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Avid Motion Graphics Table of Contents

Preface: Welcome to Avid Motion Graphics ............................................................................................ 1

About Avid Motion Graphics ...................................................................................................................... 1

About the Avid Motion Graphics Documentation....................................................................................... 1

Additional Resources ................................................................................................................................. 1

Avid Training Services ........................................................................................................................... 1

If You Need Help .................................................................................................................................... 2

Chapter 1: Introducing Avid Motion Graphics ......................................................................................... 3

Avid Motion Graphics Suites ..................................................................................................................... 4

Projects ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Compositions ............................................................................................................................................. 6

Objects....................................................................................................................................................... 7

Effects ........................................................................................................................................................ 9

Features................................................................................................................................................... 10

Mouse Controls ....................................................................................................................................... 12

Keyboard Shortcuts ................................................................................................................................. 13

Chapter 2: The Avid Motion Graphics Workspace ................................................................................ 14

Workspace Overview ............................................................................................................................... 15

The Menu Ribbon .................................................................................................................................... 16

File Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 17

View Menu ........................................................................................................................................... 23

Layout Menu ........................................................................................................................................ 24

Help Menu ............................................................................................................................................ 25

The Assets Area ...................................................................................................................................... 26

Assets Area: StormLogic Pane ............................................................................................................ 27

Assets Area: Library Pane ................................................................................................................... 30

Assets Area: Effects Pane ................................................................................................................... 31

Assets Area: Browser Pane ................................................................................................................. 33

Assets Area: In Use Pane .................................................................................................................... 34

The Menu Area ........................................................................................................................................ 36

Menu Area: Tools Pane ....................................................................................................................... 37

The Animation Area ................................................................................................................................. 40

Animation Area: Timeline Modes ......................................................................................................... 41

Animation Area: In and Out Panes ...................................................................................................... 42

Animation Area: Brother In and Brother Out Panes ............................................................................ 43

Animation Area: Self In and Self Out Panes ........................................................................................ 44

Animation Area: Immediate In and Immediate Out Panes .................................................................. 45

The Viewports Area ................................................................................................................................. 46

Viewports Area Overview .................................................................................................................... 47

Viewports Area: Edit Pane ................................................................................................................... 49

Viewports Area: Program Pane ........................................................................................................... 50

Viewports Area: Preview Pane ............................................................................................................ 51

Related Feature: The Viewport Pane .................................................................................................. 51

The Model Area ....................................................................................................................................... 52

Model Area: Material Pane .................................................................................................................. 53

Model Area: Texture Pane ................................................................................................................... 56

Model Area: MediaIn Pane .................................................................................................................. 57

Model Area: Font Pane ........................................................................................................................ 58

Model Area: Font Fix Pane .................................................................................................................. 60

Model Area: Viewport Pane ................................................................................................................. 61

Model Area: Timer Pane ...................................................................................................................... 63

Model Area: Form Pane ....................................................................................................................... 65

Model Area: Data Pane........................................................................................................................ 66

Model Area: Bind Pane ........................................................................................................................ 77

Model Area: Capture Pane .................................................................................................................. 81

Model Area: Render Movie Pane ......................................................................................................... 82

Model Area: System Pane ................................................................................................................... 86

Model Area: Light Pane ....................................................................................................................... 89

Model Area: Pivot Pane ....................................................................................................................... 93

Model Area: Sound Pane ..................................................................................................................... 94

Model Area: Object Pane ..................................................................................................................... 95

Chapter 3: Avid Motion Graphics Projects ........................................................................................... 101

About Avid Motion Graphics Projects .................................................................................................... 102

Project Preferences and Presets ........................................................................................................... 103

Preferences ........................................................................................................................................ 103

Presets ............................................................................................................................................... 103

Project Organization .............................................................................................................................. 104

Chapter 4: About Avid Motion Graphics Compositions ..................................................................... 106

About Avid Motion Graphics Compositions ........................................................................................... 107

Compositions and Avid Motion Graphics Objects ................................................................................. 108

Compositions and Avid Motion Graphics Object Effects ................................................................... 111

Creating Composition Templates .......................................................................................................... 120

Avid Motion Graphics Backups Feature ................................................................................................ 123

Using Libraries Across Multiple Compositions ...................................................................................... 124

Multi-user Collaboration ......................................................................................................................... 125

Using Storm Logic with Compositions ............................................................................................... 126

Chapter 5: Avid Motion Graphics Control ............................................................................................ 130

Avid Motion Graphics Control Interface ................................................................................................. 131

Organization .......................................................................................................................................... 134

Settings and Configuration .................................................................................................................... 135

General Settings ................................................................................................................................ 135

Renders ............................................................................................................................................. 136

Paths .................................................................................................................................................. 137

Sections ............................................................................................................................................. 138

Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................................... 139

Template Management .......................................................................................................................... 140

Virtual Keyboard and Shortcuts ............................................................................................................. 141

Creating Keyboard Layouts ............................................................................................................... 141

Chapter 6: Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts ......................................................................................... 144

Avid Motion Graphics Design UI Keyboard/Mouse Shortcuts ............................................................... 145

Avid Motion Graphics Control UI Keyboard/Mouse Shortcuts .............................................................. 148

Chapter 7: Avid Motion Graphics Plugins ............................................................................................ 155

The AMG Photoshop Exporter Plugin ................................................................................................... 156

The AMG 3ds Max Exporter Plugin ....................................................................................................... 164

This preface covers the following:

About Avid Motion Graphics (p. 1) About the Avid Motion Graphics Documentation (p. 1) Additional Resources (p. 1)

Avid Motion Graphics is a dynamic motion graphics editor and playout software suite that allows you to produce striking compositions and inspiring effects for a variety of professional broadcast and media applications.

Avid Motion Graphics is geared for media producers in the media enterprise, professional video, and educational market segments that produce graphics for numerous applications including news, sports, live events (concerts, houses of worship), post production, channel branding, game shows, reality TV, corporate video, and educational purposes.

Avid Motion Graphics solutions can integrate industry-leading broadcast graphics systems and live production servers with both the newsroom and broadcast production. The result is facility-wide access to branded visual templates and elements—from traffic to the promotions department to journalists—and a more consistent and competitive channel identity in all news, sports and entertainment programming.

The possibilities are truly endless . . .

This Avid Motion Graphics User’s Guide covers the basics, that is, enough guidance to get you up and running and therefore doesn’t cover each and every feature thoroughly.

Depending on your configuration, your Avid Motion Graphics system may not contain certain applications or features covered in this document.

Along with the documentation that accompanies Avid Motion Graphics, there’re a variety of resources you

can use to find out more about the application, its applications, and tools.

Avid makes lifelong learning, career advancement, and personal development easy and convenient. Avid understands that the knowledge you need to differentiate yourself is always changing, and Avid continually updates course content and offers new training delivery methods that accommodate your pressured and competitive work environment.

For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and books, please visit www.avid.com/support and follow the Training links, or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-

2843).

Preface: Welcome to Avid Motion Graphics

About Avid Motion Graphics

About the Avid Motion Graphics Documentation

Additional Resources

Avid Training Services

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

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http://www.avid.com/csportal or telephone Customer Success at 800-800-AVID (800-800-2843).

If You Need Help

This chapter covers Avid Motion Graphics, AMG Production, AMG Creation, and key concepts required for effectively creating graphics.

This chapter covers the following:

Avid Motion Graphics Suites (p. 4) Projects (p. 5) Compositions (p. 6) Objects (p. 7) Effects (p. 9) Features (p. 10) Mouse Controls (p. 12) Keyboard Shortcuts (p. 13)

Chapter 1: Introducing Avid Motion Graphics

Imagine the possibilities . . .

In today’s highly-competitive, image-dominated media industry, media producers need to create stunning visual imagery that cuts through the clutter, streamline their workflows to reduce costs, and build strong brand recognition. Avid Motion Graphics™ helps you do just that. This on-air graphics platform offers advanced design tools, powerful production capabilities, and sophisticated workflow integration, built on a revolutionary rendering engine that lets everyone involved in graphics development make the most of their media.

Avid Motion Graphics™

Avid Motion Graphics™ Production

Avid Motion Graphics™ Creation

Avid Motion Graphics is a fullfeatured on-air graphics system with advanced object-based design, production, and playout capabilities and workflow integration ideal for high production-value graphics creation and distribution. You can create exhilarating visual experience with this complete nextgeneration creative toolset, featuring advanced 2D/3D real-time rendering accelerated by the latest GPU and I/O technology.

Ideal for fast-paced news, sports and live events, Avid Motion Graphics Production is a streamlined on-air graphics system with complete 2D/3D graphics creation tools, effects, production capabilities and workflow integration. You can create stunning imagery, easily make real-time updates, and quickly play graphics to air with this next-generation creative toolset, featuring advanced 2D/3D realtime rendering accelerated by the latest GPU and I/O technology.

Avid Motion Graphics Creation is a software-only graphics design application with the same advanced 2D/3D creation tools and advanced 2D/3D real-time rendering as the full-featured Avid Motion Graphics system. You can create stunning imagery with this complete nextgeneration creative toolset for quick transfer to the online Avid Motion Graphics system.

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Avid Motion Graphics Suites

In Avid Motion Graphics, you create 2D and 3D graphics and construct projects with images and objects imported from third-party applications (such as Adobe Photoshop and Autodesk 3ds Max), movie files, audio files, data files (such as XML feeds and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets), and Avid Motion Graphics objects too, of course. Several examples of Avid Motion Graphics objects include Bezier curves, particle systems, primitives, texts, and video objects.

Whether your compositing a 3D graphics cinema masterpiece or a simple 2D image, Avid Motion Graphics is unique in that it utilizes a perpetual 3D-graphics rendering engine. There’s no need to switch between 2D and 3D modes.

An Avid Motion Graphics project consists of compositions that in turn contain graphics, in the form of objects. For more about compositions and objects, see Compositions and Objects, respectively.

Project Workflows

Avid Motion Graphics projects are exceedingly dynamic, supporting common and unique workflows alike. A single designer can use Avid Motion Graphics to produce vivid images and composite powerful animations; alternatively, an extensive group of professionals including graphic designers, project administrators, control room technicians, and so on, can use Avid Motion Graphics to create, compile, and take to air their enterprise-level broadcasts.

Projects

When you launch Avid Motion Graphics your project will have a single default composition, a group that acts as a container for your graphic and media objects. The empty Edit Pane, in the Viewport Area, represents the current content of the composition, which will eventually be taken to air.

Any additional compositions you create will appear in the StormLogic Pane in the WorkArea disclosure list. Selecting a composition from the StormLogic Pane will load it in the Object Pane; once loaded, you can select individual objects, or groups, to adjust their unique attributes. Additionally, if you select the composition group (“/” slash), listed at the top of the Object Pane list, you can define its Presenter attributes.

