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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, revert, and autosave 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 custom 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
- Create your own 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
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Create a new project in Motion

You can create a new Motion project using a standard project preset (such as Broadcast HD 1080 or 4K Ultra HD), or create a project using custom properties (such as resolution, color processing, frame rate, and so on).

Create a basic project

Open Motion, then choose File > New from Project Browser (or press Option-Command-N).
Note: When “For New Documents” is set to “Show Project Browser” (in the Project pane of Motion Settings), you can also choose File > New (or press Command-N) to create new projects.
In the Project Browser, select the Blank category in the left sidebar, then click the Motion Project icon.
In the right column, do the following:
1. Click the Preset pop-up menu, then choose a project preset (4K Ultra HD or Broadcast HD 1080, for example).
2. Click the Frame Rate pop-up menu, then choose a frame rate.
  Important: Frame rates can’t be changed after you create a project.
3. Click the pop-up menu next to Duration, choose a timing option (Frames, Timecode, or Seconds), then type a project duration in the field.
Click Open.
A new, untitled Motion project opens using the properties you specified.

The project is not saved until you choose a save command from the File menu. For information about saving project files, see Save, autosave, and revert projects.

Create a project with custom properties

Open Motion, File > New from Project Browser (or press Option-Command-N).
In the Project Browser, select the Blank category in the left sidebar, then click the Motion Project icon.
In the right column, click the Preset pop-up menu, then choose Custom.
Set the resolution (width and height), projection type, color processing, field order, aspect ratio, frame rate, and duration for your custom project.
Click Open.
A new, untitled Motion project opens using the properties you specified.

Create a 360° video-ready project

Open Motion, File > New from Project Browser (or press Option-Command-N).
In the Project Browser, then click the Motion Project icon.
In the right column, do the following:
1. Click the Preset pop-up menu, then choose a 360° Video option.
2. Click the Frame Rate pop-up menu, then choose a frame rate.
3. Click the pop-up menu next to the Duration field, choose a timing option (Frames, Timecode, or Seconds), then enter a project duration in the field.
Click Open.
A new, untitled 360° Motion project opens using the properties you specified.

See Intro to 360° video.

Create a project prepopulated with specific media files

Creating a prepopulated project is an easy way to ensure your Motion project is set to the correct resolution, frame rate, and color processing of your source clips.

In Motion, do one of the following:
- Choose File > Import As > Project (or press Shift-Command-I).
- Choose File > New from Project Browser (or press Option-Command-N), then click Import as Project in the Project Browser.
In the dialog that appears, navigate to and select one or more media files, Shift-clicking to select contiguous items or Command-clicking to select noncontiguous items.
Optionally, do any of the following in the dialog:
- Adjust additional project settings: Click Show Options.
  Fixed settings inherent to the selected files remain dimmed, but will propagate to the new project. For example, because movie files have an inherent frame rate, aspect ratio, and field order, those settings are dimmed in the dialog.
  Except for the Frame Rate parameter, these settings can be modified after the project is created, in the Properties Inspector. See Intro to project properties.
- Use each frame of a selected image sequence as a frame in a video clip: Select the Image Sequence checkbox. See Image sequences.
- Create a 360° Motion project from the selected file: Select the Import as 360° checkbox.
Click Import as Project.
A new, untitled Motion project opens populated with the media you selected in step 2.

With the exception of frame rate, you can modify a project’s properties in the Project Properties Inspector.

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Motion User Guide

Create a new project in Motion

Create a basic project

Create a project with custom properties

Create a 360° video-ready project

Create a project prepopulated with specific media files