Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 239)

When importing Photoshop files, you can choose to import:
• All the layers merged together as a single object
• All layers as individual objects, nested together within a group
• An individual layer as a single object
When you import all layers as individual objects, Motion creates a new group in the Layers
tab and Timeline, and nests each layer of the Photoshop file as an individual object within
that Motion group. Each resulting object retains the position, opacity, and blend mode
of the original Photoshop layer. Furthermore, Photoshop text layers are imported, but
appear in Motion as noneditable bitmap graphics.
Incompatible Effects
The following Photoshop effects are not currently imported into Motion:
• Layer effects
• Layer masks
• Adjustment layers
• Paths
• Shapes
Note: Motion does not support Photoshop layer sets.
For more information on how to import layered Photoshop files, see Adding Layered
Photoshop Files to a Project .
PDF Files
The PDF file format is a PostScript-based document format that accommodates
PostScript-based graphics and text, as well as bitmap graphics. Areas of transparency
within a PDF file are also transparent within Motion.
PDF files are capable of storing PostScript-based illustrations. Unlike graphics file formats
such as TIFF and JPEG, which save images as a collection of pixels at a given resolution
that are divided into red, green, and blue channels, PostScript-based illustrations are
saved as mathematical descriptions of how the artwork is drawn. As a result, PDF files
using PostScript-based artwork and text have infinite resolution.
The practical difference between bitmap files and PostScript-based files is that scaling a
bitmap beyond 100 percent results in the image progressively softening the more you
increase its size. PostScript-based illustrations remain sharp and clear no matter how large
or how small you scale them.
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