Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 161)

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Working With Particles
Particle emitters have myriad uses. Use them to highlight
text elements, as background elements, as borders—the
possibilities are endless.
Particles can be integral to your motion graphics project, and Motion gives you the
ability to generate particles from any object. In addition, Motion contains a library of
particle presets that can be used as is or modified to suit your needs. Both modified
presets and particle systems you create can be saved to the Library for future use.
This tutorial assumes you are familiar with the Motion interface. You are encouraged to
complete Lessons 1, 2, and 3 before beginning this lesson.
Previewing the Result Motion Projects
You can preview the results for the four exercises in this lesson in one of two
ways: Open and preview the result project for each exercise or view the result project
preview movies.
To review the result projects:
1 Once Motion is open, choose File > Open (or press Command+O).
2 In the Open dialog, navigate to /Users/Shared/Motion/Tutorial Media/Tutorial Projects.
What You Will Learn
• How to add a particle emitter from the Library to your project
• How to modify the parameters of a particle emitter
• How to modify the shape of a particle emitter
• How to save the particle emitter to the Library for later use
• How to import a particle preset
• How to create a particle system from a clip
• How to customize a particle emitter from a shape
• How to use Simulation behaviors with a particle system
• How to add a
Parameter behavior to a Simulation behavior