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Table of Contents

Welcome
- What’s new in Motion 5.6.1
- 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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Create and modify share destinations in Motion

In the Destinations pane of the Motion Preferences window, you can add new destinations, modify existing destinations, delete destinations, and create destination bundles, which allow you to export multiple types of output at once. You can also revert to the default set of destinations that were available when you first opened Motion.

Motion Preferences window showing Destinations pane

For information about sharing projects and clips from Motion, see Intro to sharing Motion projects.

Create a new destination

In Motion, do one of the following:
- Choose File > Share > Add Destination.
- Choose Motion > Preferences, click Destinations at the top of the window, then select Add Destination in the list on the left.
- On the right side of the toolbar, click Share, then choose Add Destination.
In the Destinations pane of the Preferences window, do one of the following:
- Drag a destination from the area on the right to the Destinations list on the left (or double-click a destination on the right).
- Control-click a destination in the list on the left, then choose Duplicate.
The new destination appears selected in the list on the left, and the settings for the destination appear on the right.
Specify settings for the new destination.
For descriptions of the controls in each destination, see Intro to Destinations preferences in Motion. For information on using each default destination, see the previous topics in this chapter.
Here are some tips for setting up various types of destinations:
- Use the Export File destination to export a movie, a single layer as a movie, or an audio file, or if you want to share to Apple devices. Choose an option from the Format pop-up menu in the Export File settings.
- Rename the new destination to better describe its settings by double-clicking its name in the Destinations list, typing a new name, then pressing Return.
- If you chose the Compressor Settings destination, select a Compressor setting (or select multiple Compressor settings) in the window that appears, then click OK. The settings that are displayed include the Compressor settings that come with Motion as well as any settings you added.
  Important: You can use the Compressor Settings destination only if you have Compressor installed or someone gives you a Compressor setting.
Close Motion Preferences.
When you choose File > Share, or click Share on the right side of the toolbar, your new destination appears in the list.

You can make changes to the destination at any time. As you customize the destination, your changes are saved automatically.

Modify existing destinations

Choose Motion > Preferences, then click Destinations at the top of the window.
The Destinations pane appears, with a list of destinations on the left.
Do any of the following:
- Change a destination’s settings: Select a destination, then modify the destination’s settings on the right.
Restore a destination to its original settings: Control-click a destination in the Destinations list, then choose Revert to Original Settings.
Rename a destination: Double-click a destination in the list on the left, then type a new name.
Change the order of destinations in the list: Drag a destination to a different location in the list.
For descriptions of the controls in each destination, see Intro to Destinations preferences in Motion. For information on using each default destination, see the previous topics in this chapter.

As you modify destinations, your changes are saved automatically.

Create a bundle of destinations

Bundles make it easy to create several types of output in a single step. A bundle holds a set of destinations. When you share a project using the bundle, a file is output for each destination in the bundle.

Choose Motion > Preferences, then click Destinations at the top of the window.
Select Add Destination in the Destinations list, then double-click the Bundle destination (or drag it from the area on the right to the Destinations list on the left).
An empty bundle appears in the Destinations list.
To add destinations to the bundle, drag existing destinations into it from the Destinations list, or select Add Destination and drag destinations from the area on the right into the bundle.

Tip: To quickly make a bundle from destinations in the Destinations list, select one or more destinations in the list, then Control-click in the Destinations list and choose New Bundle from Selection.

Delete a destination

Choose Motion > Preferences, then click Destinations at the top of the window.
Do one of the following:
- Control-click a destination in the Destinations list, then choose Delete.
- Select a destination in the Destinations list, then press Delete.
- Select a destination in the Destinations list, then click the Remove button (–) below the list.

Assign a default destination

Choose Motion > Preferences, then click Destinations at the top of the window.
Control-click the destination or bundle you want to make the default, then choose Make Default.
The name of the new default destination is appended with “(default).”

After you set the default destination, you can quickly share to that destination by pressing Command-E. To use the Command-E keyboard shortcut to share to another destination (or destination bundle), you can make that destination or bundle the default.

Revert to the set of destinations that came with Motion

Choose Motion > Preferences, then click Destinations at the top of the window.
Control-click an empty area in the list on the left, then choose Restore Default Destinations from the shortcut menu.

Any custom destinations are deleted, and the default set of destinations appears. For a list of the default destinations, see Intro to sharing Motion projects.

Share destinations between Motion users

Choose Motion > Preferences, then click Destinations at the top of the window.
Do any of the following:
- Export destinations from your copy of Motion: Drag one or more destinations from the Destinations list to a location in the macOS Finder.
  The destination file is appended with the filename extension .motndest.
- Import destinations into your copy of Motion: Drag a destination file from a location in the macOS Finder to the Destinations list.
  The destination you added appears in the Destinations list, in the Share submenu of the File menu, and in the menu that appears when you click the Share button in the toolbar.

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