Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 111)

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Motion 111
To play a preview of a file on disk:
m Select the file in the File Browser.
The preview starts playing.
Note: If you do not want items to play automatically in the Preview area when you click
them (in the File Browser or Library), you can turn off the “Play items automatically on a
single click” checkbox in the General pane of Motion Preferences.
To import a file displayed in the preview area:
1 Select the file in the File Browser.
2 Click the Import button in the Preview area.
The file is added to the project (to the Canvas, Layers tab, Timeline layers list, and Media
tab).
Note: For a larger preview, you can double-click any file listed in the File Browser. This
opens the viewer window where you can preview the file at its native size. You can also
Control-click a file and choose Open in QuickTime Player from the shortcut menu.
Sidebar
The middle section of the File Browser contains navigational controls as well as a list of
servers, drives, and folders available on your computer.
Clicking a drive or folder in the sidebar displays its contents in the file stack below.
Above the list of drive and folder icons in the sidebar are several controls to navigate
and sort the contents of the window.
Forward and Back buttons: Step backward and forward through the folders most
recently viewed. This works similarly to the Forward and Back buttons in the Finder.
View buttons Forward/Back buttons
Path pop-up menu
Search field