Motion User Guide

Motion User Guide

• Welcome
• What’s new
• Motion basics
  • What is Motion?
  • Motion workflow
  • Motion interface
  • Basic components of Motion
  • Using input devices
• Create and manage projects
  • Intro to creating projects
  • Create a new project
  • Open an existing project
  • Search for projects from the Finder
  • Bypass the Project Browser
  • Create and modify project presets
  • Save, autosave, and revert projects
  • Use templates
    • Intro to using templates
    • Create projects from templates
    • Create stickers for Messages
    • Replace template media using drop zones
      • Intro to drop zones
      • Create drop zones
      • Modify drop zone images
      • Drop zone controls
      • Control and expose drop zones
    • Template guidelines
    • Organize templates in the Project Browser
  • Modify project properties
    • Intro to project properties
    • Edit project properties
    • Properties Inspector controls
    • Project frame size
• Add and manage content
  • Intro to adding and managing content
  • Import media files
    • If it’s your first import
    • About importing media
    • Import media
    • Import layered Photoshop files
    • Use Image Playground in Motion
    • Media file types
      • Supported media formats
      • High-resolution still image files
      • Set the import size of large images
      • Image sequences
      • Animated GIFs
      • PDF files
      • Alpha channels
      • Audio files
      • Text files
    • Import third-party formats with media extensions
  • Add Library content that comes with Motion
    • Show the Library
    • Categories of Library content
    • Add Library content to a project
    • Add music and photo files
    • Sort and search in the Library
    • Manage Library folders and files
    • When Library media is unavailable
    • Work with Library themes
    • Save custom objects to the Library
  • Manage source media
    • Intro to source media
    • View source media information
      • Media list
      • Show, sort, and search the Media list
    • Reveal source media
    • Adjust source media parameters
      • Display the Media Inspector
      • Source media controls
    • Duplicating and deleting media files
    • Exchange media in a project
    • Reconnect offline media
      • Reconnect offline media files
      • Networked devices and removable media
• Play back projects
  • Intro to project playback
  • View and play back a project
    • Play back a project
    • Optimize playback using RAM preview
    • Use full-screen player mode
    • Use a second display
  • View and adjust project timing
    • Intro to the timing display
    • View project timing information
    • Move the playhead
    • Change project duration
  • Define the play range
  • Project playback performance
• Work in a basic project
  • Intro to basic compositing
  • Select and organize layers
    • Intro to the Layers list
    • Select layers and groups
    • Show and hide the Layers list
    • Expose layers in the canvas
    • Add and remove layers and groups
    • Reorganize layers and groups
    • Show, hide, solo, or lock layers
    • Nest layers and groups
      • Intro to nesting layers and groups
      • Collapse and expand groups
      • Group, ungroup, and nest layers
      • Constrain group size
    • Layers list controls
    • Layers list shortcut menu
    • Customize the Layers list
  • Transform layers
    • Intro to transforming layers
    • Transform layers in the canvas
      • Intro to transforming layers in the canvas
      • Transform layer properties in the canvas
      • Transform tools
      • Change layer position, scale, or rotation
      • Move a layer’s anchor point
      • Add a drop shadow to a layer
      • Distort or shear a layer
      • Crop a layer
      • Modify shape or mask points
      • Transform text glyphs and other object attributes
      • Align layers in the canvas
    • Adjust layers in the Inspector
      • Adjust layers in the Properties Inspector
      • Properties Inspector controls
    • Transform layers in the HUD
    • Transform 2D layers in 3D space
  • Adjust opacity and blending
    • Modify layer opacity
    • Layer blending
      • Intro to layer blending
      • Change a layer’s blend mode
      • How do blend modes work?
      • How do blend modes affect groups?
