Motion 5 User Manual - Support - Apple

1472 Pages·2012·41.26 MB·English

by  Apple Inc.

Motion 5
User Manual
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Contents
Preface 15 WelcometoMotion
15 AboutMotion
16 AbouttheMotionDocumentation
16 AdditionalResources
Chapter1 17 AboutMotionandMotionGraphics
17 GeneralMotionGraphicsTools
18 ToolsandTechniquesSpecifictotheMotionApplication
20 AboutMotionProjects
Chapter2 23 TheMotionInterface
24 ProjectBrowser
25 WorkspaceOverview
26 FileBrowser
32 Library
41 Inspector
46 Toolbar
53 TimingDisplay
55 Canvas
80 ViewingtheCanvasorTimingPaneonaSecondDisplay
81 ProjectPane
95 TimingPane
118 HUD
121 TextFieldShortcutMenu
Chapter3 123 UserInterfaceControls
123 ToolbarControls
124 SliderControls
125 CoordinateControls
126 Dial
127 ValueField
127 ActivationCheckbox
127 Menus
129 SourceWell
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129 ColorControls
132 GradientControls
141 GenericInspectorControls
142 RasterizationIndicator
Chapter4 145 MotionMenus
145 ApplicationMenu
146 FileMenu
148 EditMenu
150 MarkMenu
152 ObjectMenu
155 FavoritesMenu
155 ViewMenu
162 Share
163 WindowMenu
164 HelpMenu
Chapter5 165 Preferences
166 GeneralPane
168 AppearancePane
170 ProjectPane
172 TimePane
173 CachePane
175 CanvasPane
177 3DPane
179 PresetsPane
181 GesturesPane
Chapter6 183 CreatingandManagingProjects
183 CreatingProjects
193 ManagingProjects
204 AddingMediatoaProject
207 ManagingLayersinaProject
211 DeletingObjectsfromaProject
212 ExchangingMediainaProject
213 SourceMediaParameters
217 FileTypesSupportedbyMotion
225 UsingMediaintheLibrary
231 OrganizingGroupsandLayersinMotion
245 CustomizingandCreatingTemplates
Chapter7 255 BasicCompositing
255 CompositingWorkflow
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257 GroupandLayerOrder
259 TransformingLayers
263 2DTransformTools
280 AdjustingLayerPropertiesintheInspector
285 MakingCloneLayers
286 EditingOpacityandBlendingParameters
309 DropShadows
311 Retiming
315 ExposeCommands
Chapter8 317 UsingtheTimeline
318 AbouttheTimeline
320 TimelineLayersList
325 AddingObjectstotheTimelineLayersList
329 AddingLayerstotheTrackArea
335 EditingObjectsintheTimeline
349 WorkingintheRuler
356 AddingMarkers
360 Mini-Timeline
Chapter9 363 UsingBehaviors
363 BehaviorConcepts
367 BrowsingforBehaviors
368 ApplyingandRemovingBehaviors
375 ModifyingBehaviors
378 WorkingwithBehaviors
383 ChangingtheTimingofBehaviors
390 AnimatingBehaviorParameters
392 SavingandSharingCustomBehaviors
395 BasicMotionBehaviors
419 ParameterBehaviors
444 RetimingBehaviors
450 SimulationBehaviors
476 AdditionalBehaviors
Chapter10 477 UsingRigs
478 AboutRiggingandWidgets
478 HowRiggingWorks
479 BuildingaRig
487 ManagingParameterSnapshots
491 ControllingRigsfromParameterAnimationMenus
493 AnimatingWidgets
493 UsingRigsinMotion
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495 PublishingRigs
Chapter11 497 Creating Templates for Final Cut Pro X
498 AboutTemplates
505 Creating an Effect for Final Cut Pro X
507 Modifying a Final Cut Pro X Effect in Motion
508 Example:ModifyingtheBokehRandomEffect
512 AdvancedExample:CreatinganSLREffectTemplateUsingRigging
525 Creating a Title for Final Cut Pro X
528 Modifying a Final Cut Pro X Title in Motion
529 Creating a Transition for Final Cut Pro X
532 Modifying a Final Cut Pro X Transition in Motion
533 Example:CreatingaPrismBlurTransition
536 Creating a Generator for Final Cut Pro X
538 Modifying a Final Cut Pro X Generator in Motion
539 Publishing a Standard Motion Project as a Final Cut Pro X Template
539 UsingMediainTemplatePlaceholders
541 PublishingParametersinTemplates
549 AnimationandTiminginTemplates
552 WorkingwithMarkersinTemplates
557 TemplateResolution
557 UsingMasksinTemplates
558 TemplateFilesandMediaSaveLocation
560 AddingMultipleDisplayAspectRatiostoaTemplate
562 TipsforCreatingTemplates
Chapter12 565 KeyframesandCurves
566 KeyframinginMotion
570 KeyframingMethods
573 ApplyingMovementtoanObjectintheCanvas
580 AnimatingUsingtheInspector
586 AnimatingFilters
