Apple Motion 1.0 User Manual
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Motion Clarifications
Align to Motion behavior
When using the Motion Path behavior, the Align to Motion behavior (from the
Simulation subcategory) has no effect. Align to Motion is designed to work with a
keyframed animation path. You can use the Snap Alignment to Motion behavior (from
the Basic Motion subcategory) once a Motion Path behavior is applied to an object.
Blend Mode
The Premultiplied Mix blend mode performs an unpremultiply composite—the
foreground image is assumed to be premultiplied. Artifacts may appear as result of
unpremultiplying pixels whose RGB and alpha values are very small (resulting in pixels
with values of 255). In some cases, the hardware performs bilinear filtering and then
the blend mode unpremultiplies the alpha.
Field Dominance
Motion projects with field dominance set in Project Properties, will not be encoded or
rendered with field interlacing unless Field Rendering is enabled in the View menu of
the Canvas. Enabling this setting will also improve playback quality of motion on an
interlaced monitor.
Filters
Pasting a filter does not paste at the current playhead location.
Suggestion
As you approach the current playhead location, it snaps into place.
Panning
To pan the Canvas at any time, hold the
Pan tool is temporarily selected in the Toolbar.
: Paste the filter, then press the
Space bar
Shift
key while you drag the pasted object.
down, then drag in the Canvas. The
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Particles
If you apply certain transformations, such as a scale, rotate, or shear, to an object used
as a particle cell source, the transformation is not respected. For example, if you shear a
rectangle shape, then use that shape as the source for a particle cell, the emitter uses
the original form of the shape (without the shear applied). This rule also applies to
behaviors that transform objects, such as Throw or Spin. The exceptions to this rule are
crop and corner pin, which are respected when applied to an object that is used as a
particle cell source.
Suggestion
: If you are using an imported still image, image sequence, or QuickTime
movie as your particle cell source, resize/transform the file prior to importing the file
into Motion.
Photoshop files
Although Motion supports layered Photoshop files, it does not support Photoshop
layer sets.
QuickTime
Some Motion documentation incorrectly states that the minimum requirement is
QuickTime 6.5. Motion requires QuickTime 6.5.1 or later.
Shapes
In Select mode, you can double-click a shape to enter shape-editing mode.
Templates
Motion does not include premade high definition templates. The Show pop-up
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menu in the Template Browser includes "HD" or "Other" categories. These are
included for you to save your own high definition or custom templates.
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Although there are several layers named “Replace Here” in various templates, the
objects within the layers should be replaced—not the Layers themselves.
Timeline
Pasting a region does not paste at the current playhead location.
Suggestion
: Paste the region, then press the
Shift
key while you drag the pasted object.
As you approach the current playhead location, it snaps into place.
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Motion Known Issues
Audio
When 24-bit Integer Stereo sound compression is used to export audio, the rendered
audio file plays faster than the original audio file.
Custom behavior
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When you choose Properties > Blending from the Add Parameter shortcut menu of
the Custom behavior parameters, the Preserve Opacity option is displayed. This
option should not be available.
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If a project is saved with a Custom behavior that is applied to a shape, and Shape
Animation is selected from the Add > Object shortcut menu, Motion stops
responding when the project is opened.
Drop shadow
On computers with ATI Radeon graphics cards, turning on the Drop Shadow checkbox
for a layer in the Layer Dashboard after changing the Blend Mode to something other
than Normal causes Motion to quit unexpectedly.
Filters
When using the Glass Distortion filter with some images, the effect of the map image
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disappears or shifts position when the Softness parameter is adjusted.
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When a keying filter is applied to an image with a preexisting alpha channel, the
original alpha channel is replaced.
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When using the Defocus filter with some NVIDIA cards, performance is degraded
significantly.
Keyframe Editor
Drag-selecting keyframes near frame 1 in the Keyframe Editor may be problematic.
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For example, when drag-selecting keyframes at or near frame 1 to beyond the halfway marker of the Keyframe Editor’s scale, all keyframes on all curves are selected.
When an object is animated (using keyframes) and Show is set to Active in the
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Keyframe Editor, and you select then deselect the animated object in the Canvas,
then click in the Keyframe Editor, Motion may quit unexpectedly.
Library
The Favorites category does not display descriptions of built-in presets.
Control
-click
the favorite, then choose Edit Description from the shortcut menu to add a description
that appears in the Preview area of the Library.
Monitors
If using a dual-monitor setup, the View pop-up menu may appear on your second
monitor when using the default Standard layout (View > Layouts > Standard).
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