      • Types of blend modes
      • Alpha channel blend modes
  • View and navigate in the canvas
    • Zoom or pan the canvas
    • View dynamic canvas feedback
    • Custom canvas view options
    • Advanced Quality settings
    • Use rulers and guides
• Work in a 3D project
  • Intro to 3D compositing
  • 3D coordinates
    • Intro to 3D coordinates
    • Relative coordinates
  • Transform layers in 3D space
  • 3D intersection
    • Create 3D intersection
    • 2D and 3D group properties
  • Add cameras to create 3D environments
    • Intro to 3D cameras
    • Add a camera
    • Cameras and views
    • Work with camera views and overlays
      • View 3D overlays
      • Camera pop-up menu
      • Use 3D view tools
      • Use the 3D compass
      • Set a 3D inset view
      • Display a 3D grid
      • Display 3D scene icons
    • 3D viewport layouts
    • Work with multiple cameras
    • Scale, position, and animate cameras
    • Isolate an object in the canvas
    • Camera controls
    • Depth of field
      • Intro to depth of field
      • Turn depth of field on or off
      • Depth of Field controls
    • Camera behaviors
      • Add Camera behaviors
      • Dolly behavior
      • Focus behavior
      • Framing behavior
      • Use Framing behavior onscreen controls
      • Sweep behavior
      • Zoom In/Out behavior
      • Zoom Layer behavior
  • Lighting
    • Intro to 3D lighting
    • Add lights
    • 3D Light controls
    • Additional lighting controls
  • Shadows
    • Intro to 3D shadows
    • Cast a 3D shadow
    • 3D shadow controls
    • How shadows interact with 3D layers
    • Shadows without lights
  • Reflections
    • Cast a reflection
    • Reflection controls
    • How groups affect reflections
    • Limit recursive reflections
• Manage timing
  • Intro to the Timeline
  • Display or resize the Timing pane
  • Add objects to the Timeline
    • Dragging objects to the Timeline
    • Drag to the Timeline layers list
    • Drag to the Timeline track area
    • Adjust Timeline dragging settings
  • Manage Timeline layers and tracks
    • Intro to managing Timeline layers and tracks
    • Select and organize Timeline layers
    • Unlink video and audio
    • Customize the Timeline
  • Edit objects in the Timeline
    • Edit in the Timeline
    • Move objects in the Timeline
    • Trim objects in the Timeline
    • Slip video layers in the Timeline
    • Split objects in the Timeline
    • Delete objects in the Timeline
    • Copy and paste objects in the Timeline
    • Group tracks in the Timeline
    • Edit the group track in the Timeline
  • Navigate in the Timeline
  • Show and modify keyframes in the Timeline
  • Work in the ruler
    • Intro to the Timeline ruler
    • Edit a range of frames in the Timeline
  • Work with markers
    • Intro to Timeline markers
    • Add, move, and delete Timeline markers
    • Edit Timeline marker information
    • Navigate with Timeline markers
  • Edit in the mini-Timeline
  • Retime media
    • Intro to retiming media in the Timeline
    • Retime media in the Timeline
    • Timing controls
    • Manage retiming analysis
• Animate with behaviors
  • Intro to behaviors
  • Behaviors versus keyframes
  • Browse and apply behaviors
    • Browse for behaviors
    • Apply behaviors
      • Intro to applying behaviors
      • Add, remove, and disable behaviors
      • Where applied behaviors appear
      • Add or remove a Parameter behavior
      • Reassign a Parameter behavior
      • Where Parameter behaviors appear
  • Manage behaviors and behavior timing
    • Disable, lock, or rename behaviors
    • Copy, paste, or move behaviors
    • Modify behavior timing
      • Intro to behavior timing
      • Stop a behavior
      • Trim behaviors
      • Controlling Simulation behaviors
      • Modify behavior timing
      • Offset Parameter behavior timing
    • Behavior order of operations
  • Behaviors and keyframes
    • Combining behaviors with keyframes
    • Behaviors and keyframes in the Keyframe Editor
    • Keyframing parameters in behaviors
    • Convert behaviors to keyframes
  • Adjust behaviors
    • Intro to adjusting behaviors
    • Adjust behaviors
  • Behavior types and parameters
    • Intro to behavior types
    • Basic Motion behaviors
      • Intro to basic Motion behaviors
      • Align To behavior
      • Fade In/Fade Out behavior
      • Grow/Shrink behavior
      • Motion Path behavior
      • Work with the Motion Path behavior
      • Move behavior
      • Point At behavior
      • Snap Alignment to Motion behavior
      • Spin behavior
      • Throw behavior
    • Parameter behaviors
      • Intro to Parameter behaviors
      • Audio behavior
      • Average behavior
      • Clamp behavior
      • Custom behavior
      • Add a Custom behavior
      • Exponential behavior
      • Link behavior
