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What’s new
- 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
- - Convert a Motion project to a template
  - 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
- Create templates that conform to the Final Cut Pro color space
- Where are templates saved?
- Using masks in templates
- - General template guidelines
  - Tips for color processing in 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
- About filters and color processing
- Publish filter controls 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
- About color space
- Intro to color management
- Set the color processing method
- Manage automatic color processing
- View HDR media
- Adjust HDR media
- Choose HDR colors
- Display luminance values
- Tips for color management
- Intro to Cinematic mode video
- Move Cinematic clips to your Mac
- Enable Cinematic mode video adjustments
- Adjust focus points in Cinematic mode video clips in Motion
- Adjust depth of field in Cinematic mode video clips
- Intro to settings and shortcuts
- Touch Bar shortcuts
- Move assets to another computer
- Work with GPUs
Glossary
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Set the color processing method in Motion

To work in a wide-gamut HDR color space, you must configure two settings:

Color Processing: Located in the Project Properties Inspector, this pop-up menu sets how color is processed in the project—the working color space. Choose Wide Gamut HDR or Automatic if you plan to export an HDR project; choose Automatic if you plan to mix HDR and SDR elements in the same project.
Render Color Space: Located in the View pull-down menu, this submenu sets how color is processed in the Motion interface—what you see in the canvas as you work, as well as the color space and appearance of your exported project.

Important: To view the wider range of HDR colors, use a wide-gamut HDR computer display, such as an Apple Pro Display XDR or a MacBook Pro with a Liquid Retina XDR display.

Set the color processing method in a Motion project

You can assign a color processing method when you create a project, or change the method in an existing project.

In Motion, do one of the following:
- Create a new project: Follow steps 1 through 3 in Create a project with custom properties.
- Open an existing project: Choose File > Open, navigate to the file you want, click Open, select the Project object at the top of the Layers list, then show the Properties Inspector.
Click the Color Processing pop-up menu, then choose one of the following:
- Standard Gamut SDR: Sets the working color space to linear RGB with Rec. 709 color primaries. Rec. 709 is the current standard for HDTV projects, including HD cable and Blu-ray discs.
- Wide Gamut HDR: Sets the working color space to linear RGB with Rec. 2020 color primaries, a color space with a wider range of colors than Rec. 709. Rec. 2020 is useful for 4K and 8K UHDTV and HDR projects. Wide Gamut HDR also sets your project’s render color space to HDR Rec. 2020 PQ by default, a setting you can modify later.
- Automatic: Sets the working color space based on your project’s render color space. If the render color space is Rec. 2020, HDR Rec. 2020 HLG, or HDR Rec. 2020 PQ, the working color space is set to linear RGB with Rec. 2020 color primaries. If the render color space is Rec. 709, the working color space is set to linear RGB with Rec. 709 color primaries.
  When you choose Automatic, an HDR White Level slider becomes available for adjusting the brightness of SDR elements in the project. See Manage automatic color processing.
If you created a new project, set the resolution (width and height), projection type, field order, aspect ratio, frame rate, and default duration, then click Open.
Note: The Color Processing setting may affect the look of your exported video. For example, when the project is changed from Standard Gamut SDR to Wide Gamut HDR or Automatic, the effect of some filters or blend modes may change in appearance.

When you choose Automatic color processing, your project’s render color space is set according to your computer display. When the Motion canvas appears on an SDR display, the render color space is set to Automatic (Rec. 709); when the Motion canvas appears on an HDR display (such as a MacBook Pro with a Liquid Retina XDR display), the render color space is set to Automatic (HDR Rec. 2020 HLG). You can override this setting by choosing a different render color space.

Set the render color space for a project

You can choose any of several render color space options for your project.

In Motion, choose View > Render Color Space, then choose one of the following settings:
- Automatic: Choose this option to match the render color space to the color processing method set in the previous task.
- Rec. 709: Choose this option for SDR projects in the standard Rec. 709 color space. You can also create a project that uses Rec. 709 with wide-gamut HDR media—for example, if you have wide-gamut media but need to deliver a standard-gamut project, or if you need to deliver both standard- and wide-gamut versions of a project.
- Rec. 2020: Choose this setting for projects created in previous versions of Motion using the Wide Gamut - Rec. 2020 color space.
- HDR Rec. 2020 HLG: Choose this option if you intend to create an HDR project with the Rec. 2020 color space and HLG transfer function (Rec. 2100 standard), using formats such as HLG or Advanced HDR.
- HDR Rec. 2020 PQ: Choose this option for HDR projects with the Rec. 2020 color space and PQ transfer function (Rec. 2100 standard), such as the PQ, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, or Advanced HDR format.
When Color Processing (in the Project Properties Inspector) is set to Standard Gamut SDR or Wide Gamut HDR, changing the Render Color Space setting controls how the image is displayed in the Motion canvas (the image is clipped to the gamut of the render color space, providing a preview of your export).
When Color Processing is set to Automatic, changing the Render Color Space setting controls not only how the image is displayed in the Motion canvas, but also controls the entire render (including any necessary tone mapping). For example, setting Render Color Space to HDR Rec. 2020 HLG renders any SDR and HDR elements in the project in HLG—from display through export.
By default, when you export a project, it’s rendered using the Render Color Space setting. However, you can override this setting by choosing a different option from the Color Space pop-up menu in export settings. See Intro to sharing Motion projects.

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Set the color processing method in Motion

Set the color processing method in a Motion project

Set the render color space for a project