Welcome
- What’s new in Motion 5.6
- What’s new in Motion 5.5
- What’s new in 5.4.6
- What’s new in 5.4.4
- What is Motion?
- Motion workflow
- Motion interface
- Basic components of Motion
- Using input devices
- Intro to creating projects
- Create a new project
- Open an existing project
- Search for projects from the Finder
- Bypass the Project Browser
- Create and modify project presets
- Save, autosave, and revert projects
- Intro to adding and managing content
- Intro to project playback
- Define the play range
- Project playback performance
- Intro to basic compositing
- - Modify layer opacity
- Intro to 3D compositing
- - Intro to 3D coordinates
  - Relative coordinates
- Transform layers in 3D space
- - Create 3D intersection
  - 2D and 3D group properties
- Intro to the Timeline
- Display or resize the Timing pane
- Navigate in the Timeline
- Show and modify keyframes in the Timeline
- - Intro to the Timeline ruler
  - Edit a range of frames in the Timeline
- Edit in the mini-Timeline
- Intro to behaviors
- Behaviors versus keyframes
- - Browse for behaviors
- - Intro to adjusting behaviors
  - Adjust behaviors
- Intro to keyframing
- Add keyframes
- - Add an animation path in the canvas
  - Modify animation paths
- Animate from the HUD
- - Apply keyframes to behaviors
  - Combining keyframes and behaviors
- Use the mini-curve editor
- Animate on the fly
- Simplify a keyframe curve
- Intro to Final Cut Pro templates
- - Template workflow
  - Placeholders vs. drop zones
- - Create a generator template
  - Modify a Final Cut Pro generator
- - Convert a Motion project to Final Cut Pro
  - Convert a template to another type
- Use placeholder images in templates
- Set template resolution
- Add multiple aspect ratios to templates
- Override the Final Cut Pro color space
- Where are templates saved?
- Using masks in templates
- Guidelines for better templates
- Intro to rigging
- How does rigging work?
- Build a simple rig
- Work with widgets
- Control rigs from Animation menus
- Publish rigs to Final Cut Pro
- Intro to Particles
- - Add a particle system
  - Anatomy of a particle emitter
- Create 3D particles
- Particle system timing
- Using graphics in particle systems
- Using filters and masks with particles
- Save custom particle effects
- Intro to replicators
- Replicators vs. particle systems
- - Add a replicator
  - Anatomy of a replicator
- Work with 3D replicators
- Replicator timing
- Using filters and masks with replicators
- Save custom replicators
- Intro to basic text
- Select and modify text in the canvas
- Preview and apply fonts
- Use preset text styles
- - Intro to editing text
  - Display the Text Inspector or HUD
- Convert standard text to 3D text
- Check spelling
- Find and replace text
- Using filters with text
- Intro to 3D text
- 3D text workflow
- - Add 3D text
  - Convert 2D text to 3D text
- Apply a preset 3D text style
- Move and rotate 3D text
- Add a glow or drop shadow to 3D text
- 3D text intersection
- Intro to animated text
- Apply a text behavior
- - Use the Scroll Text behavior
  - Scroll Text controls
- - Use the Text Tracking behavior
  - Text Tracking controls
- - Use the Type On behavior
  - Type On controls
- Animate individual text glyphs
- Animating 2D text in 3D space
- When to use keyframes to animate text
- Adding nontext behaviors to text
- Save a modified text behavior
- Intro to shapes, masks, and paint strokes
- - Intro to complex shapes and masks
  - Draw complex shapes and masks
- Edit fill, outline, and feathering
- Keyframe shape control points
- Convert between shapes and masks
- Using filters and masks with shapes
- Copy shape styles
- Save custom shapes and shape styles
- Intro to using generators
- Add a generator
- - Modify or animate a generator
  - Controls common to all generators
- Save a modified generator
- Intro to filters
- Browse and preview filters
- Apply or remove filters
- - Animate filter parameters with keyframes
  - Animate filters using behaviors
- Publish filter parameters to Final Cut Pro
- Using filters on alpha channels
- Filter performance
- Save custom filters
- Intro to color keying
- - Intro to the Luma Keyer filter
  - Luma Keyer filter controls
- Intro to 3D objects
- Add a 3D object
- Move and rotate a 3D object
- Reposition a 3D object’s anchor point
- Exchange a 3D object file
- 3D object intersection and layer order
- - Intro to 3D object timing
  - Modify 3D object timing in Motion
- Using cameras and lights with 3D objects
- Save custom 3D objects
- Guidelines for working with 3D objects
- Working with imported 3D objects
- Intro to 360-degree video
- 360-degree projects
- Create 360-degree projects
- Add 360-degree video to a project
- - View 360-degree projects
  - View 360-degree video in a VR headset
- - Intro to graphics in 360-degree projects
  - Use graphics in 360-degree projects
- Create a tiny planet effect
- Reorient 360-degree media
- Creating 360-degree templates for Final Cut Pro
- 360-degree-aware filters and generators
- Export and share 360-degree projects
- Guidelines for better 360-degree projects
- Intro to tracking
- How does motion tracking work?
- Analyze and record motion in a clip
- Track shapes, masks, and paint strokes
- Track the position of a filter or object
- Adjust onscreen trackers
- Load existing tracking data
- Use a range of frames for analysis
- Save tracks to the Library
- Intro to audio
- View audio files
- Add audio files
- Play audio files
- Intro to exporting projects
- Export a QuickTime movie
- Export audio only
- Export a still image
- Export an image sequence
- Export to Apple devices
- Export to email
- Export using Compressor
- Create share destinations
- Render settings
- View the status of shared items
- Share notifications
- Intro to preferences and shortcuts
- Touch Bar shortcuts
- Move assets to another computer
- Work with GPUs
Glossary
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Modify 3D text depth and weight in Motion

One of the most obvious differences between 2D text and 3D text is that 3D text has depth.