      • Logarithmic behavior
      • MIDI behavior
      • Add a MIDI behavior
      • Negate behavior
      • Oscillate behavior
      • Create a decaying oscillation
      • Overshoot behavior
      • Quantize behavior
      • Ramp behavior
      • Randomize behavior
      • Rate behavior
      • Reverse behavior
      • Stop behavior
      • Track behavior
      • Wriggle behavior
    • Retiming behaviors
      • Intro to Retiming behaviors
      • Flash Frame behavior
      • Hold Frame behavior
      • Loop behavior
      • Ping Pong behavior
      • Replay behavior
      • Reverse behavior
      • Reverse Loop behavior
      • Scrub behavior
      • Set Speed behavior
      • Strobe behavior
      • Stutter behavior
    • Simulation behaviors
      • Intro to Simulation behaviors
      • Align to Motion behavior
      • Attracted To behavior
      • Attractor behavior
      • Drag behavior
      • Drift Attracted To behavior
      • Drift Attractor behavior
      • Edge Collision behavior
      • Gravity behavior
      • Orbit Around behavior
      • Random Motion behavior
      • Repel behavior
      • Repel From behavior
      • Rotational Drag behavior
      • Spring behavior
      • Vortex behavior
      • Wind behavior
    • Additional behaviors
  • Save and share custom behaviors
    • Save custom behaviors
    • Delete custom behaviors
    • Move behaviors to another computer
• Animate with keyframes
  • Intro to keyframing
  • Add keyframes
  • Animate in the canvas with keyframes
    • Add an animation path in the canvas
    • Modify animation paths
  • Animate in the Inspector
    • Animate from the Inspector
    • Animation menu controls
    • Use the Animation menu
    • Keyframe controls in the Inspector
  • Animate from the HUD
  • Use keyframes to modify behaviors
    • Apply keyframes to behaviors
    • Combining keyframes and behaviors
  • Work with keyframes in the Timeline
    • View keyframes in the Timeline
    • Modify keyframes in the Timeline
    • Effect duration and keyframe timing
  • Work in the Keyframe Editor
    • Display the Keyframe Editor
    • Keyframe Editor controls
    • Modify keyframes and curves in the Keyframe Editor
      • Add or delete keyframes in the Keyframe Editor
      • Modify keyframes in the Keyframe Editor
      • Reverse, lock, or disable keyframes
      • Copy and paste keyframes and curves
      • Draw an animation curve
      • Transform curve segments
      • Apply parameter behaviors to curves
      • Compare curve snapshots
    • Set curve interpolation and extrapolation
      • Set curve interpolation
      • Curve interpolation methods
      • Convert to Bezier interpolation
      • Set curve extrapolation
      • Curve extrapolation methods
      • Convert extrapolated curves to keyframes
    • Choose which curves are displayed in the Keyframe Editor
      • Choose a curve view
      • Create a custom curve view
    • Save an animation curve
  • Use the mini-curve editor
  • Animate on the fly
  • Simplify a keyframe curve
• Create Final Cut Pro templates
  • Intro to Final Cut Pro templates
  • How do templates work?
    • Template workflow
    • Placeholders vs. drop zones
  • Create templates for Final Cut Pro
    • Work with effect templates
      • Create an effect template
      • Modify a Final Cut Pro effect
      • Example: Modify a Final Cut Pro effect
    • Work with transition templates
      • Create a transition template
      • Example: Create a blur transition
      • Create a transition background
      • Modify a Final Cut Pro transition
    • Work with title templates
      • Create a title template
      • Create a title background
      • Modify a Final Cut Pro title
    • Work with generator templates
      • Create a generator template
      • Modify a Final Cut Pro generator
  • Convert project types
    • Convert a Motion project to a template
    • Convert a template to another type
  • Use placeholder images in templates
  • Add parameter controls to Final Cut Pro effects
    • Adding controls to templates
    • Publish controls to Final Cut Pro
    • Manage template controls in Motion
    • Publishing template text controls
    • Template items that can’t be published
  • Control template timing and animation
    • Intro to template markers
    • Add template markers
    • Animation guidelines for templates
    • Timing guidelines for templates
  • Set template resolution
  • Add multiple aspect ratios to templates
  • Override the Final Cut Pro color space
  • Create templates that conform to the Final Cut Pro color space
  • Where are templates saved?
  • Using masks in templates
  • Guidelines for better templates
    • General template guidelines
    • Tips for color processing in templates
• Build rigs
  • Intro to rigging
  • How does rigging work?