The term Presenter refers to a set of effects that determine how a composition will animate with regard to other compositions when taking graphics to air.

Another means for defining your composition’s Presenter attributes is to select either the “StormLogic” group or “WorkArea” group from the StormLogic Pane. Doing so will load the project’s full hierarchy into

the Object Pane; once loaded, you can define each compositions’ Presenter attributes, and also Presenter Group attributes.

The term Presenter Group refers to another distinct set of effects, which apply to groups and their children, or compositions and groups within that group. Presenter Group effects define behaviors such as the number of compositions that can be on air at once, overlap between two transitioning compositions, and much more.

Consider the above Wall Street composition example; all of its graphical elements are contained within a single composition, consequently, when the composition is played out all of its elements go to air simultaneously. However, if you’d like to use a different header, or want to report on only two of the three markets, the header and bottom bars should each be contained within their own compositions. Organizing graphics in this way will allow a higher level of control when putting your graphics to air.

Compositions

All assets, whether native to the program or imported, are referred to as objects, e.g., light objects, sound objects, bind objects, timer objects, and so on. Objects must reside within a group. Groups have a parent relationship with the objects they contain. Whereas compositions, objects, and groups at the same hierarchy level are said to have a brother relationship (thus, the Brother In and Brother Out animations created between compositions).

In the screenshots above and to the right, the group labeled with a slash “/” is the default composition group and is the parent to every object and group within the composition.

The group labeled “Group” has a parent relationship with the objects contained within it, labeled “BevelBox” and “Cone”, and has a brother relationship with the object labeled “Cosmos”.

The “BevelBox” and “Cone” objects have a brother relationship. Modifying a group that has a parent relationship will also affect the objects

it contains. For example, animating the group labeled “Group” will also animate the “BevelBox” and “Cone” objects.

Note: By design, it’s not possible to delete the composition group (“/” slash), or for that group to have a

brother relationship with other objects or groups. Attempting to delete the composition level or move a group or object to its level will result in a warning message.

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Objects

Object Attributes and Effects

Each object type has a unique set of attributes; for instance, the SurfQuad object in the Object Pane to the left, has adjustable Transformation and Surf Quad attributes.

The Transformation disclosure lists attributes for adjusting

the object’s scale, axis point, and 3D vector coordinates.

The Surf Quad disclosure lists attributes for adjusting the object’s resolution, dimensions, and material.

Avid Motion Graphics boasts a variety of powerful effects, including those for objects. Effect categories are listed as categorical tabs in the Effects Pane. The first of which is the Object Effect tab.

For more about objects and object effects, see

Compositions and Avid Motion Graphics Objects.

Note: Any effects, animations, or other behaviors that you

apply to a parent group will also affect the objects or other groups contained within them.

Avid Motion Graphics Effects are designed to make your life a whole lot easier. Effects allow you to make complex, eye-catching graphics for a wide range of applications in no time at all.

The following screenshot is an example of the Fractal effect, which when applied transforms a planar, surface object into a jagged, mountainous terrain.

The Effects Pane displays the various effect categories in a tabular arrangement at its top. Effects are applicable to objects, materials, textures, fonts, media files, timers, binds, pipes (the viewport panes), modes (the system pane), and lights. You can apply effects to enhance existing attributes, or to introduce entirely new controls. When you add effects, their parameters append to their corresponding pane’s existing attributes.

Note: For panes that support effects, there’s an “Effects”

library shortcut icon. Holding Ctrl + LMB-clicking a shortcut icon will open the corresponding object library or effects library in that pane.

The screenshot to the right is of the Material Pane’s “Effects” shortcut.

For more about effects, what they do, and some examples, see Compositions and Avid Motion Graphics Object Effects.

Effects

Professional multimedia designers have traditionally used a variety of software packages to support their workflows; Avid Motion Graphics is engineered to cover a dynamic range of these benchmark features and tools, while also integrating file compatibility for industry leading media formats.

The following table provides some of Avid Motion Graphics key features.

Avid Motion Graphics Key Features

Key Feature

Description

Real-time 2D/3D graphics rendering

Graphics creation from basic CG functions up to highly advanced realtime compositions using effects and shaders. Switch between 2D and 3D without complexity.

Deko Asset preservation and conversion

Saves resources, time, and money by letting you use all the same raw file assets. Includes a translator to bring the basic components of your Deko files onto the new platform.

Workflow integration

Enables you to integrate graphics into the newsroom and edit suite while transitioning to the new platform. Empowers you to create powerful newsroom graphics from advanced templates.

Object-based environment

Allows each object to contain its own parameters and animation properties, and to be combined in an infinite variety of ways.

Local or distributed controller

Enables you to bring graphics to air with all products within the Avid Motion Graphics platform. Includes full override capabilities and the fastest to air workflows.

Text editing and effects

Gets you to air quickly with all the standard text entry and editing functionality, as well as dozens of preset text effects and animations.

Primitives modeling and animation, environment lighting and atmospheric tools

Available plugins provide export from industry standard tools, such as Adobe Photoshop and Autodesk 3ds Max, letting you create 3D objects and animations natively or from imported geometry with open integrations.

Intuitive user interface with 2D/3D views

Enables you to work more efficiently to create many types of graphic assets, from character generation to full 3D animations.

Features

Enhanced materials with soft clipping planes, specular effects, bump mapping, advanced materials, shaders, and shadows

Provides a wide range of creative options to develop a differentiated look and feel for any application.

Group effects

Allows you to animate entire groups of objects, such as multi-line scoreboards with a variety of preset animations.

Clips and/or video input mapped to any object, including text

Enables you to map graphics clips or input video to any object and play in combination with timeline animations.

Control via automation, external machines, or applications

Interfaces with automated graphics playout control systems to automatically trigger playout in a variety of workflows.

Combine two or more templates into one uniquely identified MetaTemplate

Using AMG Control you can combine multiple templates into one MetaTemplate that has its own HouseID. This allows for ultimate graphic playout flexibility when controlling the Avid Motion Graphics playout server with any system that communicates via CII (i.e. most Automation systems).

Data-driven graphics

Lets you dynamically update graphics, such as financial charts, sports scores, and election results via integration with ODBC sources, RSS feeds, XML files, and/or thirdparty data sources and applications.

Advanced GPU technology support

Supports the latest advances in GPU and I/O technology, as well as formats from NTSC up to 2K, including film resolutions and custom formats.

11 Throughout this user’s guide mouse controls and shortcuts are often abbreviated; refer to the diagram below for their abbreviations.

In the following table, only the functional areas are described– to view a complete list of mouse controls and shortcuts, see Avid Motion Graphics Design UI Keyboard/Mouse Shortcuts.

Mouse Controls

Keyboard shortcuts exist for graphics design and playout control. Many shortcuts are possible with a standard, QWERTY keyboard. Alternatively, the Avid Motion Graphics keyboard provides programmable buttons (macros) and additional keyboard shortcuts.

For more about using keyboard shortcuts for Avid Motion Graphics Design and Avid Motion Graphics Control, see Avid Motion Graphics Design UI Keyboard/Mouse Shortcuts and Avid Motion Graphics

Control UI Keyboard/Mouse Shortcuts, respectively.

Standard QWERTY Keyboard

Avid Motion Graphics Programable Keyboard

Keyboard Shortcuts

This chapter introduces the various Avid Motion Graphics Workspace areas and their relevant panes.

This chapter covers the following:

Workspace Overview (p. 15) The Menu Ribbon (p. 16) The Assets Area (p. 26) The Menu Area (p. 36) The Animation Area (p. 40) The Viewports Area (p. 46) The Model Area (p. 52)

Chapter 2: The Avid Motion Graphics Workspace

14 The Avid Motion Graphics workspace has five functional areas each of which contains a set of panes.

Areas can be resized by dragging their borders horizontally and vertically and panes can be relocated, added to, or removed from any area in the workspace

Learn: To add or remove panes from your workspace,

open the View menu located at the top of your program window. The View menu lists the five workspace areas: Assets; Menu; Animation; Viewports; Model. Clicking on, or hovering over, any one of the areas will display the area-specific panes. Check panes to add them to your workspace.

When you initially launch Avid Motion Graphics the default layout will be displayed and the areas will be similar to those displayed in the workspace pictured below, labeled Workspace Areas; however, keep in mind that not all of the available panes are included in each of the provided preset layouts. For example,

the Default layout doesn’t include several of the Animation, Viewport, and Model panes. As you acquire a feel for the Avid Motion Graphics workspace it’s likely you will customize layouts to better align them with

your workflows.

Learn: To change your workspace layout to one of the preset options, open the Layout menu located at the top of your

program window in the Menu Ribbon. Click or hover over Select to display the default layout options.

For more about Layout menu features, see Layout Menu.

Workspace Areas

The following sections describe each of the five workspace areas and their corresponding panes.

Workspace Overview

15 From left to right, the File, View, Skin, Layout, and Help menus are located along the Menu Ribbon,

located at the top of the Avid Motion Graphics Workspace. The following sections describe these menus and their features.

Menu Area Topics

File Menu View Menu Layout Menu Help Menu

The Menu Ribbon

The table below describes the contents of the File Menu; Project, Composition, Preferences, and Exit.

File Menu: Project

Options

Description

New

Creates a new, blank project with a single default composition

Open

Opens your project without loading compositions.

Note: When using Avid Motion Graphics Control to playout your graphics use

Open, not Open All, to open your project. AMG Control loads your compositions automatically; therefore using Open All to open your project will cause the rendering engine to load your composition twice.

Open All

Opens your project and loads your compositions for design/editing.

Save

Saves your project to its previously saved location. Using Save, without a previous save, will simply open the FileLoader window as if you were saving as.

Save As

Opens the FileLoader window, allowing you to choose the file directory and project name.

Export

Exports your project as a single archived zip file containing your compositions, assets, settings, and project attributes.

Import

Imports previously exported Avid Motion Graphics projects.

Import Library

Imports a previously saved project library.

Recover

Populates a list of your automatically backed up projects.

Learn: To turn on automatic project backups, open

Preferences in the File Menu and navigate to the Misc Tab. You can turn backup creation on or off and set the maximum number of backups.

Enabling backups will create a backup each time you save your project.

The number of stored backups ranges from zero to forty, depending on your preference.

To recover a project, select

Project in the File Menu, then select Recover and choose the backup you’d like to recover.

File Menu

File Menu: Composition

Options

Description

New

Creates a new, blank composition.

Load Published

Opens the FileLoader window to the preset Admin Projects directory, allowing you to choose which previously published composition to load.

Note: The FileLoader window will not open if the Admin Projects path isn’t

defined.

