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Window menu in Motion

The Window menu contains controls to show and hide the panes in the Motion interface.

  • Minimize: Shrinks the active window to the Dock—equivalent to clicking the Minimize button in the upper-left corner of the window. (Command-M)

  • Minimize All: Shrinks the Motion project window and the viewer window (if you’re using a viewer window to preview an image or clip) to the Dock.

  • Zoom: Resizes the active window to maximize desktop real estate, switching between full screen and the previously saved non-full screen state.

  • Window Layout: Adjusts the Motion interface to either Classic layout (Library and Inspector on the left side of the interface) or Cinema layout (Library and Inspector on the right side of the interface).

  • Show Inspector: Opens a submenu of commands to open the four Inspectors: Properties (F1), Behaviors (F2), Filters (F3), and Object (F4).

  • Show/Hide Project Pane: Turns the display of the Project pane on or off. (F5)

  • Show/Hide Timing Pane: Turns the display of the Timing pane on or off. (F6)

  • Show/Hide HUD: Turns the display of the HUD on or off. (F7)

  • Show/Hide Task List: Displays the Background Task List window. See View the status of shared items. (F9)

  • Player Mode: Expands canvas to fill the Motion window. (F8)

  • Show canvas on Second Display/Show Canvas in the Main Window: Shows the canvas and Project pane (Layers, Media, and Audio lists) on a second display, if you have two displays connected to your computer.

  • Show Timing Pane on Second Display/Show Timing Pane in the Main Window: Shows the Timing pane (Timeline, Audio Timeline, and Keyframe Editor) on a second display, if you have two displays connected to your computer.

  • Revert to Single Display Layout: Shows the Timing pane or canvas in the main project window if the Timing pane or canvas is displayed on a second monitor.

  • Output to VR Headset: Shows the 360° project in an attached VR headset. (F10) See View 360° video in a VR headset.

  • Library: Displays the Library. (Command-2)

  • Inspector: Displays the Inspector. (Command-3)

  • Layers: Displays the Layers list in the Project pane. (Command-4)

  • Media: Displays the Media list in the Project pane. (Command-5)

  • Audio: Displays the Audio list in the Project pane. (Command-6)

  • Video Timeline: Turns the display of the Timeline on or off. (Command-7)

  • Keyframe Editor: Turns the display of the Keyframe Editor on or off. (Command-8)

  • Audio Timeline: Turns the display of the Audio Timeline on or off. (Command-9)

  • Bring All to Front: Moves the Motion window to the front if the main Motion window is behind windows of other applications.

  • Enter Full Screen: Hides the menu bar and the Dock. (Control-Command-F)

  • Open Project/Untitled List: Displays a list of open projects and any images that are open in a viewer window.

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