Apple Motion 1.0: Late-Breaking News - Manual (Page 8)

8 Late-Breaking News
• A text object already under the influence of a Sequence behavior may not complete
its action if a Simulation, Throw, or Spin behavior is applied to the same object
overlapping in time. Some sequence behaviors that do not affect the same
parameters as a simulation (such as position) may display properly.
Workaround : Adjust the behavior so that it does not overlap the Sequence behavior
in time.
Third Party Plug-ins
• Motion may stop responding if the After Effects plug-ins About box is displayed
while a project is played back.
Workaround : Stop playback before displaying the About box for After Effects plug-ins.
• After a Boris After Effects filter is added as a favorite to the Favorites category in the
Library, any subsequent filters added may cause Motion to quit unexpectedly.
Workaround : Manually add Boris After Effects filters to a project as they are needed.
Timeline
When performing a Split edit on a shape object, the newly-created shape is not
antialiased.
Workaround : Modify the shape in some way. For example, change the Fill Mode or
Outline of the shape; resize the shape, etc.
Tracking behavior
When the Tracking behavior is applied to a text object with the following
characteristics, some stutter may occur:
• Alignment is set to Right or Center.
• The font size is growing or shrinking over time.
Workaround : Use the Grow/Shrink behavior, rather than animating the font size, to
change the size of the font over time.
Documentation Errata
The following section discusses documentation that is incorrect or information that has
changed in the application since the Motion documentation was written.
Motion Grand Tour
• The “Export Progress” dialog that is illustrated on page 168 is the “Export” dialog.
• In the Value Slider description on page 37, it is stated that “the value sliders are
contextual, which means that the “normal,” “fine,” and “coarse” increments are specific
to the parameter. For example, a “normal” increment for Opacity is 1, a “fine”
increment is .1, and a “coarse” increment is 10.” The fine increment for the Opacity
parameter is .01.