For more on how to set paths, see File Menu: Preferences.

Load Selected

Loads one or more unloaded composition that you have selected in the StormLogic Pane.

Learn: To select multiple compositions, hold Ctrl while LMB-clicking the

compositions you want to load; holding Shift allows you to quickly select a range of compositions.

Tip: If you have a project with many compositions, or a few compositions with

large files, consider using Open instead of Open All when opening your project. You can then use Load Selected to load only the compositions that need editing.

Load All

Loads all of the compositions in the StormLogic Pane, regardless of selection.

Tip: If you accidently used Open to open your project, instead of Open All,

your compositions will not load for editing; simply use the Load All feature to load all of your compositions simultaneously.

Delete Selected

Deletes one or more composition(s) that you have selected in the StormLogic Pane.

Learn: To select multiple compositions, hold the Ctrl-key and LMB-click each

of the compositions you want to load; holding the Shift-key allows you to quickly select a range of compositions.

Duplicate Selected

Duplicates one or more composition(s) that you have selected in the StormLogic Pane.

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Publish Selected

Publishes one or more composition(s) that you have selected in the StormLogic Pane. You cannot publish a composition if your Admin Projects path isn’t defined.

Note: Using the Publish Selected feature creates a ‘_published/user’ folder in

the defined Admin Projects directory that contains the exported composition folder, .scn file, and template thumbnail.

Published compositions can be loaded into projects; for example, several graphic designers can each publish their compositions to the networked, Admin Projects directory and an art director could then load the published compositions into a single master project.

Save Selected

Saves one or more composition(s) that you have selected in the StormLogic Pane.

Save All

Saves all of the compositions in the StormLogic Pane, regardless of selection.

Export

Exports the currently selected composition in the StormLogic Pane as an archived file.

Import

Imports previously exported compositions to the StormLogic Pane.

File Menu: Preferences

Options

Description

Viewports

Contains various customizable Viewport attributes. You can fine tune your project’s video format, camera aspect ratio, and rendering configuration in the Viewports tab.

Text

Allows you to enable Unicode Shaping and Spell Check features.

Paths

Allows you to set your project and asset directory paths.

User Projects

The User Projects path is intended for local project storage.

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Admin Projects

The Admin Projects path is intended for sharing projects and publishing compositions.

Note: Compositions are automatically published to the Admin Projects

directory.

Common Library

The Common Library path is intended for sharing objects, materials, textures, fonts, etc., each Library Pane category should have its own folder in the Common Library directory (e.g. Materials – Mat Folder, Textures – Tex Folder).

Learn: To use assets from the common library, set your Common Library

path, close the Preference window, RMB-click within the Library Pane, LMBclick and select Show Common Library. You cannot simultaneously view Common Libraries and Local User Libraries.

Common Assets

The Common Assets path is intended for sharing picture, video, and sound files.

Reduced Render

Allows you to adjust the render level and type for the Edit, Program, and Preview Panes.

Desktop Shortcuts

Allows you to create project specific shortcuts on your desktop.

Shortcut Layout

Associates a predefined workspace layout with your project.

Create Open Lazy

Creates an Open, not Open All, shortcut on your desktop for the currently open project.

Create Open All

Creates an Open All shortcut on your desktop for the currently open project.

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Misc

Allows you to enable video input, adjust thumbnail size, and set automatic project saving and backup modes.

File Menu: Exit

Option

Description

Exit

Exits Avid Motion Graphics. If you haven’t saved your progress a warning message will display, “There are changes, Quit anyway?”

The View Menu lists the five major workspace areas and their submenus, which contain each area’s

panes. Selecting a pane will add it to your workspace. The following table describes the contents of the View Menu; Assets, Menu, Animation, Viewports, Model.

View Menu

Options

Description

Assets

Used to enable the following panes: Library, Effects, Browser, StormLogic, and In Use

Used to enable the following panes: Tools

Animation

Used to enable the following panes: In, Out, Brother In, Brother Out, Self In, Self Out, Immediate In, and Immediate Out

Viewports

Use to enable the following panes: Edit, Program, and Preview

Model

Used to enable the following panes: Material, Texture, MediaIn, Font, FontFix, Viewport, Timer, Form, Data, Bind, Capture, Render Movie, System, Light, Pivot, Sound, and Object

For more about the workspace panes, see The Avid Motion Graphics Workspace.

View Menu

23 The Layout Menu contains several predefined Avid Motion Graphics workspace layouts that you can

choose from. Alternatively, through this menu you can create your own layouts and save them for later use. Note: When you save a custom layout, it appears as an option in the Layout Menu.

The table below describes the contents of the View Menu; Assets, Menu, Animation, Viewports, Model.

Layout Menu

Description

Select

Lists your custom layouts and the default Avid Motion Graphics’ layouts.

Learn: To change the layout of your workspace, LMB-click or hover over Select

in the Layout Menu, choose one of the default layouts or a previously created user layout.

Save Now

Saves your current workspace configuration for future use.

Save on Exit

When enabled, this feature saves your workspace layout when you exit Avid Motion Graphics.

Note: When a layout is saved on exit, it will appear under Select in the Layout

Menu as ‘LastSchemeAMG’. If you don’t rename the ‘LastSchemeAMG’ layout, or disable the Save on Exit

feature the next time you open Avid Motion Graphics it will be overwritten on the next exit.

Lock

When enabled, this feature locks your workspace layout; you won’t be able to

click and drag panes as usual. You can still resize panes, and add/remove panes through the View Menu.

Delete

Deletes previously created user layouts; you cannot delete default layouts.

Rename

Allows you to rename previously created user layouts; you cannot rename default layouts.

Skin

The Skin Menu lists two Unicode skins to choose from, Default and Dark.

Layout Menu

Help Menu

Description

About Avid Motion Graphics

Links to the Avid Motion Graphics help file. Depending on the Avid Motion Graphics release version you’re using, this feature may not be functional.

Help Menu

The Assets Area contains the Library, Effects, Browser, StormLogic, and In Use panes. The StormLogic Pane is for managing compositions, while the other panes in this area are for composition-level asset management. Aside from the StormLogic Pane, each of the other panes displays their content in a tabular arrangement by category.

For instance, the Library Pane has eleven tabs that each represents a different library category. The first icon tab in the Library Pane is the Object Library, a library category containing Avid Motion Graphics default objects; the second icon tab is the Material Library, a library category containing predefined materials; and so on. Aside from the StormLogic Pane, each of the panes in the Assets Area is arranged similarly.

The Library Pane illustration below points out several features, which are common between the panes in the Assets Area.

The Assets Area

The StormLogic Pane displays a project’s hierarchy; by default this includes the WorkArea and a single, default composition. A valuable feature in Avid Motion Graphics is that you can arrange compositions in a presenter structure, which makes it possible to define how compositions (templates) behave in relation to each other. For instance, you can define which templates are permitted to go on-air simultaneously, or which ones will overlap and shouldn’t be aired together.

The StormLogic level (group) is locked at the root level and contains all of the compositions within a project. Additionally, StormLogic contains the WorkArea, which is where compositions are nested for the graphics editing portion of your workflow.

When your compositions (templates) are complete, meaning

they’re ready for playout, they should be nested above the

WorkArea, within the StormLogic level (right).

Note: While compositions are allowed within the Storm Logic

Level, they’re not allowed to be at the same level because

StormLogic is at the root level of a project, acting as a ‘group’ that contains all of a project’s compositions, assets, and

parameter based Python files.

The StormLogic Pane provides a variety of composition related functions; for instance, adding, loading, saving, publishing, deleting, and duplicating compositions, and also providing a feature for capturing thumbnails.

Some functions, however, are restricted to the Object Pane in an effort to prevent accidental reordering, grouping, and other, sometimes detrimental actions with regard to composition management.

You cannot directly modify your project’s composition-hierarchy in the StormLogic Pane; instead, select StormLogic from the StormLogic Pane, and then navigate to the Object Pane where you can rearrange and group your compositions. For more on composition management, see Avid Motion Graphics

Compositions.

The content populated in the Object Pane is dependent on your current selection in the StormLogic Pane. For instance, selecting a composition from the StormLogic Pane will populate the Object Pane with that composition’s objects. This type of selection is used while editing compositions. Alternatively, selecting a group from the StormLogic Pane, e.g., StormLogic, WorkArea, or groups containing compositions, will

populate the Object Pane with your project’s hierarchy. This type of selection is used for adding

Presenter and Presenter Group effects, animations (productions), and pivots among compositions.

Assets Area: StormLogic Pane

The following tables describe the RMB-Menus accessible through the StormLogic Pane.

StormLogic, RMB-Menu (RMB-click over ‘StormLogic’)

Menu Feature

Description

Save StormLogic

Saves your projects StormLogic.

Load Published

Allows you to load a previously published composition.

New Composition

Creates a new composition under the WorkArea disclosure.

Learn: To display the menu, pictured to the right, RMB-click

over StormLogic or Workarea, in the StormLogic Pane.

Compositions, RMB-Menu (RMB-click over a composition)

Menu Feature

Description

New

Creates a new composition under the WorkArea disclosure.

Load

Loads the currently selected composition(s).

Save

Saves the currently selected composition(s).

Shortcut: Press “Ctrl + S” to save

your composition.

Publish

Publishes the currently selected composition or compositions. You cannot publish a composition if the Admin Projects path hasn’t been defined. For more on configuring paths, see Preferences Paths.

Delete

Deletes the currently selected composition(s).

Duplicate

Duplicates the currently selected composition(s).

Clone

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Capture Thumbnail

Captures a thumbnail of the Edit Pane, in the Viewport Area.

Anamorphic

Letterbox

Crop

Set Category

Categories help to keep your compositions better organized.

Selecting “None” from the Set Category submenu will remove the previously set category for that composition; and selecting “New” will open a window for naming a new category and applying it. As you create new categories, they’ll be listed

within the Set Category submenu along with “None” and “New”.

Object

Material

Texture

Font

MediaIn

Timer

Data

FontFix

Pivot

Sound

Light

The Library pane is comprised of preset library categories that contain different objects, shapes, graphic images, materials, textures, and so on, which are the fundamental building blocks of your compositions. You can also create custom groups containing your own object assets.

Each library category is represented by a different icon displayed at the top of the Library Pane. You can select an icon to display objects in that particular library. For instance, in the following screen capture the Object Library icon is selected and a list of object groups is displayed.

Learn: To add your own object or group to the local User Object Library, LMB click-and-drag your

selection from the Object Pane to the Object Library. Use the same concept to add your materials, textures, etc., to the various libraries in the Library Pane.

However, Avid Motion Graphics won’t allow you to add incompatible assets to a library, so make sure

you’re adding materials to the Material Library and textures to the Texture Library.

