Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 59)

Chapter 2 Introduction to the Motion interface 59
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Normal: Renders objects in the Canvas at a medium quality. Shapes are antialiased, but
3D intersections are not. Floating-point (32-bit) footage is truncated to 16-bit. This is the
default setting.
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Best: Renders objects in the Canvas at best quality, which includes higher-quality image
resampling, antialiased intersections, antialiased particle edges, and sharper text.
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Custom: Allows you to set additional controls to customize rendering quality. Choosing
Custom opens the Advanced Quality Options dialog. For information on the settings in the
Advanced Quality Options dialog, see
Advanced Quality settings on page 63.
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Lighting: Turns the effect of lights in a project on or off. This setting does not turn off lights in
the Layers list (or light scene icons), but it disables light shading effects in the Canvas.
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Shadows: Turns the effect of shadows in a project on or off.
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Reflections: Turns the effect of reflections in a project on or off.
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Depth of Field: Turns the effect of depth of field in a project on or off.
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Motion Blur: Enables/disables the preview of motion blur in the Canvas. Disabling motion blur
may improve performance.
Note: When creating an effect, title, transition, or generator template for use in Final Cut Pro X,
the Motion Blur item in the View pop-up menu controls whether motion blur is turned on
when the project is applied in Final Cut Pro.
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Field Rendering: Enables/disables field rendering. Field rendering is required for smooth motion
playback on many TV monitors. Field rendering nearly doubles rendering time, so disabling
this item may improve performance.
Note: When creating an effect, title, transition, or generator template for use in Final Cut Pro,
the Field Rendering setting in the View pop-up menu does not control whether field
rendering is applied in Final Cut Pro. Rather, field rendering is controlled in the Properties
Inspector for the project. (Press Command-J to open the Properties Inspector.) When Field
Order is set to anything other than None, field rendering is used in Final Cut Pro, regardless of
the Field Rendering status in the View pop-up menu.
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Frame Blending: Enables/disables frame blending in the Canvas. Frame blending can smooth
the appearance of video frames by interpolating the pixels between adjacent frames to create
a smoother transition.
View and Overlay pop-up menu
The View and Overlay pop-up menu provides access to the guides and controls that can be
viewed in the Canvas. When an option is active, a checkmark appears beside the menu item.
(Many of these menu options are also available in the View pull-down menu.)
The View and Overlay pop-up menu displays the following items:
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Show Overlays: Turns the display of overlays in the Canvas on or off. This setting must be on to
view any other overlay items (grids, guides, and so on). To turn the camera overlays on or off,
use Show 3D Overlays.
Note: You can also press Command-Slash (/).
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Rulers: Turns display of the rulers along the edge of the Canvas on or off. You can specify where
the rulers appear in the Canvas pane (Alignment section) of Motion Preferences. For more
information, see
Canvas rulers on page 63.
Note: You can also press Shift-Command-R.
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Grid: Turns a grid display on and off over the Canvas. You can set the spacing and color of the
grid in the Canvas pane (Alignment section) of Motion Preferences.
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