Apple Motion 2 Tutorials User Manual

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Tutorial 1

The Motion Interface

In addition to the main work area of the Canvas, the Timing and Project panes (not
displayed by default) allow you to view and modify many attributes of the project. With
the intuitive design of Motion, you can easily show and hide interface components
when needed.

Customizing Your Workspace

Use the following guidelines to learn how to display and hide various panes, and how
to use preset window layouts.

To display the Project pane, do one of the following:

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Click the Project icon in the Toolbar.

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Press

F5

.

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Drag the divider on the left edge of the Canvas.

To display the Timing pane, do one of the following:

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Click the Timing icon in the Toolbar.

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Press

F6.

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Drag the divider on the bottom edge of the Canvas (below the Play button in the
transport controls).

You can create and save a custom interface. Once you set up a layout that you want to
save, choose Window > Save Current Layout. A dialog appears that allows you to enter
the name of your layout. For this tutorial, the standard interface layout is used.

Timing icon

Project icon

Drag the divider handle to
show the Project pane.

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