  • Build a simple rig
  • Work with widgets
  • Widget types
    • Slider widget
    • Pop-up menu widget
    • Checkbox widget
  • Manage parameter snapshots
    • Intro to snapshots
    • How snapshots are saved
    • Create and manage snapshots
  • Control rigs from Animation menus
  • How to use rigs
    • How to use a single rig
    • How to use multiple rigs
    • Widget animation
  • Publish rigs to Final Cut Pro
• Create particles
  • Intro to Particles
  • Add a particle system to a project
    • Add a particle system
    • Anatomy of a particle emitter
  • Adjust a particle system
    • Modify particle systems
    • Modify particle system parameters in the HUD
      • Adjust particles from the HUD
      • Emitter HUD controls
    • Modify particle system parameters in the Inspector
      • Adjust particles from the Inspector
      • Single-cell vs. multi-cell controls
      • Emitter controls
      • Particle cell controls
    • Adjust basic emitter properties
  • Animate emitters and cells
    • Animating emitters and cells
    • Apply behaviors to particles
    • Particles behavior controls
      • Scale Over Life controls
      • Spin Over Life controls
    • View emitter or cell keyframes
  • Create 3D particles
  • Particle system timing
  • Using graphics in particle systems
  • Using filters and masks with particles
  • Save custom particle effects
• Create replicators
  • Intro to replicators
  • Replicators vs. particle systems
  • Add a replicator to a project
    • Add a replicator
    • Anatomy of a replicator
  • Adjust a replicator
    • Modify basic replicator attributes
    • Remove a replicator or cell
    • Adjust a replicator from the HUD
    • Modify a replicator in the Inspector
      • Adjust a replicator from the Inspector
      • Replicator controls
      • Create a custom replicator shape
      • Replicator cell controls
    • Adjust additional replicator properties
  • Animate replicators
    • Animating replicators
    • Apply behaviors to replicators
    • Replicator behavior considerations
    • Apply the Sequence Replicator behavior
    • Sequence Replicator controls
    • Control sequence timing with keyframes
    • Use Parameter behaviors with Sequence Replicator
    • Display replicator animation curves
  • Work with 3D replicators
  • Replicator timing
  • Using filters and masks with replicators
  • Save custom replicators
• Create and edit basic text
  • Intro to basic text
  • Add text to a project
    • Set preferences before you add text
    • Add text
    • Using TXT and RTF files
  • Select and modify text in the canvas
  • Preview and apply fonts
  • Use preset text styles
  • Edit text
    • Intro to editing text
    • Display the Text Inspector or HUD
  • Edit text format
    • Display the text Format pane
    • Format text
    • Text Format controls
  • Edit text appearance
    • Display the text Appearance pane
    • Modify text color
    • Modify text opacity
    • Modify text softness
    • Apply an image texture to text
    • Add a text outline, glow, or drop shadow
    • Appearance controls in the Text Inspector
      • 3D Text controls
      • Text Face controls
      • Text Outline controls
      • Text Glow controls
      • Text Drop Shadow controls
    • Save a custom text style
  • Edit text layout
    • Display the text Layout pane
    • Create text on a path
      • Create text on a path
      • Modify a text path in 3D space
      • Use a geometry shape as a text path
      • Animate text on a path
    • Work with margins and tabs
      • Create and adjust text margins
      • Add, remove, and modify text tabs
    • Layout controls in the Text Inspector
      • Text Layout controls
      • Text Rendering controls
      • Text Behavior controls
      • Text Type On controls
      • Text Path Options controls
      • Text Margins controls
      • Text Tabs controls
  • Work with text glyphs
    • Intro to text glyphs
    • Select characters with the Transform Glyph tool
    • Modify a text glyph
    • Distort a glyph in the canvas
    • Reset glyphs
    • Glyph controls in the Text HUD
  • Convert standard text to 3D text
  • Check spelling
  • Find and replace text
  • Using filters with text
• Build 3D text
  • Intro to 3D text
  • 3D text workflow
  • Add 3D text to a project
    • Add 3D text
    • Convert 2D text to 3D text
  • Apply a preset 3D text style
  • Move and rotate 3D text
  • Modify basic 3D text attributes
    • Modify 3D text format and layout
    • Modify 3D text depth and weight
    • 3D Text controls
