Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 193)

Chapter 6 Create and manage projects 193
General controls
Use the controls in the General group to set or modify your project’s basic attributes.
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Preset: Use this pop-up menu to choose a common video format to base your preset on.
After choosing a preset, you can adjust the other parameters in the Properties Inspector to
customize your format settings. For more information about managing Motion project presets,
see
Create, edit, and delete presets on page 151.
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Width and Height: Use this value slider to define the size of the Canvas and the default output
resolution of your project. Drag left or right over the values to decrease or increase them.
Frame size is usually defined by the video format you plan on outputting to. For example,
NTSC DV format video is 720 x 480, whereas PAL DV format video has a frame size of 720 x 576.
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Pixel Aspect Ratio: Use this pop-up menu to set whether the project is created using square or
nonsquare pixels. Computer displays, film, and high-definition video use square pixels, while
standard-definition video uses nonsquare pixels. Choose Square for projects intended for
the web, high-definition projects, and film, or choose a nonsquare pixel ratio corresponding
to each international standard-definition broadcast format. A value slider to the right of
this pop-up menu displays the numerical aspect ratio, in case you need to change the
dimensions manually.
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Field Order: Use this pop-up menu to set field order if the project uses interlaced video. Project
field order should match the field order of the device being used to output the resulting
QuickTime file to video. When working with progressive-scan video or film, choose None.
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Frame Rate: Use this display field to see the project frame rate (in frames per second). Frame
rate should match that of the format you output to. For example, film is 24 fps, PAL video is 25
fps, and NTSC video is 29.97 fps.
Important: Frame rates cannot be changed for existing projects.
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Duration: Use this value field to modify the project’s Timeline duration. Use the adjacent
pop-up menu to define the duration units (Frames, Timecode, or Seconds).
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Override FCP: This checkbox appears only in Final Cut Transition projects. When creating
custom transitions in Motion for use in Final Cut Pro X, select this checkbox to override the
default transition duration (as defined in the Editing pane of Final Cut Pro Preferences). For
more information, see
Final Cut Pro X templates overview on page 385.
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Start Timecode: Use this value field to set the starting timecode displayed in the project.
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Background Color: Use this color control to set the background color of the Canvas.
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Theme: Use this pop-up menu to assign a theme to the project.
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Designed for 4K: This checkbox appears only in Final Cut Effect, Transition, Generator, or Title
template projects. For more information, see
Template resolution on page 433.
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Background: Use this pop-up menu to define whether the Background Color is rendered as
part of the alpha channel. Regardless of the selection, the Background Color is visible in the
Canvas. Choose from these three options:
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Transparent: The background color does not render as part of the alpha channel.
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Solid: The background color creates a solid alpha channel.
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