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Table of Contents

Welcome
What’s new in Motion
- 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
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Edit in the mini-Timeline in Motion

The mini-Timeline lies just above canvas toolbar and below the canvas, providing an at-a-glance look at where selected objects fit into your overall project.

The mini-Timeline also has a playhead to indicate which frame you’re viewing as well as In point and Out point markers to identify the play range. The length of the mini-Timeline represents the duration of the entire project.

Mini-Timeline showing In point, Out point, playhead, and selected object

You can drag the playhead through the mini-Timeline to scrub your project, or to jump to a specific point in time. In the mini-Timeline, you can also change the play range of the entire project as well as move, trim, or slip a selected object.

You can also perform many nonlinear editing functions in the mini-Timeline. You can drag clips or images from the Import dialog, or objects from the Library (such as replicators or shapes), to the mini-Timeline. You can also move, trim, and slip objects to change which portion of the object appears at which point in time. For more information on editing functions such as Move, Trim, and Slip, see Edit in the Timeline in Motion.

Add an object to the mini-Timeline

In Motion, do one of the following:
- In the Motion toolbar, click Import, then in the dialog that appears, drag a media file to the mini-Timeline.
- Drag a media file from the macOS Finder to the Motion mini-Timeline.
- In Motion, drag an item from the Library to the mini-Timeline.
As you drag, a tooltip appears to indicate the frame where the item will be placed.
When you reach the desired frame, release the mouse button.
The object is added to the project beginning at that frame.

Add multiple objects to the mini-Timeline

You can add multiple objects to the mini-Timeline at once. You can choose to add the objects sequentially (one after another) or as a composite (all at the same point in time).

Do one of the following:
- In the Motion toolbar, click Import, then in the dialog that appears, Shift-click to select multiple media files and drag them to the mini-Timeline.
- In the macOS Finder, Shift-click to select multiple media files, then drag them to the Motion mini-Timeline.
- In the Motion Library, Shift-click to select multiple items, then drag them to the mini-Timeline.
As you drag, a tooltip appears to indicate the frame where the items will be placed.
Without releasing the mouse button, drag to the desired frame.
A drop menu appears.
Choose an edit type from the drop menu, then release the mouse button.
Depending on the item dragged to the Timeline, up to four drop options are available. For more information on the Timeline drop menu, see Drag to the Timeline track area in Motion.

Move an object in time

In the Layers list, Timeline layers list, or canvas in Motion, select the object you want to move.
The object appears in the mini-Timeline.
In the mini-Timeline, drag the object left or right to reposition it in time.
A tooltip appears, indicating the new In and Out point of the object, as well as the amount of change from the previous position.
When you reach the position you want, release the mouse button.

Shorten or lengthen (trim) an object

In Motion, select the object to display it in the mini-Timeline.
Position the pointer over the beginning or ending edge of the bar in the mini-Timeline.
The pointer changes to a trim pointer.
Drag the edge of the bar to change its duration.
A tooltip appears, indicating the new In or Out point and the amount of change that your edit is causing.

You cannot trim a layer to be longer than the number of frames available in the corresponding media file unless its End Condition is set to Hold, Loop, or Ping Pong in the Timing controls in Motion.

Slip a video clip (or other multiframe object) in the mini-Timeline

In Motion, select the multiframe object you want to modify.
Position the pointer over the body of the clip in the mini-Timeline, then press and hold the Option key.
The pointer changes to a slip pointer.
Continuing to press and hold the Option key, drag left or right in the mini-Timeline to use a later or earlier part of the clip.
A tooltip appears, indicating the new In and Out points.

Note: You cannot slip a clip if it hasn’t been trimmed first. See Slip video layers in the Timeline in Motion.

Snap the playhead to a project marker in the mini-Timeline

In Motion, press and hold the Shift key while dragging the playhead in the mini-Timeline.
The playhead snaps to the frame that contains a project marker.

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