  • Modify surface appearance
    • Intro to 3D text surface materials
    • Apply materials to 3D text
      • Apply a preset material to 3D text
      • Apply a custom material to 3D text
      • Modify 3D text materials
      • Add or remove 3D text material layers
      • Make light-emitting 3D text
      • Apply materials to 3D text facets
      • Save a modified 3D text material
    • Material controls
      • Intro to 3D text material controls
      • 3D text Substance controls
      • 3D text Paint controls
      • 3D text Finish controls
      • 3D text Distress controls
      • 3D text Emit controls
      • 3D text Placement controls
      • Example: Customize a metal gradient
  • Modify lighting style
    • Intro to lighting 3D text
    • Adjust 3D text lighting
    • Modify 3D text environment lighting
    • 3D text Lighting and Environment controls
  • Add a glow or drop shadow to 3D text
  • 3D text intersection
• Animate text
  • Intro to animated text
  • Apply a text behavior
  • Use preset text behaviors
    • Preset text behaviors
    • Customize a preset text behavior
    • Example: Modify the Flare In behavior
  • Create custom text sequence behaviors
    • Apply the Sequence Text behavior
    • Fine-tune a Sequence Text behavior
    • Add keyframes to a Sequence Text behavior
    • Sequence the distortion of 2D text
    • Sequence Text behavior controls
  • Create scrolling text
    • Use the Scroll Text behavior
    • Scroll Text controls
  • Create animated text tracking
    • Use the Text Tracking behavior
    • Text Tracking controls
  • Create a “type-on” effect
    • Use the Type On behavior
    • Type On controls
  • Animate individual text glyphs
  • Animating 2D text in 3D space
  • When to use keyframes to animate text
  • Adding nontext behaviors to text
  • Save a modified text behavior
• Draw shapes, masks, and paint strokes
  • Intro to shapes, masks, and paint strokes
  • Add simple shapes and masks
    • Intro to simple shapes and masks
    • Draw simple shapes
    • Add shapes from the Library
    • Draw simple masks
    • Convert a shape or mask to control points
  • Add complex shapes and masks
    • Intro to complex shapes and masks
    • Draw complex shapes and masks
  • Draw paint strokes
    • Intro to paint strokes
    • Create a paint stroke
    • Convert outlines to paint strokes
    • Adjust stroke width in the canvas
    • Paint Stroke controls in the HUD
  • Edit shape control points
    • Intro to editing control points
    • Show control points
    • Select or lock control points
    • Add or delete control points
    • Move control points to adjust shapes
    • Edit Bezier control points
    • Edit B-Spline control points
    • Use dynamic guides and snapping
  • Edit fill, outline, and feathering
  • Shape controls in the Inspector
    • Intro to shape controls
    • Style pane controls
    • Style pane movie controls
    • Stroke pane controls
    • Advanced pane controls
    • Geometry pane controls
  • Shape behaviors
    • Intro to Shape behaviors
    • Add a Shape behavior
    • Apply Pen Pressure behavior
    • Adjust Pen Speed behavior
    • Apply Pen Tilt behavior
    • Oscillate Shape behavior
    • Randomize Shape behavior
    • Sequence Paint behavior
    • Track Points behavior
    • Wriggle Shape behavior
    • Write On behavior
  • Keyframe shape control points
  • Work with masks and transparency
    • Intro to masks and transparency
    • Mask a layer
    • Combining multiple masks
    • Applying filters or behaviors to masks
    • Use keyframes to rotoscope a mask
      • Rotoscope a mask’s shape
      • Rotoscoping tips
    • Mask controls in the Inspector
    • Use Image masks
      • Intro to image masks
      • Apply an image mask to a layer
      • Image mask controls
  • Convert between shapes and masks
  • Using filters and masks with shapes
  • Copy shape styles
  • Save custom shapes and shape styles
• Create graphics with generators
  • Intro to using generators
  • Add a generator
  • Customize a generator
    • Modify or animate a generator
    • Controls common to all generators
  • Image generators
    • Intro to image generators
    • Caustics generator
    • Cellular generator
    • Checkerboard generator
    • Clouds generator
    • Color Solid generator
    • Concentric Polka Dots generator
    • Concentric Shapes generator
    • Gradient generator
    • Grid generator
    • Japanese Pattern generator
    • Lens Flare generator
    • Manga Lines generator
    • Membrane generator
    • Noise generator
    • One Color Ray generator
