Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 11

Final Cut Pro X templates

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Position the pointer in the center of the Canvas and, holding down the Shift and Option keys,

draw a circle in the Canvas.
The circle should be large enough to cover the arrow graphic.
Tip: Choose Grid from the View pop-up menu above the Canvas to display a grid to assist in the
positioning of graphics in the Canvas.

3

Name the circle layer “Outer Ring.”

4

With the Outer Ring layer selected, do the following in the Shape Inspector:

a

Turn off Fill by deselecting the blue activation box.

b

Turn on Outline by selecting the blue activation box.

c

Set Brush Color to black.

d

Set Width to 1.

e

Set Brush Opacity to 80 percent.

5

With the Outer Ring layer selected, press Command-D, then name the duplicated shape “Texture

Ring.”

6

In the Shape Inspector, do the following:

a

Turn off Outline by deselecting the blue activation box.

b

Turn on Fill by selecting the blue activation box.

c

Set Fill Color to black.

d

Set Fill Opacity to 35 percent.

7

In the Properties Inspector, set Scale to 42 percent.

8

In the toolbar, choose Stylize > Halftone from the Add Filter pop-up menu.

A screen pattern is applied to the Texture Ring.

9

In the Filter Inspector, set Contrast to 0.2.

In the next task, add an image (to assist in seeing the effect you are building) and apply a blur
filter. In a later task, you will rig the blur filter to create the changing focus effect.

Add an image and apply a blur filter to the background

1

In the File Browser, drag a still image to the Canvas, releasing the mouse button when the

placeholder in the Canvas is highlighted yellow.

67% resize factor

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