Document Outline

• Contents
• Welcome to Motion 2
  • Getting Started
    • Relinking Missing Media
    • Checking Preferences
• The Motion Interface
  • What You Will Learn
  • Getting Started
    • Opening the Result Project
    • Opening the Starting Project
    • The Motion Interface
    • Working in the Layers Tab
    • Compositing Basics
  • Motion Dashboards
    • What Is a Parameter?
  • Using the Inspector
    • Using the Value Sliders
  • Using the Timeline
  • The File Browser
  • Basic Object Manipulation
    • Selecting and Nudging Objects
  • Applying Motion to an Object
    • The Library
    • Keyframe Basics
  • Using Filters
    • What You Have Learned
• 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
    • The Sequence Behavior
    • Creating the Project
    • Adding Text
    • Applying the Sequence Behavior
    • Adjusting Text Sequence Timing
    • Adding Another Text Element
    • Keyframing the Sequence Behavior
    • Finishing the Effect
    • What You Have Learned
• 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
    • Creating a New Project
    • Adding a Shape
    • Modifying the Gradient
    • Importing a Particle Cell Source
    • Creating a Particle System From a Clip
    • Using Custom Gradients
    • Applying Behaviors to Particles
  • Exercise 3: Using a Shape as a Particle Cell Source
    • Creating a New Project
    • Adding a Shape and an Emitter
    • Modifying the Cell Source
    • Customizing the Particle Gradient
    • Emitter Shapes
    • Fine-Tuning the Emitter
    • Adding a Parameter Behavior to a Particle Emitter
  • Exercise 4: Particles and Simulation Behaviors
    • Opening the Exercise Project
    • Adding a Simulation Behavior
    • Simulations and Multiple Objects
    • What You Have Learned
• The Replicator
  • What You Will Learn
  • Previewing the Result Motion Project
  • Exercise 1: Working With the Replicator
    • Opening the Starting Project
    • Replicating the Shape
    • Resizing the Pattern and Scaling the Objects
    • Adding a Gradient
    • Origin and Build Style
    • Replicator Patterns
  • Exercise 2: Animating the Replicator
    • Animating the Offset
    • Shuffle Order
    • Adding a Sequence Replicator Behavior
    • Custom Setting
    • Sequence Replicator Loops
    • Parameter Behaviors
    • Traversal
    • What You Have Learned