    • Op Art 1 generator
    • Op Art 2 generator
    • Op Art 3 generator
    • Overlapping Circles generator
    • Radial Bars generator
    • Soft Gradient generator
    • Spirals generator
    • Spiral Drawing generator
    • Use Spiral Drawing onscreen controls
    • Star generator
    • Stripes generator
    • Sunburst generator
    • Truchet Tiles generator
    • Two Color Ray generator
  • Text generators
    • Intro to text generators
    • File generator
    • Numbers generator
    • Time Date generator
    • Timecode generator
  • Save a modified generator
• Add effects with filters
  • Intro to filters
  • Browse and preview filters
  • Apply or remove filters
  • Adjust filters
    • Intro to adjusting filters
    • Adjust filters in the Inspector or HUD
    • Adjust filters in the canvas
    • Types of onscreen filter controls
  • Filter types and controls
    • Intro to filter types
    • Blur filters
      • Intro to Blur filters
      • Channel Blur filter
      • Circle Blur filter
      • Compound Blur filter
      • Defocus filter
      • Directional Blur filter
      • Gaussian Blur filter
      • Gradient Blur filter
      • Prism filter
      • Radial Blur filter
      • Soft Focus filter
      • Variable Blur filter
      • Zoom Blur filter
    • Border filters
      • Intro to Border filters
      • Bevel filter
      • Simple Border filter
      • Stroke filter
      • Widescreen filter
    • Color filters
      • Intro to Color filters
      • Brightness filter
      • Channel Mixer filter
      • Color Adjustments filter
      • Color Balance filter
      • Example: Color-balance two layers
      • Color Curves filter
      • Use the Color Curves filter
      • Color Reduce filter
      • Color Wheels filter
      • Use the Color Wheels filter
      • Colorize filter
      • Contrast filter
      • Custom LUT filter
      • Use the Custom LUT filter
      • Gamma filter
      • Gradient Colorize filter
      • HDR Tools filter
      • Hue/Saturation filter
      • Hue/Saturation Curves filter
      • Use the Hue/Saturation Curves filter
      • Levels filter
      • Negative filter
      • OpenEXR Tone Map filter
      • Sepia filter
      • Threshold filter
      • Tint filter
    • Distortion filters
      • Intro to Distortion filters
      • Black Hole filter
      • Bulge filter
      • Bump Map filter
      • Disc Warp filter
      • Droplet filter
      • Earthquake filter
      • Fisheye filter
      • Flop filter
      • Fun House filter
      • Glass Block filter
      • Glass Distortion
      • Insect Eye filter
      • Mirror filter
      • Page Curl filter
      • Poke filter
      • Polar filter
      • Refraction filter
      • Ring Lens filter
      • Ripple filter
      • Scrape filter
      • Sliced Scale filter
      • Use the Sliced Scale filter
      • Sphere filter
      • Starburst filter
      • Stripes filter
      • Target filter
      • Tiny Planet filter
      • Twirl filter
      • Underwater filter
      • Wave filter
    • Glow filters
      • Intro to Glow filters
      • Aura filter
      • Bloom filter
      • Dazzle filter
      • Glint filter
      • Gloom filter
      • Glow filter
      • Light Rays filter
      • Neon filter
      • Outer Glow filter
      • Overdrive filter
    • Looks filters
      • Intro to Looks filters
      • Bleach filter
      • California filter
      • Chrome filter
      • Cool filter
      • Fade filter
      • Instant filter
      • Mono filter
      • Nevada filter
      • New York filter
      • Noir filter
      • Process filter
      • Sixties filter
      • Tonal filter
      • Transfer filter
    • Sharpen filters
      • Intro to Sharpen filters
      • Sharpen filter
      • Unsharp Mask filter
    • Stylize filters
      • Intro to Stylize filters
      • Add Noise filter
      • Bad Film filter
      • Bad TV filter
      • Circle Screen filter
      • Circles filter
      • Color Emboss filter
      • Comic filter
      • Crystallize filter
      • Edges filter
      • Extrude filter
      • Fill filter
      • Halftone filter
      • Hatched Screen filter
      • Highpass filter
      • Indent filter
      • Line Art filter
      • Line Screen filter
      • MinMax filter
      • Noise Dissolve filter
      • Pixellate filter
      • Posterize filter
      • Relief filter
      • Slit Scan filter
      • Slit Tunnel filter
      • Texture Screen filter
      • Vignette filter
      • Wavy Screen filter
    • Tiling filters
      • Intro to Tiling filters
      • Kaleidoscope filter
