What you will learn, Previewing the result motion project – Apple Motion 2 Tutorials User Manual
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Tutorial 2
Basic Motion Behaviors
Important:
This tutorial encourages you to play back your project while working.
Performance of the project varies depending on the hardware configuration of your
computer. For more information on recommended systems, see the Before You Install
Motion document on the Motion DVD or on the Motion website,
While this tutorial focuses on the use of the Basic Motion behaviors, it also covers
additional information that you should learn about building a project. Since this is
quite a chunk of information, this tutorial is divided into two exercises.
Exercise 1: Previewing the Result Tutorial and Building
the Starting Project
In the first exercise, you preview the result project or the result movie. Then, you create
a new project and set the necessary project preferences. Next, you build the basic
project by positioning the imported media and creating the shapes to be animated in
the second exercise.
Previewing the Result Motion Project
You can preview the result of this tutorial in one of two ways: Open and preview the
result project for this tutorial or view the result project preview movie.
To review the result project:
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.
Note: If you changed the default path during installation, you will need to open the
tutorial project and movie files from the new location. For more information, see
“Getting Started” on page 5.
3
Select Tutorial 2 Result, then click Open.
The 150-frame Tutorial 2 Result project opens and appears within the Motion interface.
This project is based on the project from the first tutorial, “The Motion Interface,” with
additional elements and behaviors.
What You Will Learn
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How to crop imported media
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Applying and modifying the Basic Motion behaviors
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How to create and animate shapes
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How to move and trim objects in the Timeline
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A quick introduction to adding and modifying text
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How to apply a Text Animation behavior
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How to animate a layer containing multiple objects using a Simulation behavior