Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 205)

A project file consists of a single composition that you are working on. Project files contain
objects, which are linked references to source media files on disk, but they contain no
media themselves. Project files simply house information about how a composition is
assembled, what media files on disk are used, and what effects from the Library have
been applied. They also contain any shapes, masks, and text objects that you create.
This chapter covers the following:
• Creating New Projects (p. 205)
• Managing Projects (p. 219)
• Browsing Media Files in Motion (p. 226)
• File Types Supported by Motion (p. 232)
• Adding Media to Your Project (p. 243)
• Managing Layers in Your Project (p. 248)
• Deleting Objects from a Project (p. 251)
• Exchanging Media in a Project (p. 252)
• Object Media Tab Parameters (p. 253)
• Using Media in the Library (p. 259)
• Organizing Groups and Layers in Motion (p. 264)
• Customizing and Creating New Templates (p. 280)
Creating New Projects
Before you can do anything in Motion, you first need to create a new project. Depending
on the type of project you are working on, there are three ways to do this. You can base
your composition on one of the supplied templates, you can create a new blank project
using one of the available project presets, or you can create a new project using your
own custom settings if you need an unusual frame size or frame rate.
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