Apple New Features in Motion 2 - Manual (Page 3)

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New Filters
Sixteen new filters have been added to the Motion Library:
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Extrude: Gives an object with an alpha channel simulated depth, by creating a
“front” and “back” of the object, offsetting them, and extruding the edges so that
they connect.
 Indent: Creates a shiny, bump-mapped appearance on an image, with raised and flat
areas.
 Refraction: Creates a glass-distortion effect on an image, with an optional height map.
 Relief: Uses the color values of an object or height map to calculate height vertices,
creating a 3D height map.
 Basic 3D: Allows you to rotate an object on the X, Y, and Z axes, and set its position
and perspective.
 Prism: Blurs and refracts the image as if seen through a prism, creating a rainbow
effect.
 Channel Swap: Substitutes the color value of a channel with that of either a selected
channel, or its inverse. If you select Blue from Red, the value of blue in the object will
match the value of red across the entire object. Channel Swap can be used in a
variety of ways, including simply inverting the alpha channel of an object.
 Gradient Colorize: Colorizes an image, using color values instead of position to
determine the application of the colors in the gradient.
 Vectorize Color: Makes the object appear as multicolored polygons. Four colors are
substituted over the entire color range of the object.
 Earthquake: Creates an animated displacement effect on an object, adjusting its
position as if shaken by an earthquake.
 Insect Eye: Maps a repeating hexagonal distortion pattern to an image, mimicking
the point of view of an insect.
 Noise Dither: Adds a small amount of noise to the pixels of an object, used to soften
the banding seen on 8-bit images with subtle gradients.
 Vignette: Simulates the light fall-off and blurring in the corners of images as seen
through some camera lenses.
 Random Tile: Tiles your object in an irregular pattern with circular panels.
 Scrub: Moves a virtual playhead around a clip, allowing you to change the timing of
the clip without moving it in the Timeline. You can also use this filter to create a
freeze frame. Additionally, it allows you to animate the offset parameter, often with
interesting results. Try adding the Scrub filter to a clip, then applying the Randomize
behavior to the Frame offset, with the “Offset from” parameter set to Current Frame.
 Trails: Draws light or dark trails following an object’s movement. This is only effective
with moving images.
For more information, choose Help > Motion User Manual and see Chapter 10, “Using
Filters.”
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