Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 261)

You can use the font categories to preview the fonts that are available on your computer.
You can also drag fonts and LiveFonts onto text objects to change the typeface they use.
For more information about using fonts with text objects, see
Using the Library Font
Preview .
Text Styles
Text styles are presets that can be applied to text objects in your project to instantly
change their style parameters. These style parameters include face, outline, glow, and
drop shadow parameters. Dragging a text style onto a text object instantly applies that
style to the text.
For more information on text styles, see Editing Text Style .
Shape Styles
Shape styles are presets that can be applied to shapes and paint strokes to instantly
change their style parameters. Dragging a shape style onto a shape instantly applies that
style to the shape.
For more information on shape styles, see Saving Shapes and Shape Styles .
Music and Photos
These categories allow you to browse for and import audio files directly from your iTunes
library and image files directly from your iPhoto library. The Music subcategories that
appear in the Motion Library are playlists created in iTunes. The Photos subcategories
are albums created in iPhoto. The contents of each library, album, or playlist appear in
the file stack.
For more information on importing iPhoto or iTunes files, see Adding iTunes and iPhoto
Files from the Library .
Content
Motion ships with a collection of pre-made graphics and Motion-generated objects that
appear in the Content category. Any of these objects can be dragged into the Canvas
and used as design elements for your own project. Some of the subcategories contain
objects used to make the templates included with Motion. The one exception is the
Particle Images subcategory, which comprises particle cell sources used to generate the
particle emitter presets included with Motion.
By default, the content files that ship with Motion are stored in the /Library/Application
Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/ folder when you install Motion. During installation, you
can select an alternate location to install the Motion content. Custom Motion-generated
objects that you place into the Library are saved in the /Users/username/Library/Application
Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Library/Content/ folder.
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