Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 95)

Adding and Removing Media
The Media tab has controls to add new files and to remove existing files from the project.
To add a file to the Media tab
Do one of the following:
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Click the Add button (+) in the upper-left corner of the tab. In the Import Files dialog,
navigate to the file you want to add to your project, select the file, then click Import.
Note: To import an image sequence, turn on the Image Sequence checkbox. If this
checkbox is deselected, only the individual files selected in the Import dialog are imported.
To select multiple files, Shift-click the files; to select noncontiguous files, Command-click
the files.
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With the Media tab active, choose File > Import (or press Command-I). In the Import Files
dialog, navigate to the file you want to add to your project, select the file, then click
Import.
The file is added to the Media tab.
Important: Files added directly to the Media tab are not added to the Canvas. To add a
file to the Canvas, drag the file from the Media tab to the Canvas.
To remove a file from the Media tab
Do one of the following:
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Select the file you want to remove and click the Delete button (–) in the upper-left corner
of the tab.
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Control-click the file, then choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
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Select the file you want to remove, then choose Edit > Delete (or press Delete).
The media is removed. If the media is used in the Canvas, an alert appears asking you to
confirm that you want to remove the files.
Filtering the Media Tab
As your project becomes more complex, you may want to temporarily hide certain files
from view. This allows you to focus on one or more files without the distraction of all the
other files in your list. You can perform this sort of filtering by using the Search field in
the upper-right corner of the tab. For instructions on how to filter the Media tab, see
Filtering the Layers Tab View .
Additional Options in the Media Tab
Quite a few additional features are available in the Media tab, which you can find in the
shortcut menu that appears when you Control-click files in the list. The actions in this
menu apply to the selected file or files.
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