the 1072
Direction 1077
Record button 1081
Saved Shape Positions 1084
Masking a Layer or Group 1087
Click the Masks icon to 1088
Inactive Isolate button 1091
Active Isolate button 1092
Combining Multiple Masks 1096
Feathering Masks 1099
Applying Filters to Masks 1100
Applying Behaviors to Masks 1101
Image Mask Parameters 1106
Garbage Masks 1109
Holdout Masks 1110
Final composite 1111
(color channel) 1114
(alpha channel) 1114
Working with Audio 1117
Import File Formats 1118
Previewing an Audio File 1119
Adding an Audio File 1119
Click to display audio 1120
Link icon 1122
Viewing Audio Files 1124
Working with Audio Tracks 1126
Selecting Audio Tracks 1127
Playing Audio Tracks 1127
Muting and Soloing Tracks 1128
Setting Levels 1128
Selecting Output Channels 1129
Setting Track Panning 1129
Locking Tracks 1129
Renaming Tracks 1129
Working with the Master Track 1130
Clipping indicators 1131
Slipping Audio Tracks 1132
Trimming Audio Tracks 1132
Scrubbing an Audio Track 1133
Recording Keyframes 1134
Adding and Editing Keyframes 1134
Crossfading Audio Tracks 1135
Retiming Audio 1136
Using Markers with Audio 1138
Audio Behaviors 1139
Audio Fade In/Fade Out 1140
Audio Parameter Behavior 1141
Attack side of the curve 1144
Exporting Audio 1145
Exporting Motion Projects 1147
Exporting Your Project 1148
Using Export Presets 1149
Choosing an Export Preset 1150
Editing an Export Preset 1152
Duplicating an Export Preset 1153
Creating an Export Preset 1153
Setting Export Options 1154
Export a Selection 1160
Exporting with Compressor 1160
Using Compressor Presets 1164
Exporting an Audio File 1165
Keyboard Shortcuts 1167
Motion Menu 1169
File Menu 1169
Edit Menu 1170
Mark Menu 1171
Object Menu 1173
View Menu 1174
Window Menu 1176
Help Menu 1177
Audio Tab 1178
Select/Transform Tool 1179
Crop Tool 1179
Adjust Control Points Tool 1179
Double-click or 1179
Create Group 1180
B-Spline Tool 1181
Paint Stroke Tool 1181
Text Tool 1181
Mask Group 1182
Bezier Mask Tool 1183
B-Spline Mask Tool 1183
Transport Controls 1184
View Options 1185
Miscellaneous 1186
File Browser 1187
Inspector 1188
Keyframe Editor 1188
Media Tab 1190
Timeline 1191
Keyframing Commands 1193
Shape and Mask Commands 1193
3D Commands 1195
Using the Command Editor 1196
Command Editor Interface 1197
Selected key 1200
Video and File Formats 1203
Standard Definition Video 1206
Standard Definition DV 1206
High Definition Video 1207
Supported DVCPRO HD Formats 1209
Definition Formats 1209
Choosing a Frame Rate 1210
What Is Field Order? 1212
Working with Final Cut Pro 1217
Creating Drop Zones in Motion 1224
Creating Text in Motion 1225
Using Gestures 1231
Wacom Settings 1233
General Navigation 1235
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1243 1243
1244 Index 1244
Index 1245 1245
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Index 1251 1251
1252 Index 1252
Index 1253 1253
1254 Index 1254
Index 1255 1255
1256 Index 1256
Index 1257 1257
1258 Index 1258
Frame parameter 1107 1259
1260 Index 1260
Index 1261 1261
1262 Index 1262
Index 1263 1263
1264 Index 1264
Index 1265 1265
1266 Index 1266
Index 1267 1267
1268 Index 1268
Index 1269 1269
1270 Index 1270
Offset From parameter 456 1271
One Color Ray generator 976 1271
Stop 450 1272
Index 1273 1273
1274 Index 1274
Index 1275 1275
1276 Index 1276
Index 1277 1277
1278 Index 1278
Index 1279 1279
1280 Index 1280
Index 1281 1281
1282 Index 1282
Index 1283 1283
1284 Index 1284
Tile Offset parameter 796 1285
Parallelogram Tile 956 1285
1286 Index 1286
Index 1287 1287
Wriggle Shape behavior 1075 1288

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