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Table of Contents

Welcome
- What’s new in Motion 5.6
- What’s new in Motion 5.5
- What’s new in 5.4.6
- What’s new in 5.4.4
- 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
- - Create a generator template
  - Modify a Final Cut Pro generator
- - Convert a Motion project to Final Cut Pro
  - 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
- Where are templates saved?
- Using masks in templates
- Guidelines for better 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
- Publish filter parameters 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
- Intro to preferences and shortcuts
- Touch Bar shortcuts
- Move assets to another computer
- Work with GPUs
Glossary
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Touch Bar shortcuts in Motion

If your MacBook Pro has a Touch Bar, you can use familiar gestures like swipe and tap to quickly perform common tasks in Motion. Most of the Touch Bar controls are dynamic: Buttons change depending on your current selection within Motion and other applications. Related buttons and sliders appear together in groups in the Touch Bar.

Note: Depending on your MacBook Pro model, controls in the Touch Bar may vary.

For more information about the Control Strip and Esc button, see MacBook Pro Essentials. To learn more about the Touch Bar, see the Apple Support article How to use the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro.

Project Browser

When you open the Project Browser in Motion, the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Open Other	Opens a dialog to select an existing project that doesn’t appear in the Project Browser.
	Import As Project	Opens a dialog to select media files to include in a new project.
	Cancel	Closes the Project Browser and any open dialogs while leaving the Motion application open.
	Open	Opens the project selected in the Project Browser.

Motion project

When a Motion project is open and no object is selected, the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Tools	Opens tools for selecting and manipulating objects. See Tools, below.
	New Project	Opens the Project Browser (if Create New Project is selected in the General pane of Motion Preferences).
	Import	Opens a dialog for selecting media files to import into your project.
	View	When you select a media clip in the import dialog, this button (in the Control Strip portion of the Touch Bar) activates controls to play or scrub the clip before you import it.
	Add Camera	Adds a camera to your project.
	Add Light	Adds a light to your project.
	Project Navigation	Opens project navigation controls. See Project navigation, below.

Motion project with object selected

Touch Bar options for a Motion project (with a selected object))

When you select an object in your project, the following controls appear in the Touch Bar.

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Tools	Opens tools for selecting and manipulating objects. See Tools, below.
	Timing	Opens timing controls to change or mark In and Out points, and to play a selection. See Timing, below.
	Project Navigation	Opens project navigation controls. See Project navigation, below.

Project navigation

When you tap the Project Navigation button , project navigation tools appear in the Touch Bar.

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Close	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen.
	Project Navigation bar	Displays your project in a timeline bar with a playhead. Drag the playhead to navigate through your project. Drag the left end of the bar to mark a new play range In point; drag the right end of the bar to mark a new play range Out point.
	Snap	Activates snapping in the Project Navigation bar. When snapping is on, drag the playhead in the bar to snap to a selected object’s beginning or end, or to a project marker. (The playhead doesn’t snap to object markers.) When you drag either end of the bar, the play range snaps to the location of the playhead.

Timing

When you tap the Timing button, the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Close	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen.
	Go to In Point	Positions the playhead at the beginning (In point) of the selected object.
	Go to Out Point	Positions the playhead at the end (Out point) of the selected object.
	Mark In	Sets a new In point for the selected object.
	Mark Out	Sets a new Out point for the selected object.
	Play Selection	Plays all layers as a composite based on the duration of the selected layer.

Group

When multiple objects are selected, the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Tools	Opens tools for selecting and manipulating objects. See Tools, below.
	Group	Nests selected objects in a group.
	Project Navigation	Opens project navigation controls. See Project navigation.

Tools

When you tap the Tools button , tools for creating objects, transforming objects, and navigating the canvas appear in the Touch Bar.

Not all tools are available for all objects. For example, the Edit Points tool is only available when a Bezier shape or a B-Spline shape is selected.

Note: To see all of the available tools, you may need to swipe in the Touch Bar.