Learn: To add assets to the Common Library, follow the steps

below:

In the File Menu select Preferences and navigate to the

Paths Tab

LMB-click the magnify glass icon to the right of the

Common Library directory field and use the browser window to select your preferred network location

Close the Preference window and RMB-click within the

Library Pane – LMB-click Show Common Library

You can now drag your assets into their corresponding

Library Pane categories to easily share and access them over your network

Assets Area: Library Pane

Object

Material

Texture

Font

MediaIn

Timer

Bind

Capture

Pipe

Modes

Light

The Effects Pane is a collection of preset effects for modifying the appearance and behavior of your composition assets. Icons at the top of the Effects Pane represent the various effect categories; each category corresponds with a pane in the Avid Motion Graphics workspace.

When you add an effect it appears under the corresponding pane; for example, an object effect will appear in the Object Pane and a material effect will appear in the Materials Pane. Most effects have adjustable attributes.

Learn: To apply an effect from the Object Effect category, LMB-click and drag the effect and drop it over

the object you want to modify. All object effects can be added directly to objects in the Viewport; alternatively, you can double LMB-click on an effect to add it. You can add effects from other categories using the same process.

Learn: To delete an effect, navigate to the appropriate pane (e.g. The Object Pane in this example),

RMB-click over the effect disclosure or effect name, and select Effect Delete. You can also reset an effects adjustable attributes by selecting Effect Reset or enable effect dragging by selecting Effect Drag Enable.

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Assets Area: Effects Pane

Database

Path

Object

Path

Texture

Path

Audio

Path

Plugin

Path

Fonts

Path

Python

Path

Sets Path

IPF

Path

Desktop

Path

Browser

The Browser Pane displays a collection of different preset file directories and their respective folder lists, containing assets, which can be used in your compositions. You can navigate to different locations using the navigation tools at the top of the pane.

You can also use the quick navigational presets to display the lists of folders in each predefined location. Each predefined location is represented by a different icon, displayed at the top of the Browser Pane just under the navigation tools.

Learn: To set a browser path, navigate to your preferred directory, (e.g., if you’re setting the path for the

texture icon, you’d navigate to where your textures are stored), then RMB-click over the corresponding icon, the texture icon, and RMB-click ‘Set Shortcut’. You can now easily access your textures by simply clicking the texture icon.

Assets Area: Browser Pane

Material

Texture

Font

Timer

Map

Light

Pivot

FontFix

The In Use Pane organizes composition assets into an easy-to-navigate categorical interface. The assets for the composition you’re currently editing are listed in the In Use Pane; additionally, any shared (global) assets will be listed. To reduce project size and free up system resources, Avid Motion Graphics supports cross-composition asset sharing.

Note: The In Use Pane will only populate project assets if you use “Open All” to load your project, or if

you use “Open”, and then load your composition(s) in the StormLogic Pane. For more on loading compositions in the StormLogic Pane, see Assets Area: StormLogic Pane.

The following is an example of a composition with redundant materials.

The Live Bug and Breaking News graphics, below, were created using separate materials for each of the four chevron surface objects: Live-Bug_BLUE, Live-Bug_RED, Breaking-News_BLUE, and Breaking- News_RED. Ideally, these graphics would use just two shared materials.

Note: Depending on your

system configuration most materials won’t cause noticeable delays in project load time; however, excessive redundant materials, or a few large-file redundant materials, like those with associated video textures, can impact project load time.

To eliminate the redundant materials in this example, two materials were shared between all four chevrons. First, the Live-Bug_BLUE and Live-Bug_RED were applied to each of the corresponding (blue/red) chevrons.

Note: After this step, the blue

chevrons share the material, Live-Bug_BLUE, and the red chevrons share the material, Live-Bug_RED; and, the materials, BreakingNews_BLUE and BreakingNews_RED, are unused and unreferenced.

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Assets Area: In Use Pane

34 Because the unused materials, Breaking-News_BLUE and Breaking-News_RED, are unreferenced they

can be deleted.

Learn: To delete unreferenced items in the In Use Pane, RMB-

click over the materials In Use Pane and select

“Delete Unreferenced Items” or select “Delete”

if you’d prefer to delete

one material at a time.

“Ok” and “Cancel” apply

to only the focused

unreferenced material,

Breaking-News_BLUE in

this screen capture,

below.

“Clean All” and “Cancel All” apply to all unreferenced items, currently in the In Use Pane.

After eliminating the unused materials, there’re just two (shared) materials in the In Use Pane, which were renamed.

Learn: To rename materials in the In Use Pane, double click over a

material’s name, enter a new name, and then press enter. Alternatively, you can rename your materials in the Material Pane using the same steps.

To create material thumbnails,

either double-click the Material Preview in the Material Pane, or RMB-click over the Material Preview and select Capture Thumbnail.

Note: When a project is complete, it’s good practice to use the “Delete Unreferenced Items” feature for

eliminating redundant materials, textures, fonts, and timers.

The Menu Area contains a single pane, the Tools Pane.

Menu Area Topics

Tools Pane

The Menu Area

The Menu Area is located directly above the Viewport and by default contains the Tools Pane. The Tools Pane provides access to all of the tools you need for manipulating objects in the Viewport. There are a set of gizmos that allow you to transform objects. There are also tools for displaying statistical data and altering the Viewport.

Description of Tools in the Tools Pane

Icon

Tool Type

Shortcuts

Description

Deselect

Deselects all objects in the Viewport.

Tip: If you’re trying to move or transform an

object within the Viewport and the Viewport’s

perspective changes instead, use the Deselect Tool and attempt to transform your object again.

Move

Allows manual X, Y and Z axis planar object transformations.

Tip: The Move Tool corresponds with the

Transformation, Displace values in the Object Pane.

Rotate

Allows manual heading, pitch, and roll rotational object transformations.

Heading: rotation about the Z-axis Pitch: rotation about the X-axis Roll: rotation about the Y-axis

Scale

Allows manual X, Y and Z axis scalar object transformations.

Tip: Excessively or negatively scaling objects

can cause undesired behavior.

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Menu Area: Tools Pane

Box

Allows manual X, Y and Z axis scalar and planar transformations using a bounding box.

Object Pivot

Changes the Viewport gizmo to allow manual adjustment of an objects center point.

Path

Changes the Viewport gizmo to allow manual manipulation of Bezier curves.

Note: clicking the MMB over a curve object

creates additional vectors, while pressing the RMB displays a menu with additional editing options.

Display Statistics

Alt + s

Displays various statistical data in the Viewport.

Tip: Use this tool to monitor your systems

performance; particle systems, 3D-objects, animations, etc., are often resource intensive.

Display Global Axis

Alt + e

Displays X, Y and Z axes.

Learn: To adjust which planes appear as grids in the Viewport, navigate to the

Viewport Pane and under Viewport Planes turn on or off axes.

Display Camera Data

Alt + i

Displays camera data in the Viewport.

Display Alpha Channel

n/a

Displays alpha channel in the Viewport.

Display Wireframe

Alt + u

Displays wireframes for all objects in the Viewport.

Freeze Interface

Alt + f

Masks the interface, leaving only the Viewport visible.

Reset Camera

Alt + r

Resets the camera to its default position.

View Camera Point of Interest

Alt + m

Displays the point of interest gizmo.

Display Safety Frame

n/a

Displays safety frame over the Viewport.

Display Grid

Alt + g

Displays grid(s).

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GridSnap

n/a

Auto-aligns the guide bar to the closest grid intersection.

Enable Video Input 1

n/a

Enables video input one.

Enable Video Input 2

n/a

Enables video input two.

Avid Motion Graphics utilizes a variety of animation timelines; innovatively setting itself apart from traditional timeline keyframe editors, and giving graphic designers more control. The Animation Area contains various panes designated for the various animation types; you can create animations within and between compositions. The Animation Area is located immediately below the Viewports Area.

Note: Animations from the various timelines are also referred to as productions; for instance, “Self In

Pane animation” is interchangeable with “Self In production”.

Animation Area Topics

Timeline Modes In Pane, Out Pane Brother In Pane, Brother Out Pane Self In Pane, Self Out Pane Immediate In Pane, Immediate Out Pane

The Animation Area

40 The following table describes the Animation Area tool icons, which are accessible at the bottom of each of

the Animation Area panes (In/Out, Self In/Self Out, Brother In/Brother Out, Immediate In/Immediate Out).

Description of Animation Area Tool Icons

Icon

Mode

Description

Frame Window

Enables the Frame Window feature.

Auto-Keyframe

Automatically creates keyframes as you move objects in the Viewport. After each movement the timeline playhead must be advanced to the next desired keyframe position.

Spline Keyframing

Sets keyframes to a Bezier curve, allowing you to precisely adjust the timing and velocity of your animation.

Learn:

To view the Bezier curve while animating, select a segment from

the timeline and press the (u) key on your keyboard. The curve will appear in 2D on the timeline and in 3D in the Viewport. Use the 2D curve to adjust your animations velocity and the 3D curve to adjust the path of the animation.

To add keyframes, MMB-click over the curve in the Viewport. To delete keyframes, select a keyframe and press the delete

key.

Autofit

Automatically interpolates frames between two keyframes, or before a single keyframe, to form a spline transition.

Animation Area: Timeline Modes

In and Out Pane productions determine how compositions (templates) are brought to air, and sequentially off air.

In Pane animations determine how a composition’s graphics are animated when brought to air, if no other compositions are already on air. When there are existing compositions on air, the Brother In animation is used in place of the In Pane animation. On the other hand, Out Pane animations are used when a composition is taken off air, if no other compositions follow.

Note: “Brother”, means same-level, and is used in describing the hierarchical relationship between

compositions, groups, and objects.

Animation Area: In and Out Panes

Brother In and Brother Out productions determine how two compositions will animate on air and off air when transitioning between each other. By definition, Brothers are objects or groups at the same hierarchy level. For instance, three compositions within a group (parent) share a brother relationship.

The In animation (see In/Out Pane) airs when a composition is taken to air, and the Brother Out animation is aired, in place of the Out animation (see In/Out Pane), when the second composition is taken to air. In this case the second composition is taken to air with its Brother In animation, and if no additional compositions follow, its Out animation runs when it’s played-out.

Step 1: Playing COMP1 runs its IN animation

Step 2: Playing COMP2 with COMP1 already on air plays COMP1’s BROTHER OUT animation, and then COMP2’s BROTHER IN animation

Step 3: Playing additional compositions will repeat the animations from Step 2

Note: Playing-out COMP2 after Step 2, above, instead of

playing additional compositions, will run COMP2’s OUT animation.