Canvas showing the depth of a 3D text object

You can adjust text depth, as well as a number of other 3D text attributes (such as text weight, edge style, and corner style) in the Appearance pane of the Text Inspector.

Adjust 3D text depth

In the Layers list, Timeline, or canvas in Motion, select a 3D text object.
Do one of the following:
- In the 3D Text section of the Text Inspector’s Appearance pane, drag the Depth slider left or right.
- In the HUD (press D if it’s not visible), drag the Depth slider left or right.

Change the direction of 3D text depth

You can set 3D text depth to extrude in different directions: forwards, backwards, or centered on the original text plane.

In the Layers list, Timeline, or canvas in Motion, select a 3D text object.
In the 3D Text section of the Text Inspector’s Appearance pane, click the Depth Direction pop-up menu, then choose any of the following:
- Backward: The text object is extruded backwards from the plane where the text was initially added.
- Forward: The text object is extruded forwards from the plane where the text was initially added.
- Centered: The text object is extruded equally forward and backward from the plane where the text was initially added.

To see the resulting effect, drag the Depth slider in the Appearance pane or HUD.

Tip: Setting an extrusion direction and then keyframing the Depth parameter lets you animate text so that it appears to extrude forward or backward or in both directions over time.

Adjust 3D text weight

You can adjust 3D text to appear thicker or thinner. Whereas increasing the Size value in the Format pane makes text larger by substituting a larger version of the font, increasing the Weight value uniformly thickens all the lines and serifs that comprise the letters in the text object.

Canvas showing 3D text with Weight set to 0 and 3D text with Weight set to 4

In the Layers list, Timeline, or canvas in Motion, select a 3D text object.
In the 3D Text section of the Text Inspector’s Appearance pane, drag the Weight slider to the left to make the text appear thinner, or to the right to make it appear thicker.

Set the style of 3D text edges

The places where the different facets of a 3D text meet are called edges. You can add bevels, ridges, rings, and other shapes to customize the appearance of these edges.

By default, the back edge of 3D text (between the back facet and the sides) is identical to the front edge (between the front facet and the sides). However, you can set the front and back edges to different edge shapes.

In the Layers list, Timeline, or canvas in Motion, select a 3D text object.
In the 3D Text section of the Text Inspector’s Appearance pane, click the Front Edge pop-up menu, then choose an edge style.
Click the Back Edge pop-up menu, then choose an edge style.
If you choose Same As Front, the style you chose in step 2 is applied to the back edge of the 3D text object.

Adjust the size of 3D text edges

After you change the style of the front edge or back edge of a 3D text object to anything other than square, you can also adjust the size of that edge. If the back edge is set to something other than Same As Front (or Square), you can adjust the size of the back edge independently from that of the front.

Canvas showing 3D text with Front Edge set to 12 and 3D text with Front Edge set to 30

In the Layers list, Timeline, or canvas in Motion, select a 3D text object.
In the 3D Text section of the Text Inspector’s Appearance pane, click the Front Edge pop-up menu, then choose a setting other than Square.
The Front Edge Size slider appears.
Drag the Front Edge Size slider to the left to make the edge smaller, or to the right to make the edge larger.
To modify the width and depth of the edges independently, click the disclosure triangle to the left of the Front Edge Size slider, then drag the Width or Depth slider.
Click the Back Edge pop-up menu, then choose a setting other than Same As Front or Square.
The Back Edge Size slider appears.
Drag the Back Edge Size slider to the left to make the edge smaller, or to the right to make the edge larger.
Note: You can’t see the back edge of the object unless you rotate the object or add a camera that’s pointed at the back of the object. See Move and rotate 3D text in Motion.

Set the style of 3D text inside corners

When the front edge or back edge of a text object is set to anything other than Square, you can customize the inside edge corners (such as the angles in a letter E).

3D text in canvas with Inside Corners set to Straight, Round, and Miter

In the Layers list, Timeline, or canvas in Motion, select a 3D text object.
In the 3D Text section of the Text Inspector’s Appearance pane, click the Inside Corners pop-up menu, then choose an option:
- Straight: Sets all edge corners to sharp angles.
- Round: Softens the sharpness of edge corners by adding a round curve to each sharp angle.
- Miter: Smooths the sharpness of edge corners in a more subtle way, by adding an additional angle, known as a miter.

Adjust the depth, weight, or edge size of individual text characters

You can also create different depths, weights, or edge sizes for different characters (glyphs) in a 3D text object.

In the Motion canvas toolbar, click and hold the transform tools pop-up menu, then choose Transform Glyph.
In the canvas, click the glyph you want to adjust.
A 3D bounding box appears around the character.
Do one of the following:
- In the 3D Text section of the Text Inspector’s Appearance pane, drag the Depth, Weight, or Front Edge Size slider left or right.
- In the HUD (press F7 if it’s not visible), drag the Depth, Weight, or Front Edge Size slider left or right.

For more information about transforming glyphs, see Intro to text glyphs in Motion.

For a complete list of depth, weight, and edge controls, see 3D Text controls in Motion.

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