Welcome
- 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?
- Motion tracking behavior types
- Analyze motion in a clip
- Stabilize a shaky clip
- Unstabilize a clip
- Use a range of frames for analysis
- Load existing tracking data
- Track shapes, masks, and paint strokes
- Track a filter’s position parameter
- Adjust onscreen trackers
- 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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Convert a template to another type in Motion

If necessary, you can convert a Final Cut Effect, Final Cut Generator, Final Cut Title, or Final Cut Transition template to a different template type. You can also convert any template to a standard Motion project.

Convert a generator, title, or transition to an effect

A Final Cut Effect template must contain an Effect Source placeholder. When converting a standard project to an effect template, you can choose to add an empty placeholder, or to add a placeholder that contains an image already in your project.

In Motion, choose File > Convert Project To > Effect.
In the dialog that appears, click the Effect Source pop-up menu, then do one of the following:
- To add a new, empty effect placeholder: Choose New Effect Source.
- To add an effect placeholder containing a reference image: Choose an image layer name from the list.
Click Convert.
Choose File > Save, then do the following:
1. In the dialog, enter a name for the template.
  If you don’t specify a name, the template appears in the Final Cut Pro Effects browser as “New Template.”
2. Choose an option from the Category pop-up menu.
  You can create a custom category by choosing New Category. Categories represent how effects are organized in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro Effects browser.
3. If needed, choose a theme from the Theme pop-up menu.
  You can also create a theme by choosing New Theme. Themes let you categorize template types in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro browsers.
4. To retain unused media in the project (media or audio in the Media list that’s not used in the template but which you may want to include in the template later), select “Include unused media.”
  For information on where template-related files are saved, see Where are templates saved in Motion?
5. If you want a preview movie to appear in the Motion Project Browser, select Save Preview Movie.
Click Publish.
The template is exported to the Final Cut Pro Effects browser, where it can be applied to the timeline and edited like any other effect.
See Create an effect template in Motion.

Convert an effect, title, or transition to a generator

A Final Cut Generator template contains no placeholders. If the project you’re converting (such as an effect or transition) includes a placeholder with a reference image, the placeholder is converted to a standard drop zone containing the image.

In Motion, choose File > Convert Project To > Generator.
Choose File > Save, then do the following:
1. In the dialog, enter a name for the template.
  If you don’t specify a name, the template appears in the Final Cut Pro Generators browser as “New Template.”
2. Choose a category from the Category pop-up menu.
  You can also create a custom category by choosing New Category. Categories represent how effects are organized in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro Generators browser.
3. If needed, choose a theme from the Theme pop-up menu.
  You can create a theme by choosing New Theme. Themes let you categorize template types in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro browsers.
4. To retain unused media in the project (media or audio in the Media list that’s not used in the template but which you may want to include in the template later), select “Include unused media.”
  For information on where template-related files are saved, see Where are templates saved in Motion?
5. If you want a preview movie to appear in the Motion Project Browser, select Save Preview Movie.
Click Publish.
The template is exported to the Final Cut Pro Generators browser, where it can be applied to the timeline and edited like any other generator.
See Create a generator template in Motion.

Convert an effect, generator, or transition to a title

A Final Cut Title template contains an optional Title Background placeholder. When converting a standard project to a title template, you can choose to add no placeholder, to add an empty placeholder, or to add a placeholder that contains an image already in your project.

In Motion, choose File > Convert Project To > Title.
In the dialog, click the Title Source pop-up menu, then do one of the following:
- To add no Title Background placeholder: Choose None.
- To add a new, empty Title Background placeholder: Choose New Placeholder.
- To add a placeholder containing a reference image: Choose an image layer name from the list.
Click Convert.
Choose File > Save, then do the following:
1. In the save dialog, enter a name for the template.
  If you don’t specify a name, the template appears in the Final Cut Pro Titles browser as “New Template.”
2. Choose a category from the Category pop-up menu.
  You can also create a custom category by choosing New Category. Categories represent how the effects are organized in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro Titles browser.
3. If needed, choose a theme from the Theme pop-up menu.
  You can create a theme by choosing New Theme. Themes let you categorize template types in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro browsers.
4. To retain unused media in the project (media or audio in the Media list that’s not used in the template but which you may want to include in the template later), select “Include unused media.”
  For information on where template-related files are saved, see Where are templates saved in Motion?
5. If you want a preview movie to appear in the Motion Project Browser, select Save Preview Movie.
Click Publish.
The template is exported to the Final Cut Pro Titles browser, where it can be applied to the timeline and edited like any other title.
See Create a title template in Motion.

Convert an effect, generator, or title to a transition

A Final Cut Transition template must contain a Transition A placeholder and a Transition B placeholder. When converting, you can choose to add empty placeholders, or to add placeholders that contain images already in your project.

In Motion, choose File > Convert Project To > Transition.
In the dialog, click the Transition A pop-up menu, then do one of the following:
- To add a new, empty placeholder: Choose New Placeholder.
- To add a placeholder containing a reference image: Choose an image layer name from the list.
Click the Transition B pop-up menu, then do one of the following:
- To add a new, empty placeholder: Choose New Placeholder.
- To add a placeholder containing a reference image: Choose an image layer in your project.
Click Convert.
Choose File > Save, then do the following:
1. In the save dialog, enter a name for the template.
  If you don’t specify a name, the template appears in the Final Cut Pro Transitions browser as “New Template.”
2. Choose a category from the Category pop-up menu.
  You can also create a custom category by choosing New Category. Categories represent how the effects are organized in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro Transitions browser.
3. If needed, choose a theme from the Theme pop-up menu.
  You can create a theme by choosing New Theme. Themes let you categorize template types in the Motion Project Browser and in the Final Cut Pro browsers.
4. To retain unused media in the project (media or audio in the Media list that’s not used in the template but which you may want to include in the template later), select “Include unused media.”
  For information on where template-related files are saved, see Where are templates saved in Motion?
5. If you want a preview movie to appear in the Motion Project Browser, select Save Preview Movie.
Click Publish.
The template is exported to the Final Cut Pro Transitions browser, where it can be applied to the timeline and edited like any other transition.
See Create a transition template in Motion.

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Motion User Guide

Convert a template to another type in Motion

Convert a generator, title, or transition to an effect

Convert an effect, title, or transition to a generator

Convert an effect, generator, or transition to a title

Convert an effect, generator, or title to a transition