Animation Area: Brother In and Brother Out Panes

Self In and Self Out productions determine how a single composition will transition between itself, if the same compositions is consecutively taken to air. Self In and Self Out animations are intended for use with replaceable field attributes. As new, updated replaceable field attributes are re-populated, the Self Out animation airs, followed by the Self In animation.

Note: Self In and Self Out animations also apply to a single composition that has been duplicated (n)

times in Avid Motion Graphics Control. Duplicating a composition allows controllers to manually add new data/attributes to the off air, duplicate composition, and then replace the currently on air composition without interruption.

In the following example, the Self Out animation airs, the replaceable fields receive new stock data, and then the Self In animation airs.

Animation Area: Self In and Self Out Panes

44 Included as optional productions, the Immediate In and Immediate Out panes are used for generating

template thumbnails for later use in Avid Motion Graphics Control.

Animation Area: Immediate In and Immediate Out Panes

45 The Viewports Area contains panes for editing and viewing your graphics. Three panes reside in the

Viewports Area: Edit Pane; Program Pane; Preview Pane.

Viewports Area Topics

Viewports Area Overview Viewports Area: Edit Pane Viewports Area: Program Pane Viewports Area: Preview Pane Related Feature: Viewport Pane

The Viewports Area

By default, when you open Avid Motion Graphics it’ll be in Edit Mode; additionally, only the Edit Pane is enabled in the Viewports Area. The Edit Pane functions as a virtual 3D canvas, from the perspective of a fixed camera, where you arrange and animate graphics for your composition. This is what will be output when you later take a composition to air.

The Program and Preview panes can be added to your Edit Mode workspace; however, these panes are suited for use with playout (Playout Mode) applications, like Avid Motion Graphics Control.

Learn: To change from Edit Mode to Playout Mode, select the Playout icon at

the top right of the Menu Ribbon.

You can use keyboard and mouse controls to manipulate the camera’s vector coordinates, and therefore adjust your view of the 3D environment in the Edit Pane (see table below).

Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating the Viewport Area Panes

Shortcuts

Description

Focus

Ctrl + LMB

Click and drag zooms in the selected area

2D Navigation

Ctrl + MMB

Wheel zooms in/out progressively (5% increments)

Ctrl + MMB

Click and drag to pan

Ctrl + RMB

Click and drag to smoothly zoom in/out

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Viewports Area Overview

Alt + LMB

Click and drag to roll the camera about its axis

3D Navigation

Alt + MMB

Click and drag to track/pan the camera

Alt + RMB

Click and drag to dolly

Frames the selected object

Alt + x

Changes the camera’s focus to the x-axis, and displays the x-axis grid

Alt + y

Changes the camera’s focus to the y-axis, and displays the y-axis grid

Alt + z

Changes the camera’s focus to the z-axis, and displays the z-axis grid

+/- Numeric Keypad Keys

Modifies the size of the transformation gizmo

48 The Edit Pane is for designing, laying out, and animating your graphics. As you edit your graphics, the

composition continuously renders, in real time, in the Edit Pane.

Viewports Area: Edit Pane

The Program Pane displays your graphics as they’re taken to air via external applications, like Avid Motion Graphics Control.

For more about the Program Pane, see Avid Motion Graphics Control.

Viewports Area: Program Pane

The Preview Pane displays graphics that are cued for playout with external applications, like Avid Motion Graphics Control.

Note: Animations, particle systems, and other automated behaviors aren’t rendered by default in the

Preview Pane; this pane is intended for ensuring the correct graphics are queued prior to playout in the Program Pane.

(Located in the Model Area)

The Viewport Pane is located in the Model Area and provides adjustable attributes for the Edit Pane, in the Viewports Area.

Grid: Provides toggles for enabling the “See through grid” feature and for showing or hiding rulers (Show/Hide rulers).

Visible Planes: Provides toggles for making the X, Y, and Z

plane grids visible. The “Subdiv.” X,Y, and Z fields are used

to adjust the number of grid lines. “Alpha” is used to adjust

the alpha level, or transparency of the enabled grids. Fog Color: Fog Color can be set as a three dimensional

layer, which depending on its Y-axis distance (near/far) and the locations of the objects in your composition, may appear in front of or behind your objects. A fog color will appear as a blurry natural emulation of fog.

Background Color: Provides a color selector that you can use to define the background color of the Edit Pane.

Switch Camera: As a Viewport Pane effect, “Switch Camera” provides various controls for adjusting the viewpoint, interest, and focal length of the camera.

For more about the Viewport Pane and its related effects, see Model Area: Viewport Pane.

Viewports Area: Preview Pane

Related Feature: The Viewport Pane

The Model Area contains panes, which list adjustable attributes and controls that appear as you add objects to your composition. The tools that are used to modify the size and shape of a selected object in your composition as well as the colors, materials, fonts, and textures used with that object can be found throughout the various panes in Model Area. There are also tools that allow you to add timers, lighting, binds, and much more to your composition.

Model Area Topics

Model Area: Material Pane Model Area: Texture Pane Model Area: MediaIn Pane Model Area: Font Pane Model Area: FontFix Pane Model Area: Viewport Pane Model Area: Timer Pane Model Area: Form Pane Model Area: Data Pane Model Area: Bind Pane Model Area: Capture Pane Model Area: Render Movie Pane Model Area: System Pane Model Area: Light Pane Model Area: Pivot Pane Model Area: Sound Pane Model Area: Object Pane

The Model Area

52 The Material Pane contains the tools and controls that allow you to add color to, and modify other surface

attributes of the objects in your composition.

For more about textures and their attributes, like those highlighted in purple above, see the Texture Pane.

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Model Area: Material Pane

Learn: To expose additional color presets, as seen in the figure to the right, hover over the divider bar

between the preset color icons and the color gradient until the cursor appears, and then LMBclick and drag the bar to expose the preset color icons.

The following table describes the Material Pane’s color menu, which is accessible by RMB-clicking over the color attributes.

Using the Color Menu in the Material Pane

Color Menu Features

Description

Add Key

Creates a keyframe in the currently selected animation pane in the Animation Area. The location of the timeline playhead determines where the keyframe is inserted.

Copy - Paste

Copy: Copies the selected

color’s vector coordinates. Paste: Pastes a copied color’s

vector coordinates. You can paste colors into the hexadecimal color field, the preset icon and gradient color areas, or onto the timeline.

Paste Bind

Creates a bind between two fields. For more on binds, see Model Area: Bind

Pane.

Reset Value

Resets all color fields to their default color values.

From Script

Opens the material, color script editor window, allowing manual input of a

colors’ vector coordinates.

Reset Color Palette

Resets preset color palette to default color icons.

Tip: This feature deletes any preset color icons you may have created.

Component [Single]

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Help

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The following table describes several important attributes from the Material Pane.

Miscellaneous Material Pane Color Attributes

Attribute

Description

CullFace

Off, Back, Front, Both

Hides the selected side(s) of the material.

Tip: Use CullFace to reduce your resource load when working with resource-

intensive materials.

Shade

Adjusts how shade attributes are applied to your materials.

Many Avid Motion Graphics materials have unique attributes; two examples are provided below.

Unique Material Attributes

Example 1: Matte Luma Material

Example 2: Blend Reflection Material

Luma (Luminance) materials have at least one additional texture field, pictured above. The First Pass Luminance texture field is listed for the material Matte Luma.

Several materials have optional texture fields as well; for instance, the Use Reflection toggle box which can be checked or unchecked to add or remove the reflection texture field.

Note: Unchecking the Use Reflection toggle box

will clear the currently selected texture, and you’ll have to reselect it if you decide to use the reflection feature.

Blend materials allow you to create deep, realistic reflections by overlapping two textures by varying degrees.

Learn: To adjust the degree of overlap between textures, use the Factor slider or manually enter a

value, between zero and one, in the Factor value field. Selecting Swap interchanges the Main Texture and the First Pass Blend Texture.

Note: Unchecking the Use Reflection toggle box

will clear the currently selected texture, and you’ll have to reselect it if you decide to use the reflection feature.

The Texture Pane contains the tools and controls that allow you to add new textures, or modify existing textures. Selecting an object, in either the Object Pane or the Edit Pane, will populate the Texture Pane

with the object’s texture attributes and controls.

There’re several methods for applying textures to your objects; the Texture Library, located in the Library Pane, provides basic textures and a variety of texture presets.

Learn: To apply a texture to your object, LMB-click and drag the texture from the Texture Library and

drop it over the surface of your object in the Edit Pane, located in the Viewports Area. Alternatively, you can drag and drop textures from the Texture Library to texture path fields, like those

located in the Materials and Font panes; previously applied textures are accessible by clicking the disclosure arrows at the right side of the texture path fields. Also, you can access all of the applied textures for your current composition in the In Use Pane’s texture category.

To save custom textures to the Texture Library for later use, LMB-click and drag the texture from the

‘Currently Selected Texture’ field (see the above illustration) and drop it in the Texture Library. User textures appear in blue font.

To use Common Library textures, RMB-click anywhere in the Texture Library and select “Show Common

Library”. If you don’t have a Common Library path set or if the path isn’t accessible an error window will appear. For more on setting the Common Library Path, see Preferences: Paths.

Note: Avoid using (.tif) files, instead use (.tga), because they require half the memory.

Model Area: Texture Pane

The MediaIn Pane is for managing your media assets (audio and video files).

Note: Adding a video file to your

composition creates a surface object, material, and texture. This allows you to customize the shape, shade, and video of your MediaIn asset.

Learn: To share MediaIn assets between all of your compositions,

navigate to either the Texture or the Material category of the In Use Pane, RMB-click over the asset you’d like to share, and select “To Shared”. <Shared> is now visible next to the MediaIn asset in the MediaIn Pane (below).

Model Area: MediaIn Pane

The Font Pane is for managing your fonts and their corresponding attributes and controls.

By default, when adding text objects to your composition they’re two-dimensional and don’t have material or texture attributes.

Learn: To create 2D and 3D text objects with adjustable font attributes, navigate to the Library Pane.

First, add a text object from the Object Library. Select the Text disclosure arrow to display the various text objects (Roll, Text Sequence, Text, etc.), and then LMB-click and drag a text object into the Edit Pane, in the Viewports Area. Alternatively, you can double LMB-click over a text object to add it to your composition.

Next, navigate to the Font Library in the Library Pane, or select the Font Library shortcut icon at the top of the Font Pane. In the Font Library, there’re two and three-dimensional text object presets to choose from.

LMB-click and drag a font object from the Font Library onto your text object in the Edit Pane.

If the font was correctly applied, its attributes will appear in the Font Pane when the text object is selected.

Note: You can custom-size text objects

when adding them to your composition with the Shift-key. LMB-click and drag the text object into the Edit Pane, and then press the Shift-key where you’d like the upper left corner of the text object to start.

