Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 122)

122 Tutorial 3 Working With Text
To import a movie:
1 In the File Browser, navigate to the Tutorial Media folder (default is /Users/Shared/
Motion/Tutorial Media), then double-click the National Geographic folder to view its
contents.
2 Click the sunset.mov file.
3 In the Preview area, click Import.
The movie appears centered in the Canvas.
To mask the movie:
1 Make sure the “sunset.mov” object is selected in the Canvas.
Selected objects are surrounded by a thin white border.
2 Click the Rectangle Mask tool in the Toolbar.
Note: The Mask tools are only available when an object that can be masked is selected.
3 Drag a rectangle across the section of the image containing the sun as illustrated below.