Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 6

Create and manage projects

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The Open dialog appears.

2

In the Open dialog, navigate to the project file you want, then click Open.

Create a project prepopulated with specific media

1

Choose File > Import as Project or press Shift-Command-I.

The Import Files as Project dialog appears.

2

Navigate to and select the files to populate the project, Shift-clicking to select contiguous items

or Command-clicking to select noncontiguous items.
As you select files, format settings at the bottom of the dialog become available. Settings
inherent to the selected files remain dimmed, but propagate to the new project. For example,
because movie files have an inherent frame rate, aspect ratio, and field order, those settings are
dimmed in the Import Files as Project dialog. Because still images do not have a frame rate or a
field order, those settings are enabled in the dialog, allowing you to choose a frame rate and field
order for the new Motion project.

3

If needed, set the frame rate, aspect ratio, field order, and audio mix settings.

If you selected an item from an image sequence, select the Image Sequence checkbox to
have Motion use each image as a frame in a movie clip. For more information, see

Image

sequences

on page 169.

Except for frame rate, these settings can be modified in the Properties Inspector after the project
is created. For more information, see

Project properties overview

on page 191.

4

Click Import as Project.

The file opens in a Motion project window.

You can also open existing projects and templates, and create projects from presets using the
Project Browser. For more information, see

About the Project Browser

on page 146.

Close projects

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Close the project window, or press Command-W.

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