Apple Motion 2 Tutorials User Manual
Motion 2 tutorials
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Welcome to Motion 2
- The Motion Interface
- Basic Motion Behaviors
- What You Will Learn
- Exercise 1: Previewing the Result Tutorial and Building the Starting Project
- Previewing the Result Motion Project
- Creating a New Project
- Changing the Background Color and Duration of the Project
- Setting the Project Preferences
- Importing the Project Files
- Cropping the Dolphins Clip
- Optional: Media Tab Cropping vs. Properties Tab Cropping
- Good Housekeeping
- Applying a Behavior to the Dolphin Objects
- Offsetting the Dolphin Objects in Time
- Creating Shapes to Use as Graphic Elements
- Exercise 2: Applying Behaviors
- Controlling Basic Motion Behaviors in the Timeline
- Applying a Behavior to a Layer
- Creating the Dolphin Titles
- Adding a Text Graphic Element to the Project
- Offsetting Behaviors
- Saving Custom Behaviors
- Adding and Animating Graphic Elements
- Animating the Squares
- Animating the Logo
- Optional: Adding a Second Dolphin Clip
- What You Have Learned
- Working With Text
- What You Will Learn
- Previewing the Result Motion Projects
- Creating a New Project
- Exercise 1: Using Text
- Importing a Movie File
- Organizing Your Project
- Adding a Text Object
- Changing Text Properties Using the Dashboard
- Using Dynamic Guides to Position Text
- Applying Text Tracking
- Animating Text Properties
- Applying a Fade In
- Adding a Second Object
- Applying a Gradient
- Text Sequence Behaviors
- Adding the Third Text Object
- Creating an Animated Glow
- Adding More Movie Elements
- The Final Touch
- Exercise 2: Using the Sequence Text Behavior
- Working With Particles
- What You Will Learn
- Previewing the Result Motion Projects
- Exercise 1: Working With Particle Presets
- Opening the Starting Project
- Adding a Particle Preset
- Positioning the Particle Emitter
- Adjusting the Gradient of the Particle Emitter
- Adjusting the Opacity of the Emitter
- Additive Blend
- Changing the Blend Mode of the Layer
- Adjusting the Shape of the Particles
- Saving the Particle Emitter to the Library
- Exercise 2: Using a Clip as a Particle Cell Source
- Exercise 3: Using a Shape as a Particle Cell Source
- Exercise 4: Particles and Simulation Behaviors
- The Replicator