Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 196)

Chapter 6 Create and manage projects 196
Changing the size of the Canvas does not change the size or position of objects in the Canvas.
Further, because the coordinate system in Motion uses 0, 0 as the center of the frame, all objects
remain arranged in their current positions relative to the center of the frame as the edge of the
frame shrinks toward the center. This can result in objects being cut off as the frame shrinks past
their edges.
In the following example, a project with a frame size of 1280 x 720 is reduced to 320 x 240.
The 720 x 480 video clip is smaller than the original frame size but bigger than the reduced
frame size.
Reduced frame size (320 x 240) Original frame size (1280 x 720)
Note: Because Motion is resolution-independent, it’s not usually necessary to change your
project’s frame size. You can output a project at any size, regardless of the current frame size,
by changing the settings in Motion’s Share windows. For example, if you build a project with a
frame size for standard-definition broadcast, you can still export a half-resolution version of the
project to post on the web by exporting to the necessary size.
Customize and create templates
Customize projects created with templates
When you open a new project file from a template, the project is a duplicate of the original
template. There’s nothing special about template-based projects, and they can be edited and
modified like any other project.
Most templates, especially those you create yourself, are intended to simplify the process of
creating titles and graphics for recurring projects. Examples include titles and lower thirds for
news and interview programs, graphics for magazine shows, and any repeating program that
requires graphics with a consistent look that must be updated from show to show. Well-designed
templates allow you to exchange key objects and edit the text to update them for the next show
in the series.
Changes you make to projects created from templates have no effect on the original templates.
Exchange media
The easiest way to customize a template-based project is to exchange the media used in the
template with your own media, from the File Browser or the Library. When you exchange media,
the new media item appears in your project with the same parameter values used by the
previous object. In addition, filters, masks, behaviors, or keyframed parameters applied to the
original media remain applied to the exchanged media.
For more information about exchanging objects, see Exchange media in a project on page 178.
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