      • Kaleidotile filter
      • Offset filter
      • Parallelogram Tile filter
      • Perspective Tile filter
      • Random Tile filter
      • Tile filter
      • Triangle Tile filter
    • Time filters
      • Intro to Time filters
      • Echo filter
      • Scrub filter
      • Strobe filter
      • Trails filter
      • WideTime filter
    • Video filters
      • Intro to Video filters
      • Broadcast Safe filter
      • Deinterlace filter
  • Animate filter controls
    • Animate filter parameters with keyframes
    • Animate filters using behaviors
  • About filters and color processing
  • Publish filter controls to Final Cut Pro
  • Using filters on alpha channels
  • Filter performance
  • Save custom filters
• Composite with color and luma keys
  • Intro to color keying
  • Use the Green Screen Keyer filter
    • Intro to the Green Screen Keyer filter
    • Use the Green Screen Keyer filter
    • Green Screen Keyer filter controls
    • Animating color key parameters
  • Use the Luma Keyer filter
    • Intro to the Luma Keyer filter
    • Luma Keyer filter controls
  • Correct or refine an existing matte
    • Intro to refining mattes
    • Crop background with a garbage mask
    • Restore foreground with a holdout mask
    • Matte Magic filter
    • Spill Suppression filter
    • Apply multiple keys
• Work with 3D objects
  • Intro to 3D objects
  • Add a 3D object
  • Move and rotate a 3D object
  • Reposition a 3D object’s anchor point
  • Modify 3D object properties
    • Intro to modifying 3D objects
    • Modify 3D object properties
    • Modify a 3D object’s inherent size and orientation
  • Exchange a 3D object file
  • 3D object intersection and layer order
  • Adjust 3D object timing in Motion
    • Intro to 3D object timing
    • Modify 3D object timing in Motion
  • Using cameras and lights with 3D objects
  • Save custom 3D objects
  • Guidelines for working with 3D objects
  • Working with imported 3D objects
• Work with 360-degree video
  • Intro to 360-degree video
  • 360-degree projects
  • Create 360-degree projects
  • Add 360-degree video to a project
  • View and navigate 360-degree projects
    • View 360-degree projects
    • View 360-degree video in a VR headset
  • Integrate graphics in 360-degree projects
    • Intro to graphics in 360-degree projects
    • Use graphics in 360-degree projects
  • Create a tiny planet effect
  • Reorient 360-degree media
  • Creating 360-degree templates for Final Cut Pro
  • 360-degree-aware filters and generators
  • Export and share 360-degree projects
  • Guidelines for better 360-degree projects
• Track motion in clips
  • Intro to tracking
  • How does motion tracking work?
  • Analyze and record motion in a clip
  • Match move an object to a clip
    • Intro to match moving
    • Match move an object
    • Two-point tracking
    • Corner-pin an object
    • Combining animation and tracking data
  • Remove unwanted camera shake
    • Stabilize a shaky clip
    • Remove borders from stabilized clips
    • Unstabilize a clip
  • Track shapes, masks, and paint strokes
  • Track the position of a filter or object
  • Adjust onscreen trackers
  • Load existing tracking data
  • Use a range of frames for analysis
  • Guidelines for better tracking
    • Intro to tracking guidelines
    • Basic tracking strategies
    • Advanced tracking strategies
    • Track perspective, scale, or rotational shifts
    • Track obscured or off-frame points
    • Tracking retimed footage
    • Use masks with tracking behaviors
  • Tracking behavior controls
    • Analyze Motion controls
    • Match Move controls
    • Stabilize controls
    • Unstabilize controls
    • Track Points controls
    • Track controls
  • Save tracks to the Library
• Work with audio
  • Intro to audio
  • View audio files
  • Add audio files
  • Play audio files
  • Edit audio
    • Intro to audio editing
    • Adjust audio
    • Cut, copy, paste, and delete audio
    • Slip, slide, and trim audio
    • Use audio with markers
    • Make advanced audio adjustments
      • Work with the Output audio track
      • Select audio output channels
      • Animate audio level and pan
      • Sync audio and video
    • Retime audio
  • Automate effects with audio behaviors
    • Intro to audio behaviors
    • Audio Auto Pan behavior
    • Audio Fade In/Fade Out behavior
    • Audio parameter behavior
    • Apply the Audio parameter behavior
• Share Motion projects
  • Intro to exporting projects
  • Export a QuickTime movie
  • Export audio only
  • Export a still image