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Close	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen.
	Select/Transform	Activates the Select/Transform tool, allowing you to scale, move, or rotate objects.
	3D Transform	Activates the 3D Transform tool, allowing you to manipulate any 2D or 3D object in 3D space.
	Anchor Point	Activates the Anchor Point tool, allowing you to reposition a layer’s anchor point.
	Drop Shadow	Activates the Drop Shadow tool, allowing you to modify the direction or offset of a layer’s drop shadow.
	Distort tool	Activates the Distort tool, allowing you to shear or distort a layer.
	Crop tool	Activates the Crop tool, allowing you to crop a layer.
	Edit Points	Activates the Edit Points tool, allowing you to adjust points and Bezier handles for complex masks, shapes, and motion paths. This button is displayed only when a Bezier or B-Spline shape is selected.
	Edit Shape (Rectangle or Circle)	Activates the Edit Shape tool, allowing you to modify the size, shape, feathering, position, or rotation of simple shapes. This button is displayed only when a simple shape is selected.
	Transform Glyph	Activates the Transform Glyph tool, allowing you to modify selected text characters (glyphs). The Transform Glyph button appears only when text is selected.
	Adjust Item	Activates the Adjust Item tool, allowing you to modify specific parameters such as the shape of a replicator or the start and end points of a gradient.
	Rectangle	Activates the Rectangle tool, allowing you to draw a rectangle shape.
	Circle	Activates the Circle tool, allowing you to draw a circle or ellipse shape.
	Line	Activates the Line tool, allowing you to draw a line shape.
	Bezier	Activates the Bezier tool, allowing you to draw a Bezier shape created with Bezier points and tangent handles.
	B-Spline	Activates the B-Spline tool, allowing you to draw a B-Spline shape created with B-Spline points.
	Paint Stroke	Activates the Paint Stroke tool, allowing you to paint shapes in the canvas.
	Text	Activates the Text tool, allowing you to add text in the canvas.
	3D Text	Activates the 3D text tool, allowing you to create textured, dimensional text.
	Rectangle Mask	Activates the Rectangle Mask tool, allowing you to add a rectangle-shaped mask to a layer.
	Circle Mask	Activates the Circle Mask tool, allowing you to add a circle-shaped or ellipse-shaped mask to a layer.
	Freehand Mask	Activates the Freehand Mask tool, allowing you to add a hand-drawn mask to a layer.
	Bezier Mask	Activates the Bezier Mask tool, allowing you to add a mask created with Bezier points and tangent handles to a layer.
	B-Spline Mask	Activates the B-Spline Mask tool, allowing you to add a mask created with B-Spline points to a layer.
	Pan	Activates the Pan tool, allowing you to pan the canvas.
	Zoom	Activates the Zoom tool, allowing you to zoom in on the canvas.
	Walk 3D View	Activates the Walk 3D View tool, allowing you to position a camera in 3D space as you would in a computer game, using a keyboard-and-mouse navigation method.

Text editing

When the text insertion point is active in the canvas, the following text-editing controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Done	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen. Note: The Done button does not appear in the Touch Bar on certain MacBook Pro models.
	Tools	When the Text tool is active, this control displays the tool buttons described in Tools, above.
	Text Alignment and Appearance	Activates controls for text alignment, style, and appearance. See Text alignment and appearance, below.
	Text Size	Activates a slider for text size. See Text size, below.
	Text Kerning	Activates a slider for text kerning. See Text kerning, below.
	3D Text	Switches the selected text from 2D to 3D (and vice versa).
	Text Color	Activates color picker, hue, brightness, and saturation controls. See Text color, below. Note: To affect text color, the Fill With parameter must be set to Color (in the Appearance pane of the Text Inspector).
	Project Navigation	Opens project navigation controls. See Project navigation.

Text alignment and appearance

When you tap the Text Alignment and Appearance button , the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Close	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen.
	Align Text	Aligns text to the left, center, or right.
	Bold Text	Makes the selected text object bold (if available for the selected font).
	Italic Text	Makes the selected text object italic (if available for the selected font).
	Text Face	Turns the text Face parameter on or off.
	Text Outline	Turns the text Outline parameter on or off.
	Text Glow	Turns the text Glow parameter on or off.
	Text Drop Shadow	Turns the text Drop Shadow parameter on or off.

Text kerning

When you tap the Text Kerning button , the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Close	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen.
	Text Kerning Slider	Drag the slider to increase or decrease the space between the text characters. (The text insertion point must be positioned between text characters in the canvas to access the kerning control.)

Text color

When you tap the Text Color button , the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:

Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Close	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen.
	Active Color	Displays the active color, based on your current color settings.
	Brightness	Available when the Hue color control is active, turns on a slider to adjust brightness of the selected text object.
	Saturation	Available when the Hue color control is active, turns on a slider to adjust saturation of the selected text object.
	Hue/Swatch Color	Switches between the Hue color control and Swatch color control. Drag or tap the controls to change text color. To change the color of an individual text character, select the character in the canvas (or position the text insertion point to the right of the character), then tap or drag the color control. To change the color of multiple (adjacent) text characters, select the characters in the canvas, then tap or drag the control.

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Icon	Tool/Item	Description
	Close	Returns you to the previous Touch Bar screen.
	Text Size slider	Drag the slider to change the size of the text.

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