The following table briefly describes the various types of text objects and provides an example of each.

Description of the Object Library’s Text Objects

Text Object

Description

Example

Roll

Lines of text scroll vertically similar to text seen at the end of a movie.

You can control the duration, amount of fading (top and bottom), and text roll speed amongst other settings.

Text Sequence

Sequentially displays text inputs based on user defined animation settings.

For more about binding data to text sequences, see Model Area: Bind Pane.

Note: The screen capture to the right

simulates an animation between two sequential text inputs – the animation occurs in place, however.

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Model Area: Font Pane

Text

Creates a static text object that you can apply two and three dimensional font objects to.

Ticker

Text inputs move horizontally, from right to left, similar to a news ticker.

For more about binding data to Tickers, see Model Area: Bind Pane.

Clocks: Clock

Using your system’s time, this clock-text object automatically updates in real time; HH:MM:SS is the default format.

For more about customizing your clocktext object, see Model Area: System

Pane.

Clocks: Counter

A counter is a clock object with the Counter Effect applied (from the Timer Effects category of the Effects Pane).

For more about customizing your counter-text object, see Model Area:

Timer Pane.

Note: Fonts are resource intensive, because an entire set of characters must be loaded (when Latin or

ASCII modes are enabled). To reduce rendering time and overall system performance share your fonts in the In Use Pane, instead of creating multiple instances of the same font.

The FontFix Pane allows you to substitute images and three-dimensional objects for user specified font characters.

Learn: To create a FontFix object for character substitution, navigate to the FontFix Pane. If the pane

isn’t already open, select View from the Menu Ribbon at the top of your workspace, hover over Model and select FontFix. Add a text object to your composition from the Object Library, and then apply a font object to your text object (from the Font Library). Select the text object in the Edit Pane or from the Object Pane’s object list, and choose a font for your text (from the Font Pane’s “Family and Styles”. Navigate to the FontFix Library, located in the Library Pane, or select the Library shortcut at the top of the FontFix Pane. Double click or click and drag the FontFix object to add it to your composition.

Note: The FontFix feature is useful for

automation applications. In the example above, a data bind inputs data for the various text objects and FontFix character substitutions. Each weather icon has a specific character reference, for example, the Arial font character (b) could represent the file, sun.jpg.

FontFix supports both two-dimensional images and three-dimensional objects.

Note: Three-dimensional FontFix objects allow you to

choose from existing objects, those listed in the Object Pane. If an object is too large it won’t properly substitute – decrease the size of your object.

Model Area: Font Fix Pane

The Viewport Pane is located in the Model Area and provides adjustable attributes and controls for the Viewports Area panes.

A Fog Color can be set as a three dimensional layer, which depending on its Y-axis distance (near/far) and the locations of the objects in your composition, may appear in front of or behind your objects. A fog color will appear as a blurry natural emulation of fog.

The following table describes the Viewport Pane’s effects.

Learn: To access the Viewport Pane effects, navigate to the

Pipe Effects Library, in the Effects Pane. Alternatively, you can select the Effects shortcut icon,

pictured to the right, at the top left of the Viewport Pane.

Viewport Pane Effects

Effect

Description

Pipe Color Effect

The Pipe Color Effect determines the background color of the Edit Pane, the default color is black.

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Model Area: Viewport Pane

Switch Camera Effect

Allows you to adjust the camera coordinates of the Viewports Area panes.

You can animate the Switch Camera effect coordinates to simulate realistic camera movements.

62 The Timer Pane provides attributes and controls for your timer objects. Timer objects are used for

automating time based, and often cyclic, animations. Adjusting the timer type to Loop Swing, Loop Cycle, or No Loop Die adjusts how the timer behaves.

The following table describes the three Timer object Type settings.

Timer Object “Type” Settings

Timer Settings

Description

Example

Loop Swing

Counts upwards to its maximum and then sequentially counts downwards to its minimum, repetitively.

Learn: To create an automated flare,

bind a loop swing timer to the flare’s transformation field(s).

To define where the flare starts and ends, select the bind you’ve created and

adjust the “Offset” and “Scale”

attributes, found in the Bind Pane.

1 2 3 4 5, 5 4 3 2 1, 1 2 3 4 5 - repeat

Loop Cycle

Counts upwards to its maximum, returns to its minimum and counts upwards to its maximum, repetitively.

Tip: Loop cycle timers are useful for

automated, 360° animations like the spinning rotors of the Bell407 News Helicopter, to the right.

1 2 3 4 5, 1 2 3 4 5, 1 2 3 4 5 - repeat

No Loop Die

Counts upwards to its maximum, once.

1 2 3 4 5 - stop

Note: Timers are not functional on their own; bind the “Goto” timer field to transformation values or other

attributes for automated behaviors.

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Model Area: Timer Pane

Learn: To create a timer that automatically changes the color of an object, create a timer and bind it to the

objects material color field. Add a timer to your composition from

the Timer Library category in the Library Pane.

Navigate to the Timer Pane. Hold the Alt key, LMB-click and drag the field

titled “Goto”, and release the LMB

over the red color value field (or

whichever color field you’d like to

automate). When the timer plays forward your

object will automatically change from red to black.

The Form Pane provides attributes and controls for creating and managing replaceable fields. Replaceable fields can be created for nearly any adjustable attribute in the Avid Motion Graphics Workspace. Text fields, transformation values, texture files, etc., each support the Form Pane’s replaceable field feature.

Replaceable fields are placeholders that are editable prior to playout from your Newsroom or Playout system, such as AMG Control.

In the example below, the over-the-shoulder graphic contains two replaceable fields. The video file and Breaking News title serve as placeholders and can be changed prior to playout.

Learn: To create a replaceable field, LMB-click and drag an

attribute to the Form Pane, and then release the LMB when a white rectangular border appears.

To change the name of a replaceable field, RMB-click over

the field and select Rename. Enter a new name and select Ok.

The following screen capture shows the corresponding replaceable fields as they appear prior to, and during playout from Avid Motion Graphics Control.

Model Area: Form Pane

The Data Pane provides attributes and controls for data objects. Data objects can be used with binds for text field content generation, e.g., text, tickers, and sequences. Avid Motion Graphics enables designers, allowing them to integrate data and objects into powerful autonomous graphics. For a complete list of data types, see the following table.

The following table describes the various types of data objects.

Types of Data Objects

Data Object

Description/Example

Excel

Loads the defined Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, or a particular range of data, in the Data Pane.

Learn: To load Excel data, select the magnify glass icon to open the file browser,

or select the file icon to use the Data Pane’s integrated browser.

Note: Before importing your Excel data, save and close your Excel document –

Microsoft Excel and the Avid Motion Graphics Data Pane cannot simultaneously load an excel file, and doing so may result in undesired behaviors.

To load an entire Excel spreadsheet use the following format:

[enter_sheet_name$]

To load a specified Excel spreadsheet range use the following format:

[enter_sheet_name$enter:range]

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Model Area: Data Pane

To load a specified Excel spreadsheet named data range use the following format:

[enter_sheet_name$enter_named_data_range]

Learn: To create a Microsoft Excel Named Data Range, first open your Microsoft

Excel spreadsheet, and then follow the steps below.

1. Highlight the cells you’d like to

import into the Avid Motion Graphics Data Pane.

2. RMB-click over the highlighted

cells, and select “Define Name…”

3. Enter a name for your range,

and Select OK

4. Within brackets [ ] enter the

spreadsheet’s name, a $ symbol, and the name you defined for your Named Data Range.

[Sheet1$Define Name…]

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To populate the Data Pane spreadsheet with your Excel data, select the Excel

Update bar; if you correctly entered the data range, your data will appear immediately. Note: Remember to save your spreadsheet and close Microsoft Excel prior to accessing the file through the Avid Motion Graphics Data Pane.

Float 3

Provides three floating vector coordinates that can be bound to other attributes and objects for automated behaviors.

Floats are real numbers, e.g., (1.23456789).

Above, is an example of a bind (highlighted in red) between a Float3 data object and an objects displacement transformation values.

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Float

Provides a single floating vector coordinate that can be bound to another attribute for automated behaviors.

Floats are real numbers, e.g., (1.23456789).

Integer

Integers are whole numbers, e.g., (6).

llstring

Strings are used for storing text and binary data.

ODBC

Provides an interface for importing ODBC data.

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Python

Provides a text field for writing, testing, and binding Python script. For more

about using Python script, see Using

Python Script for Automated Behaviors.

RSS

Populates the Data Pane spreadsheet with input from an RSS file or a live feed from a URL.

String

Provides a text field that you can enter a string of text, or binary code into.

Strings are used for storing text and binary data.

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XML

Populates the Data Pane spreadsheet with XML data from a file or a live feed from a URL.

User Data

Allows you to store data objects in the Data Library (blue font) for later use.

Learn: To add a data object to your Data Library, LMB-click and drag it into the

Data Object Library Pane from the Data Pane.

71 The following provides an example of how Python script can be used within Avid Motion Graphics, and a

brief guide for creating an automated stock arrow.

Using Python Script for Automated Behaviors

Python code is an optional feature for each of the Avid Motion Graphics data types. In the example below, the arrows automatically change orientation and color based on the data input from a live data feed.

Note: The Python data object doesn’t have

a Code toggle box, because its purpose is to provide a Python script field, allow manual evaluation, and define when your code will be evaluated.

Learn: To enable Python code for your data object, in the Data Pane select the toggle box next to the

word “Code”. The Python code field will appear in the Data Pane.

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Steps for Creating an Automated Python Script Stock Arrow

1 Adding a curve object

2 Selecting the Path Tool

3 Shapping the curve object

In the Object Library, select the Curves disclosure arrow to display the list of curve objects.

Double LMB-click, or LMB-click and drag into the Viewport, the Pointer curve object.

Select the Path Tool from the Tools Pane (Menu Area) in order to modify the shape of your curve object.

Change the shape of the Pointer curve object by dragging vectors, or by using the delete-key to remove vectors. In this example the arrow was transformed into a trianglular stock arrow.

4 Changing the material’s color

5 Adding a Float data object

6 Determining Python behaviors

In the Material Pane, change the color of the PointerBevel material to red (e.g., FF0000).

Add a Float data object from the Data Library; next, locate the float data object in the Data Pane, select it, and check the Code toggle box.

This step adds a Python script field to the data object in the Data Pane.

Python code uses If and Else statements for many automated behaviors.

Decide how you’d like your

graphics to behave and brainstorm two generic If and Else statements; e.g., If the value is positive the arrow is green and oriented upwards.

Else the arrow is red and oriented downwards.

Note: The pointer object can have three separate materials applied to its lateral, front, and back surfaces.

Defining a material for only the lateral side will apply that material to the lateral, front, and back surfaces.

