Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1401)

Motion allows you to create projects that integrate many media types using a wide variety
of formats. Whether you’re using one of the Motion project presets or creating your own,
it’s important to be aware of what distinguishes one video format from another. This
appendix details the different characteristics of video formats and explains the different
frame sizes, how interlacing works, the difference between square and nonsquare pixels,
and which frame rates correspond to which video formats.
This appendix covers the following:
• Supported File Formats (p. 1401)
• Standard Definition Versus High Definition Video Formats (p. 1404)
• Popular Video Codecs for File Exchange (p. 1408)
• What Is Field Order? (p. 1410)
• Using Square or Nonsquare Pixels When Creating Graphics (p. 1411)
• Differences in Color Between Computer and Video Graphics (p. 1413)
• Using Fonts and Creating Line Art for Video (p. 1413)
• Scaling Imported High-Resolution Graphics (p. 1414)
• Creating Graphics for HD Projects (p. 1414)
Supported File Formats
Motion supports the use of a wide variety of video, still image, and audio files within a
single project. Because it’s a QuickTime standard application, Motion supports many of
the same file formats that QuickTime does.
QuickTime Video Codecs
Motion supports QuickTime video files using nearly any codec installed on your computer,
including, but not limited to:
• Animation
• BMP
• Cinepak
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