588 AnimatingBehaviors
589 CombiningBehaviorsandKeyframes
590 WorkingwithKeyframesintheTimeline
593 AnimatingintheKeyframeEditor
601 FilteringtheParameterList
606 ModifyingKeyframes
617 ModifyingCurves
627 Mini-CurveEditor
629 AnimatingontheFly
631 KeyframeThinning
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Chapter13 635 Keying
635 AboutKeying
636 UsingtheKeyerFilter
657 UsingtheLumaKeyerFilter
662 KeyingRefinementFilters
Chapter14 665 WorkingwithParticles
666 AboutParticleSystems
667 AnatomyofaParticleSystem
669 UsingParticleSystems
686 CreatingGraphicsandAnimationsforParticleSystems
688 TheDifferenceBetweenEmitterandParticleCellParameters
692 EmitterandCellParameters
714 AnimatingObjectsinParticleSystems
718 ViewingAnimatedEmitterCurvesintheKeyframeEditor
719 UsingMaskswithParticleSystems
720 ApplyingFilterstoParticleSystems
720 ParticleSystemExamples
729 SavingCustomParticleEffectstotheLibrary
Chapter15 731 UsingtheReplicator
732 ReplicatorConcepts
733 AnatomyofaReplicator
737 Getting Started with the Replicator
742 BasicReplicatorParametersintheHUD
746 ReplicatorsandthePropertiesInspector
750 UsingtheReplicatorOnscreenControls
753 AdvancedReplicatorControls
780 UsingImageandGeometryObjects
782 UsingReplicatorsin3DSpace
784 ApplyingMaskstoReplicators
785 AnimatingReplicatorParameters
786 UsingtheSequenceReplicatorBehavior
800 UsingBehaviorswithReplicators
802 ApplyingFilterstoReplicators
803 SavingCustomReplicatorstotheLibrary
Chapter16 805 CreatingandEditingText
806 AboutTextinMotion
806 SettingMotionPreferencesforText
807 AddingText
819 UsingTextTools
8 Contents
820 AboutFonts
823 EditingTextintheInspector
826 EditingTextFormat
827 FindingandReplacingText
828 TextControlsintheFormatPane
828 BasicFormattingControls
831 TextFormat-RelatedTasks
833 EditingTextStyle
834 TextControlsintheStylePane
842 TextStyle-RelatedTasks
859 UsingandCreatingPresetTextStyles
863 EditingTextLayout
864 TextControlsintheLayoutPane
876 TextLayout-RelatedTasks
884 TextMarginandTab-RelatedTasks
886 WorkingwithTextGlyphs
892 AddingBehaviorsandFilterstoText
893 UsingtheTextHUD
Chapter17 897 AnimatingText
898 TextAnimationandTextSequenceBehaviors
900 SequenceTextBehavior
922 ScrollTextBehavior
925 TextTrackingBehavior
926 TypeOnBehavior
927 PresetTextSequenceBehaviors
933 SavingaModifiedTextBehaviortotheLibrary
934 UsingOtherBehaviorswithText
936 UsingBehaviorstoAnimateTextin3D
937 AnimatingTextwithKeyframes
937 AnimatingwiththeTransformGlyphtool
Chapter18 939 WorkingwithGenerators
939 AboutGenerators
940 AddingaGenerator
941 ModifyingGenerators
951 GeneratorParameters
974 TextGenerators
Chapter19 983 UsingFilters
984 AboutFilters
985 BrowsingandPreviewingFilters
986 ApplyingandRemovingFilters
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988 AdjustingFilters
1001 KeyframingFilterParameters
1004 ApplyingBehaviorstoFilterParameters
1005 PublishingFilterParametersandOnscreenControls
1006 BlurFilters
1018 BorderFilters
1021 ColorCorrectionFilters
1041 DistortionFilters
1066 GlowFilters
1072 SharpenFilters
1074 StylizeFilters
1097 TilingFilters
1104 TimeFilters
1106 VideoFilters
Chapter20 1109 UsingShapes,Masks,andPaintStrokes
1110 AboutShapes,Masks,andPaintStrokes
1111 TheDifferenceBetweenShapes,PaintStrokes,andMasks
1112 ShapeandMaskDrawingTools
1119 EditingShapes
1145 AddingShapesfromtheLibrary
1145 CopyingStylesBetweenShapes
1146 ShapeParameters
1167 ShapeControlsintheHUD
1168 CreatingIllustrationsUsingMultipleShapes
1170 CreatingHolesandTransparencyinShapes
1171 ApplyingFilterstoShapes
1172 AnimatingShapes
1172 ShapeBehaviors
1188 KeyframingShapeAnimation
1190 SavingShapesandShapeStyles
1194 UsingMaskstoCreateTransparency
1210 MaskParameters
1214 ApplyingImageMaskstoaLayer
1217 ImageMaskParameters
1218 UsingMaskstoAidKeyingEffects
1222 ConvertingBetweenShapesandMasks
1224 ManipulatingAlphaChannelsUsingFilters
Chapter21 1227 3DCompositing
1227 Real-WorldCoordinates
1229 3DTransformTools
1240 3DWorkspaceandViews
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