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8 Opening the Python code box

9 Adding attributes to your Python code

Select anywhere in the Viewport and press Shift + Alt + Y to open the Python scripting window.

Note: This window is for writing

and testing Python code, you’ll need to copy and paste the script into the code field for the Float data object.

MMB-click and drag object attributes to add their tags to the Python scripting window.

The following script appears after dragging the Float data object’s field into the scripting window.

itemset("Float", "MAP_FLOAT_PAR", 0)

The label "MAP_FLOAT_PAR" corresponds with the default attribute tag for the Float data object field.

Note: The top line, which is

displayed when you RMB-click on an attribute or field, is the attribute tag.

9 Writing Python script

Following are two Python script examples. Both examples are similar, however the second covers additional Python script features.

Sample Python Script 1

if itemget("Float", "MAP_FLOAT_PAR") >= 0:

itemset("PointerBevel", "MAT_COLOR", vector4(0, 1, 0, 1))

itemset("/Pointer", "OBJ_ORIENTATION[2]", 0)

else:

itemset("PointerBevel", "MAT_COLOR", vector4(1, 0, 0, 1))

itemset("/Pointer", "OBJ_ORIENTATION[2]", 180)

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Sample Python Script 1: Key

[“if”]+[Attribute Field Tag]+[Operator Rule]+[“:”]

[If Attribute Tag]

[Additional If Attribute Tags –one attribute tag per line]

[Blank Line]

[“else”]+[“:”]

[Else Attribute Tag –corresponds with line 2]

[Additional, Else Attribute Tags –one attribute tag per line]

Python script can also control the delay before a Python -if, -else script is executed; and, the time it takes to transition from -if definitions, to -else definitions.

The following line was generated from MMB-clicking and dragging from the Material Pane’s color gradient to the Python script window:

itemset("Phong", "MAT_COLOR", vector4(0, 1, 0, 1))

To set the delay and transition length for your Python -if, -else script, first change each “itemset” tag to “itemgo”:

itemgo("Phong", "MAT_COLOR", vector4(0, 1, 0, 1))

Next, add delay and transition definitions to the end of each “itemgo” line in the following format:

itemgo (“/Pointer”, “OBJ_ORIENTATION[2]“, A0, B5, C.5)

A. Transformation Rotate R-Field Value

The current value of the field is “0” degrees

B. Transition Delay (seconds)

The script will wait “5” seconds before executing

C. Transition Length (seconds)

It will take “0.5” seconds for the attributes to change

Sample Python Script 2 (with delay and transition time definitions)

if itemget("Float", "MAP_FLOAT_PAR") >= 0:

itemgo("PointerBevel", "MAT_COLOR", vector4(0, 1, 0, 1), 5, .5)

itemgo("/Pointer", "OBJ_ORIENTATION[2]", 0, 5, .5)

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else:

itemgo("PointerBevel", "MAT_COLOR", vector4(1, 0, 0, 1), 5, .5)

itemgo("/Pointer", "OBJ_ORIENTATION[2]", 180, 5, .5)

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Sample Python Script 2: Key

if the value of the data float field is greater than or equal to 0

Set the material color vectors to (R:0 G:1 B:0 A:1) for the material named Phong, delay 5 seconds, and transition in .5 seconds

Set the Roll (R) transformation value to 0, delay 5 seconds, and transition in .5 seconds

[Blank Line]

Else (otherwise)

Set the material color vectors to (R:1 G:0 B:0 A:1) for the material named Phong, delay 5 seconds, and transition in .5 seconds

Set the Roll (R) transformation value to 180, delay 5 seconds, and transition in .5 seconds

Once you’ve completed your script in the Python scripting window, select Run Line or Run All to test your

script. If it functions correctly, copy and paste the code into your data object’s Python code field, in the

Data Pane.

When the float field is changed from a negative value to a positive value, the Python script delays five (5) seconds, and then in half a second (0.5) transitions the material color from red to green and changes the roll transformation value 180 degrees.

Avid Motion Graphics binds are simple in concept, yet they yield complex functionality; making it possible to synchronize external data sources and native attributes with and within its user interface. You can synchronize UI attributes, quantitative data, and text-string data to produce flawless and informative graphics.

The Bind Pane (right) provides attributes and controls for binds. Binds are formed between two or more attributes and can be used for a variety of applications.

Following, are several examples of Avid Motion Graphics binds.

Bind Examples

Numeric Data Binds

The Data Bar composition (right) is an example of a numeric data bind. Numeric values from an Excel spreadsheet automatically update the charts appearance in real-time.

Each data bar object self-adjusts its height as the Excel data object updates, populates the spreadsheet, and synchronizes each data bar’s Z-Scale value through multiple numeric data binds.

For more about data objects, see Model Area: Data Pane.

Text Data Binds

The ticker in the Lower Third composition (below) is an example of a text bind. Headlines, in the form of text-strings, automatically populate the ticker in real-time. For this behavior a bind was created between an RSS data object and a ticker object’s text feeder field.

For more about data objects, see Model Area: Data Pane.

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Model Area: Bind Pane

Timer Binds

The Live Sports composition (below) is an example of a timer bind. A timer object that’s set to loop swing automates the flares X-Displacement value causing the flare to continuously move back and forth along the top edge of the bevel box object.

For more about timers, see Model Area: Timer Pane.

The following table describes how to create and remove binds, as well as how to use the various features of the Bind Pane.

Creating/Removing Binds and Bind Pane Features

Operation/Feature

Description

Creating Binds

Binds are created between two or more attributes.

Note: In this section of the Avid Motion Graphics user’s guide the “binding”

attribute refers to the attribute that’s referenced by the “bound” attribute. Each is labeled in the screenshot below.

To create a bind, press the Alt-key, MMB-click over the binding attribute, and then release the MMB over the attribute(s) that you want bound. If the bind was correctly executed the bound attribute field will be colored red.

This method is best for creating binds between attributes in panes that are simultaneously visible in the workspace.

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Copy/Paste Binds

The copy/paste bind feature allows you to create binds without having to rearrange the panes in your workspace. It may also be a more convenient alternative to the Alt-key, MMB-click and drag method.

To create a bind using the Copy/Paste bind method, RMB-click over the binding attribute and select “Copy” from the popup menu, and then RMB-click over the

bound attribute and select “Paste Bind”. If the bind was correctly executed the bound attribute field will be colored red.

Removing Binds

To remove a previously formed bind, RMB-click over the bind and select

“Free Bind” from the popup menu. If

the bind was correctly removed the bound attribute field will no longer be colored red, returning to its default appearance.

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Miscellaneous Bind Menu Features

Add Key:

Adds a keyframe to the currently focused Animation Area Pane (In

Pane, Out Pane, Self In Pane, etc.) For more on the Animation Area Panes, see The Animation Area.

View Bind:

When enabled, this feature displays the contents of a bound attribute’s field, instead of the bind descriptor.

From Script:

Opens a window for entering script parameters for the bound attribute.

Output Filter

(Bind Pane Feature)

Offset:

Adjusts the value of a bind, e.g., if the binding attribute’s value is five (5), an

offset of negative ten (-10) would adjust the attribute, which is bound, to negative five (-5).

Scale: Adjusts the attribute, which is bound to, by a multiplier (the scale value); e.g., if

the binding attributes value is five (5), a scale of one half (0.5) would adjust the attribute, which is bound, to two-and-one-half (2.5).

To String

(Bind Pane Feature)

Prefix:

Adds a string, or sequence of characters before the attribute that’s bound to;

e.g., if a negative symbol (-) is entered as the prefix, and the attribute that’s bound to has a value of five (5), the resulting output is negative five (-5).

Postfix:

Appends a string, or sequence of characters after the attribute that’s bound to;

e.g., if degrees Celsius (°C) is entered as the postfix and the attribute that’s bound to has a value of five (5), the resulting output is five degrees Celsius (5°C).

80 The Capture Pane provides attributes and controls for capturing MediaIn assets to a wide variety of video

formats.

The “Parameters” disclosure provides a path selector for defining where the captured video files will be saved.

The “Capture MediaIn” disclosure appears after adding the Capture Pane’s “Input Capture” effect. This effect provides a

selector that lists global and composition-specific MediaIn assets to choose from. Selecting the “Presets” disclosure provides several default presets; for instance, MPEG2 High Quality, Raw video (BGRA), Raw video (YUV420p), and so on.

From left to right, the four Capture Pane buttons are “Record”, “Resume”, “Pause”, and “Stop”. The “Video format” selector opens a list of video formats to choose from; e.g., 720p 50.00Hz, 1080p 60.00Hz 3G A, and so on. Toggles

allow you to enable the Capture Pane’s “Full frame” and

“Interleave” options. The “Custom Options” area provides controls for adjusting the

size, rate, and interlace-setting for the video file.

Model Area: Capture Pane

81 The Render Movie Pane (below) is for rendering your graphics to picture and movie files. Configurable

attributes allow you to customize everything from pipe and production selection, to resolution, fps, and antialiasing configuration.

Rendering Movies

Rendering Pictures

Note: The Render Movie Pane is not enabled as part of Avid Motion Graphics default workspace. To use

this pane, navigate to the View Menu, located in the Menu Ribbon, select “Model” and check the toggle

box corresponding with the Render Movie Pane.

The illustration (below) is a compilation of fifteen image-files that were rendered using the Render Movie Pane; the animation was three seconds long and rendered at five fps.

Model Area: Render Movie Pane

The following section covers how to render your graphics to picture and movie files.

Note: Because the steps are nearly identical for rendering your graphics as pictures or movies, the

section “Rendering your graphics as a movie file. . .”, doesn’t include a step-by-step guide. Instead, review the guide below for “Rendering your graphics as picture files…”, and then review the features specific to rendering a movie.

Rendering your graphics as picture files . . .

To render your graphics as picture files, select the “Pictures” setting from the “Render to:” menu (right) and continue with

step one below.

1. Defining the file directory

Select the disclosure arrow for the “File” selector to define the path where your rendered pictures will save to, or select the

magnify glass icon to use your system’s default browser

window. At the end of the directory path, add a prefix file name for your

images (C:\Users\Avid\Pictures\Rendered_Pictures). Each image file will have a numeric value appended to its file

name (Rendered_Pictures1.png, Rendered_Pictures2.png)

NOTE: CAPTURING TO THE SAME

DIRECTORY WITHOUT CHANGING THE PREFIX FILE NAME FOR YOU FILES WILL OVERWRITE YOUR ORIGINAL FILES.

2. Selecting a production to render

Select the disclosure arrow for the “Production” selector to define the production to render pictures from, e.g., TemplateIn. When you select “Capture”, to render your graphics, the defined production will automatically begin at the start of the production timeline.

