Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Introduction to the Motion interface
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Additional Media list options
The Media list shortcut menu gives you access to commands to help organize and manipulate
layers. Control-click an item in the Media list, then choose a command from the shortcut menu.
The command is applied to the item you Control-click.
The menu contains the following commands:
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Open in Viewer: Opens the selected item in the viewer window. This is equivalent to double-
clicking a file in the File Browser.
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Open in QuickTime Player: Opens the selected item in the QuickTime Player application.
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Reveal in Finder: Opens a Finder window where the Media file resides on disk.
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Reconnect Media: Opens the Reconnect Media dialog, where you can assign a source file on
disk to correspond to the media file in Motion.
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Cut: Removes the file and places it on the Clipboard.
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Copy: Copies the file to the Clipboard.
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Paste: Places the contents of the Clipboard in the current location.
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Duplicate: Creates a file identical to the selected file.
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Delete: Removes the selected file.
When no items are selected in the Media list, the shortcut menu provides this set of commands:
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Import Media: Imports media into the Media list but does not place the media in the Canvas or
Layers list.
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Reconnect Missing Media: Reconnects offline media. When a source media file is moved from
where it was stored on disk, you must reconnect the media to your project. This command
displays a dialog that lets you navigate to the new location of the file.
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Remove Unused Media: Removes the source media not used in the project from the Media list.
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Paste: Pastes media files in the Clipboard into the Media list, but does not place the media into
the project.
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Project Properties: Opens the Properties Inspector for the project, where you can set basic
project information such as project width and height, pixel aspect ratio, background color,
and much more. For more information on the Properties Inspector, see
on page 149.
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