Apple New Features in Motion 2 - Manual (Page 4)

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Bonus Filters
Three additional new filters are available for download by registering on the Motion
website. Motion can be registered by launching the application or at
http://
register.apple.com . Once registration is complete, go to http://www.apple.com/motion/
download to download the additional filters. The new filters are:
 Matte Magic: Erodes and feathers matte edges.
 Movement Blur: Creates blur based on the movement of subjects in the footage
itself. This is unlike motion blur, which blurs an animated object in the Canvas.
 Underwater: Applies an animated distortion to your object, as if it is being viewed
through a water surface.
FxPlug
The FxPlug is an image-processing plug-in architecture developed by Apple’s
Professional Applications group. The FxPlug makes it possible for any plug-in developer
to develop hardware-accelerated effects using technologies such as OpenGL,
CoreGraphics, and CoreImage, as well as CPU-based effects.
New Generators
Three new Generators have been added to the Motion Library.
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Caustics: Creates an animated, simulated water surface. The size, speed, refraction,
brightness, and color of the caustics pattern can be modified and animated. You can
use the Caustics generator to add light patterns to a project, or as the source object
for an image map.
 Clouds: Creates an animated cloud pattern. You can modify or animate the color,
scale, speed, and strength of the cloud layers.
 Membrane: Creates a sheer, animated sheet that appears to move gracefully about
in 3D space. The speed, start and end points, offset, brightness, and color can be
modified and animated. To expand the animation beyond the Canvas borders,
increase the Width and Height parameters in the Inspector.
For more information, choose Help > Motion User Manual and see Chapter 11, “Working
With Generators.”
Core Image Support
If you are running Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Motion supports the operating system’s Core
Image Units (filters). The Image Units category appears in the Motion Library.
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