Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1330)

Adding an Audio File
To work with audio in your project, you start by adding an audio file to the project.
Note: Although you can see a connected iPod in the File Browser as a hard disk, you can
only browse for and import files stored in the hard disk storage area of the iPod into
Motion.
To add an audio file from the File Browser
Do one of the following:
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Drag the file from the File Browser or the Finder into the Canvas.
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Drag the file from the File Browser or the Finder into the Project pane or Timeline layers
list.
• Dragging the file to the Layers tab adds the audio file to the Media tab and the Audio
tab.
• Dragging the file to the Media tab adds the audio file to the Media tab but does not
add it to the project. To add the file to the project, drag the file from the Media tab to
the Canvas.
• Dragging the file to the Audio tab adds the audio file to the Media tab and the Audio
tab.
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Drag the file from the File Browser or the Finder into the audio area of the Timeline (not
the Audio Editor).
Note: To display audio in the Timeline, click the Show Audio button in the bottom of the
Timeline layers list.
Click to display audio
tracks in the Timeline.
When a black border appears around the audio section of the Timeline, release the mouse
button.
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In the Audio tab, click the Add button (+), locate the file you want to add, then click
Import.
Note: If you use the Add button (+) in the Media tab, the audio file is only added to that
tab. To use the file in the project, drag the file from the Media tab to the Canvas.
1330 Chapter 20 Working with Audio