Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 196)

196 Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects
Note: If you move a project to another computer without collecting, its media may go
offline even though you’ve moved its media files along with it. For more information on
how to relink media files to your project, see “
Online Versus Offline Media ” on
page 220.
Unused Media
By default, media used by objects added to your project are managed automatically by
Motion. If you delete an object from the Canvas or Layers list, the source media is
removed automatically from the Media tab. You can turn off this feature in the General
pane of Motion Preferences.
Searching for Projects Using the Finder
Spotlight indexes certain properties of your Motion projects, allowing you to perform
advanced searches. Use Spotlight in the Finder to take advantage of this feature. The
following properties of Motion projects are indexed by Spotlight and can be searched for:
Archiving QuickTime Video
If you use QuickTime video clips in a Motion project that you want to archive for
long-term storage, whether or not you also archive the video clips themselves
depends on how they were captured. For example, if you captured your video using a
device-controllable camcorder or deck with Final Cut Express HD or Final Cut Pro,
archiving the video clips you used may be unnecessary. This is because you can
always recapture them from the original source tapes using the Final Cut project file
you logged them with. In this case, it’s a good idea to back up the Final Cut Express
HD or Final Cut Pro project file along with your Motion project file.
If you captured your video without device control, or if the video was captured by
someone else and you no longer have the ability to recapture the clips exactly as
they appear in your project, it’s probably a good idea to back up these clips along
with the rest of the graphics files, audio files, and fonts you used in your project.
Project property Description
Width Project width, in pixels
Height Project height, in pixels
Duration Project duration, in seconds
Layer name The name of any layer in your project
Media name The name of any media object in your project
Pathname The path to any media object in your project
Text The content of any text object in your project
Description The text in the Project Description field in Project Properties
Marker name The name of any marker in the Timeline of your project
Marker comment The text of any marker comment in your project