  • Export an image sequence
  • Export to Apple devices
  • Export to email
  • Export using Compressor
  • Create share destinations
  • Render settings
  • View the status of shared items
  • Share notifications
• Manage color
  • About color space
  • Intro to color management
  • Set the color processing method
  • Manage automatic color processing
  • View HDR media
  • Adjust HDR media
  • Choose HDR colors
  • Display luminance values
  • Tips for color management
• Work with Cinematic mode video
  • Intro to Cinematic mode video
  • Move Cinematic clips to your Mac
  • Enable Cinematic mode video adjustments
  • Adjust focus points in Cinematic mode video clips in Motion
  • Adjust depth of field in Cinematic mode video clips
• Work smarter
  • Intro to settings and shortcuts
  • Motion Settings
    • Change settings
    • General settings
    • Appearance settings
    • Project settings
    • Time settings
    • Cache settings
    • Canvas settings
    • 3D settings
    • Presets settings
    • Destinations settings in Motion
      • Intro to Destinations settings
      • Email destination in Motion
      • Save Current Frame destination
      • Export Image Sequence destination in Motion
      • Export File destination in Motion
      • Compressor Presets destination in Motion
      • Bundle destination in Motion
    • Project Preset Editor
  • Motion menus
    • Intro to menus
    • Application (Motion) menu
    • File menu
    • Edit menu
    • Mark menu
    • Object menu
    • Favorites menu
    • View menu
    • Window menu
    • Help menu
  • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Intro to Keyboard shortcuts
    • Use function keys
    • General keyboard shortcuts
    • Menu commands
      • Menu bar keyboard shortcuts
      • Motion menu keyboard shortcuts
      • File menu keyboard shortcuts
      • Edit menu keyboard shortcuts
      • Mark menu keyboard shortcuts
      • Object menu keyboard shortcuts
      • View menu keyboard shortcuts
      • Share menu keyboard shortcuts
      • Window menu keyboard shortcuts
      • Help menu keyboard shortcuts
    • Audio list keyboard shortcuts
    • Tools
      • Tools keyboard shortcuts
      • Transform tool keyboard shortcuts
      • Select/Transform tool keyboard shortcuts
      • Crop tool keyboard shortcuts
      • Edit Points tool keyboard shortcuts
      • Edit shape tools keyboard shortcuts
      • Pan and Zoom tools keyboard shortcuts
      • Shape tools keyboard shortcuts
      • Bezier tool keyboard shortcuts
      • B-Spline tool keyboard shortcuts
      • Paint Stroke tool keyboard shortcuts
      • Text tool keyboard shortcuts
      • Shape mask tools keyboard shortcuts
      • Bezier Mask tool keyboard shortcuts
      • B-Spline Mask tool keyboard shortcuts
    • Transport control keyboard shortcuts
    • View option keyboard shortcuts
    • HUD keyboard shortcuts
    • Inspector keyboard shortcuts
    • Keyframe Editor keyboard shortcuts
    • Layers keyboard shortcuts
    • Library keyboard shortcuts
    • Media list keyboard shortcuts
    • Timeline keyboard shortcuts
    • Keyframing keyboard shortcuts
    • Shape and Mask keyboard shortcuts
    • 3D keyboard shortcuts
    • Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts
    • Search and customize keyboard shortcuts
      • Intro to the Command Editor
      • Command Editor interface
      • Search for keyboard shortcuts
      • Create custom keyboard shortcuts
      • Import and export keyboard shortcuts
  • Touch Bar shortcuts
  • Move assets to another computer
  • Use color and gradient controls
    • Intro to color and gradient controls
    • Color controls
      • Use basic color controls
      • Use the pop-up color palette
      • Use the Colors window
      • Use the color eyedropper
      • Use expanded color controls
    • Gradient controls
      • Intro to using the gradient editor
      • Use a gradient preset
      • Change gradient color and opacity
      • Change gradient direction and spread
      • Modify gradient tags
      • Save gradients
      • Use onscreen gradient controls
      • Basic gradient controls
      • Gradient editor controls
  • Rasterization
    • Intro to rasterization
    • Examples of rasterization
    • How rasterization affects text
    • How rasterization affects 3D text and 3D objects
    • How rasterization affects shapes
    • How rasterization affects particles and replicators
    • How rasterization affects shadows
    • How rasterization affects filters
  • Work with GPUs
• Glossary
• Copyright