Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 57)

Tutorial 2 Basic Motion Behaviors 57
4 Click the Play button (or press the Space bar) to play the project.
5 Choose File > Close (or press Command+W) to close the project.
6 In the save sheet, click Don’t Save.
To review the result project preview movie:
1 In the File Browser, navigate to the Tutorial Projects folder (default is /Users/Shared/
Motion/Tutorial Media/Tutorial Projects).
2 In the file stack, select Tutorial 2 Result.mov.
The movie plays in the Preview area of the browser.
3 In the file stack, do one of the following:
• Double-click Tutorial 2 Result.mov and play the movie in the Viewer window.
• Control-click Tutorial 2 Result.mov, then choose Open in QuickTime Player from the
shortcut menu.
4 Close the player window.
Note: When Motion cannot locate source files used by a project (for instance, if the
project source files have been moved to a different location since the project was
saved), a sheet appears that contains the message “The following items used to create
this project are missing.” For more information on locating misplaced source files, see
“Relinking Missing Media” on page 6.
Creating a New Project
Create a new NTSC project for this tutorial. Next, change its background color and
duration, then set Motion Preferences so that objects are created at the start of the
project.
To create a new project:
m Choose File > New (or press Command+N).
If you have not defined a default project preset, the Select Project Preset dialog
appears. If a default preset has previously been defined, a new project opens. This
tutorial uses the NTSC Standard Definition format. Use the following guidelines to
create an NTSC project so that your project matches the tutorial.
Note: NTSC is the American and Japanese standard television format. PAL/SECAM is the
European television standard.