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Table of Contents

Welcome
What’s new
- What is Motion?
- Motion workflow
- Motion interface
- Basic components of Motion
- Using input devices
- 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
- Intro to adding and managing content
- Intro to project playback
- Define the play range
- Project playback performance
- Intro to basic compositing
- - Modify layer opacity
- Intro to 3D compositing
- - Intro to 3D coordinates
  - Relative coordinates
- Transform layers in 3D space
- - Create 3D intersection
  - 2D and 3D group properties
- Intro to the Timeline
- Display or resize the Timing pane
- Navigate in the Timeline
- Show and modify keyframes in the Timeline
- - Intro to the Timeline ruler
  - Edit a range of frames in the Timeline
- Edit in the mini-Timeline
- Intro to behaviors
- Behaviors versus keyframes
- - Browse for behaviors
- - Intro to adjusting behaviors
  - Adjust behaviors
- Intro to keyframing
- Add keyframes
- - Add an animation path in the canvas
  - Modify animation paths
- Animate from the HUD
- - Apply keyframes to behaviors
  - Combining keyframes and behaviors
- Use the mini-curve editor
- Animate on the fly
- Simplify a keyframe curve
- Intro to Final Cut Pro templates
- - Template workflow
  - Placeholders vs. drop zones
- - Convert a Motion project to a template
  - Convert a template to another type
- Use placeholder images in 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
- - General template guidelines
  - Tips for color processing in templates
- Intro to rigging
- How does rigging work?
- Build a simple rig
- Work with widgets
- Control rigs from Animation menus
- Publish rigs to Final Cut Pro
- Intro to Particles
- - Add a particle system
  - Anatomy of a particle emitter
- Create 3D particles
- Particle system timing
- Using graphics in particle systems
- Using filters and masks with particles
- Save custom particle effects
- Intro to replicators
- Replicators vs. particle systems
- - Add a replicator
  - Anatomy of a replicator
- Work with 3D replicators
- Replicator timing
- Using filters and masks with replicators
- Save custom replicators
- Intro to basic text
- Select and modify text in the canvas
- Preview and apply fonts
- Use preset text styles
- - Intro to editing text
  - Display the Text Inspector or HUD
- Convert standard text to 3D text
- Check spelling
- Find and replace text
- Using filters with text
- Intro to 3D text
- 3D text workflow
- - Add 3D text
  - Convert 2D text to 3D text
- Apply a preset 3D text style
- Move and rotate 3D text
- Add a glow or drop shadow to 3D text
- 3D text intersection
- Intro to animated text
- Apply a text behavior
- - Use the Scroll Text behavior
  - Scroll Text controls
- - Use the Text Tracking behavior
  - Text Tracking controls
- - 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
- Intro to shapes, masks, and paint strokes
- - Intro to complex shapes and masks
  - Draw complex shapes and masks
- Edit fill, outline, and feathering
- Keyframe shape control points
- Convert between shapes and masks
- Using filters and masks with shapes
- Copy shape styles
- Save custom shapes and shape styles
- Intro to using generators
- Add a generator
- - Modify or animate a generator
  - Controls common to all generators
- Save a modified generator
- Intro to filters
- Browse and preview filters
- Apply or remove filters
- - 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
- Intro to color keying
- - Intro to the Luma Keyer filter
  - Luma Keyer filter controls
- Intro to 3D objects
- Add a 3D object
- Move and rotate a 3D object
- Reposition a 3D object’s anchor point
- Exchange a 3D object file
- 3D object intersection and layer order
- - 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
- Intro to 360-degree video
- 360-degree projects
- Create 360-degree projects
- Add 360-degree video to a project
- - View 360-degree projects
  - View 360-degree video in a VR headset
- - 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
- Intro to tracking
- How does motion tracking work?
- Analyze and record motion in 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
- Save tracks to the Library
- Intro to audio
- View audio files
- Add audio files
- Play audio files
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Intro to settings and shortcuts
- Touch Bar shortcuts
- Move assets to another computer
- Work with GPUs
Glossary
Copyright

3D text Distress controls in Motion

Use the Distress controls in the Appearance pane of the Text Inspector to create the effect of adding wear or degradation to the surface of the 3D text object. Depending on the option you choose in the Distress pop-up menu (at the top of the Distress section of the Appearance pane), different parameter controls become available.

3D text in canvas with no applied distress layers and with applied Stains and Dirt distress layers

Distress: A pop-up menu to set a distress type: Scratches, Stains, Dirt, Dents, Wavy, Bumps, Perforated, Wrinkles, or Custom Bumps.

When Distress is set to Scratches

Type: A pop-up menu to choose a scratch pattern.
Depth: A slider to adjust the apparent depth of the scratches.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the scratch pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Stains

Type: A pop-up menu to choose a stain pattern.
Opacity: A slider to adjust the visibility of the stain pattern.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the stain pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Dirt

Type: A pop-up menu to choose a dirt pattern.
Opacity: A slider to adjust the visibility of the dirt pattern.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the dirt pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Dents

Type: A pop-up menu to choose a dents pattern.
Depth: A slider to adjust the apparent depth of the dents in the 3D text object.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the dent pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Wavy

Depth: A slider to adjust the apparent depth of the wave pattern.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the wave pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Bumps

Type: A pop-up menu to choose a bump pattern.
Depth: A slider to adjust the apparent depth of the bump pattern.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the bump pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Perforated

Type: A pop-up menu to choose a perforation pattern.
Depth: A slider to adjust the apparent depth of the perforation pattern.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the perforation pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Wrinkles

Type: A pop-up menu to choose a wrinkle pattern.
Depth: A slider to adjust the apparent depth of the wrinkles.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the wrinkle pattern is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.

When Distress is set to Custom Bumps

Canvas showing image used as Custom Bumps distress layer, 3D text prior to applying Custom Bumps distress layer, and 3D text after applying Custom Bumps layer

This option lets you select an image to serve as the texture map for the selected object.

Bump map gain: A slider to increase or decrease the contrast of the selected image, giving the effect of larger or smaller bumps.
Image: An image well to assign a custom image to use as the bump map. Drag an image from the Layers list or Media list into this well.
Bump Map Type: A pop-up menu to set whether the bump map is interpreted as Height, which uses the luminance of an image to define the bump pattern, or as Normal, which uses an RGB map image to define the bump pattern.
Invert: A checkbox that, when selected, swaps the light and dark elements of the image, effectively inverting the apparent height of the bumps.
Wrap Mode: A pop-up menu to set what happens if the image is smaller than the text object. Choose from one of the following options:
- None: The image is applied once, and areas of the text object that exceed the scope of the image are not covered.
- Repeat: The image is applied and reapplied as often as necessary, creating a pattern to fill the area beyond the scope of the original image.
- Mirror: The image is applied to the text object, then applied again in an inverted, reversed orientation to cover the area beyond the scope of the original image.
Placement: A group of controls (available when you click the disclosure triangle) to set how the texture is applied to the text object. For details, see 3D text Placement controls.
Blend Mode: A pop-up menu to set how multiple bump layers interact with each other. Use this parameter to create even more unique textures. Choose one of two options:
- Add: Uses a mathematical add operation to combine the texture with underlying bump maps.
- Replace: Overrides the bump attributes of underlying layers.

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