Note: If no timeline keyframes exists for the specified

production the Render Movie Pane will not render any files. Also, if the production field is left blank, an additional “Duration”

attribute (right) appears, which allows you to set the length of the render.

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3. Configuring the render settings The following settings are pictured right.

Fields Toggle: If enabled, your graphics are rendered at half the defined Y-value. In the example to the right, image files will render at 1920 X 540, instead of 1920 X 1080.

Resolution: Allows you to define the picture resolution. From GFX Button: If selected, this feature sets your

resolution to the GFX default, e.g., 720 X 576. Pad IN: Causes the rendering process to start (n) seconds

before playing the production. Pad OUT: Causes the rendering process to stop (n) seconds

after the production ends. FPS: Allows you to define the rendering rate in frames per

second.

Antialiasing: Allows you to adjust “Color” and “Coverage”

antialiasing attributes, which function to reduce aliasing. Aliasing is more likely to occur if your graphics have areas of

high contrast, such as straight lines or edges.

4. Rendering pictures from the production

Once you’ve configured the Render Movie Pane for capturing

pictures, select “Capture” (right).

The Render Movie Pane will automatically stop after the production animation ends, or at the end of the set duration. Also, you can manually stop the rendering process at any time by selecting “Stop”.

The specified production, TemplateIn, will automatically render from the start of the defined production timeline.

The following section describes attributes specific to rendering movie files.

Note: This section doesn’t include a step-by-step guide for rendering your graphics as movie files.

Review the guide above for “Rendering your graphics as picture files…”, and then review the features

specific to rendering movie files, here.

Rendering your graphics as movie files . . .

To render your graphics to movie files, select the “Movie” setting from the “Render to:” menu (right).

Choosing a video codec

Choose a video codec from the codec menu.

Adjusting quality settings

Adjust your movie quality settings in the Quality Tab.

Run movie player feature

The run movie player shortcut (right) launches your system’s default movie player.

The System Pane (right) is used in combination with the Bind Pane to create automated time-based text objects.

For instance, you can create a bind between one of the System Pane’s fields and a text-object’s text field, which would populate the text field with various time based inputs, like the time or date.

Learn: To apply the Time effect, select the Effects

shortcut icon at the top of the System Pane, or navigate to the Modes Effects tab in the Effects Library, and then double LMB-click the Time effect to add it.

If you correctly added the Time effect, its corresponding attributes and controls (right) will now be available in the System Pane.

The Object Library tab, in the Library Pane, contains a preconfigured Clock object (below, right). Its format is defined by a bind created between its text field and the HH:MM:SS field in the System Pane (below, left).

Model Area: System Pane

The following section describes how to create a system-time based text object.

Creating a system-time based text object . . .

1. Adding a text object Navigate to the Object Library and open the Text object list

by selecting its disclosure arrow, and then double LMBclick over the Text object (right) or LMB-click and drag the Text object into the Edit Pane, in the Viewports Area.

2. Enabling the system pane

Open the View Menu, located in the Menu Ribbon

at the top of your workspace, hover over “Model”, and then select “System” to enable the System

Pane.

3. Applying the time effect

Navigate to the Modes Effects category in the Effects Library, or select the Effects shortcut icon at the top of the System Pane, and then double LMBclick the Time effect to add it.

4. Creating a system-time based bind

Choose the time format or particular attribute that you’d like to bind to your text object. Next, create a bind between one of the fields in the System Pane and a text-objects text field. To do so, hold the Alt-key and MMB-click and drag from the binding field (System Pane) to the bound field (Object Pane).

In the screenshot below, the bind was made from the binding field, HH:MM, to the bound field, the Textobjects text field. If the bind was correctly executed the bound attribute field will be colored red, and the text object in the Edit Pane will display your system’s current time.

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5. Customizing your system-time based text object

Choosing the 12-hour or 24-hour format

To enable the 24-hour format, check the toggle box labeled “24h” in the System Pane (right). To enable the 12-hour format, uncheck the same toggle box.

Enabling the pad zero feature

When using a 12-hour format, Pad Zero pads single digit integers with a leading zero. For instance, 01:00, instead of 1:00. To enable the Pad Zero feature check the toggle box labeled “Pad Zero”, in the System Pane (right); to disable this feature uncheck the same toggle box.

The illustration below depicts the differences between the 12 and 24-hour formats and the Pad Zero effect.

6. Adding a postfix text-string to your system-time based text object

To add a postfix text-string, for instance AM/PM, create a bind between the “AM/PM” field in the System Pane, and the text field’s bind attribute, “Postfix”, in the Bind Pane.

To do so, select the bind you created in Step 4, and then navigate to the Bind Pane. Select the “To

String” disclosure arrow to access the Postfix attribute field. As depicted below, hold the Alt-key and LMB-click and drag from the “AM/PM” field (binding attribute), in

the System Pane, to the “Postfix” field (bound attribute), in the Bind Pane.

For more on binds, see Model Area: Bind Pane.

The Light Pane allows you to add and control light objects in your compositions. Each time you launch Avid Motion Graphics three default light objects populate the light object list. All three default light objects are set to the Local Type and have Global Influence. Additionally, the three lights are enabled and not visible, as objects, in the Viewport.

Create realistic, three-dimensional environments by adding various types of light objects to your compositions. Lights can function to enhance the depth and scope of entire projects (global), single compositions (scene), or specific objects (object).

Learn: To add a light object to your composition, navigate to the Light Pane and select the Light Library

shortcut icon at the top of the Light Pane. Alternatively, you may navigate to the Library Pane and select the Light Library category icon at the top of the Library Pane. Lastly, double-click or click and drag a light object to the Viewport, to add it to your composition.

Note: Avid Motion Graphics can render up to eight light objects, simultaneously – the first eight light

objects in the Light Pane are active. Any additional light objects are not functional, even when enabled. Also, Avid Motion Graphics default light objects, e.g., <storm.logic>light1, are not listed for the Enable

Custom Lights, light effect.

Model Area: Light Pane

The following table describes the four types of light objects.

Types of Light Objects

Types

Description

Default

By default projects contain three light objects, each of which is prefixed with <storm.logic>light(n).

Infinite

An Infinite light object emits parallel rays of light in a single direction towards the origin of your composition. This type of light object has adjustable coordinates so that it can project parallel rays of light from the front, rear, or sides of your composition.

Local

A Local light object emits light outward in all directions from a single point in your three-dimensional workspace.

Spotlight

A Spotlight object emits light in an adjustable pattern onto the objects in your composition. This type of light object is ideal lighting applications that require precisely placed light projections.

Infinite Light Object

Local Light Object

Spotlight Object

The following table covers the various Light Pane parameters accessible for different light types.

Light Objects, Light Pane Parameters

Parameters

Description

Light Influence

Object: The Object Influence setting applies light to objects you have added the Enable Custom Lights effect to. For more on enabling and configuring custom lights, see Enable Custom Lights Effect.

Scene: The Scene Influence setting applies light to objects in your currently selected composition.

Global: The Global Influence setting applies light to objects throughout your entire project.

Enable/View Toggles

Enable: Check or uncheck the enable toggle box to enable or disable a light object.

View: Check or uncheck the view toggle box to display or cull your light object in the Viewport.

Coordinates

Infinite, Local and Spotlight Light objects each have adjustable XYZ-coordinates.

The Spotlight object also has adjustable HPR-Euler angles.

Position: Adjusts the position of

your light object within the Viewport’s three-dimensional space.

Position Matrix: The matrix feature consists of the X, Y, and Z position coordinates and is useful when you need to animate in threedimensions.

Euler: (spotlight only) Adjusts the angles of your spotlight objects.

Modes Tab: All Lights

Intensity: Sets the intensity, or darkness, of a light object.

An intensity value of zero (0) corresponds with zero percent (0%), and a value of one (1) corresponds with one-hundred percent (100%). It’s possible to increase the intensity value beyond one (1); however, this is intended for creating overexposure type effects.

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91 Ambient: Sets the ambience, or illumination level, of a light object. Ambient

lighting increases the level of light exposure. This setting is useful for creating white or colored light fill.

Modes Tab: Local

Attenuation: Allows you to adjust Constant and Quadratic lighting parameters.

Modes Tab: Spotlight

Cone: Adjusts the diameter and depth of your spotlight object.

Euler: Adjusts the angles of your spotlight objects.

Cone Delta: Adjusts contrast between the center of your spotlight’s focus and its edges.

Attenuation: Adjusts the intensity of light at the borders of your spotlight’s focus.

Color: All Lights

Provides a standard color palette interface for adjusting the Adjusts the color of your light objects through a standard color palette interface.

The Pivot Pane is for creating pivots between objects. A pivot is a point within the three-dimensional space of the Edit Pane (Viewports Area) that is shared between two or more objects through a bind. The purpose of a pivot is to automate animations between two objects; for instance, if a graphic is on air at the bottom of the screen, with the use of a pivot another graphic could go on air and displace the first graphic so that they don’t overlap.

Learn: To make your Pivot gizmo visible in the Viewport, check the “Visible” toggle in the Pivot Pane.

Pinnacle Systems Motion Graphics - 2.5 Workflow Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface: Welcome to Avid Motion Graphics

About Avid Motion Graphics

About the Avid Motion Graphics Documentation

Additional Resources

Avid Training Services

If You Need Help

Chapter 1: Introducing Avid Motion Graphics

Avid Motion Graphics Suites

Projects

Compositions

Objects

Effects

Features

Mouse Controls

Keyboard Shortcuts

Chapter 2: The Avid Motion Graphics Workspace

Workspace Overview

The Menu Ribbon

File Menu

View Menu

Layout Menu

Help Menu

The Assets Area

Assets Area: StormLogic Pane

Assets Area: Library Pane

Assets Area: Effects Pane

Assets Area: Browser Pane

Assets Area: In Use Pane

The Menu Area

Menu Area: Tools Pane

The Animation Area

Animation Area: Timeline Modes

Animation Area: In and Out Panes

Animation Area: Brother In and Brother Out Panes

Animation Area: Self In and Self Out Panes

Animation Area: Immediate In and Immediate Out Panes

The Viewports Area

Viewports Area Overview

Viewports Area: Edit Pane

Viewports Area: Program Pane

Viewports Area: Preview Pane

Related Feature: The Viewport Pane

The Model Area

Model Area: Material Pane

Model Area: Texture Pane

Model Area: MediaIn Pane

Model Area: Font Pane

Model Area: Font Fix Pane

Model Area: Viewport Pane

Model Area: Timer Pane

Model Area: Form Pane

Model Area: Data Pane

Model Area: Bind Pane

Model Area: Capture Pane

Model Area: Render Movie Pane

Model Area: System Pane

Model Area: Light Pane

Model Area: Pivot Pane