Selecting files in the file browser – Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Creating and Managing Projects
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Unlike applications such as iMovie HD, where sections you remove from clips are also
deleted from disk, Motion is a nondestructive application. This means that any changes
you make to media objects in a Motion project aren’t actually applied to the media files
they’re linked to.
Because of this link, whenever you add a file to your project, you need to make sure it
remains available on your hard disk for as long as you’re working on that project. If you
move, delete, or rename media files that correspond to objects in a Motion project,
those objects become “offline.” Offline objects appear as checkered rectangles that
occupy the entire bounding box of the object.
If this happens, it’s easy to reconnect the offline objects in your project with new
copies of the media you lost, assuming those files are still available. For more
information, see “
Selecting Files in the File Browser
You can add files to a project using either the File Browser or the Import command in
the File menu. In most cases, the File Browser is more convenient, and gives you more
control over how the resulting objects appear in your project.
Prior to adding files, you must first select them in the File Browser. You can add files to
a project either individually or in groups.
To select files in the File Browser:
1
Open the File Browser.
2
Select one or more files by doing one of the following:
•
Click a single object.
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Press Shift or Command, then click each object you want to select.
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Press Shift or Command, then click any selected object to deselect it.
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