Apple Motion 3 New Features - Manual (Page 4)

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Final Cut Pro Templates
You can now set up templates in Motion that can be used as masters in Final Cut Pro,
allowing changes to a single project to cascade to a number of Final Cut Pro projects
and sequences. Edit text from Motion templates directly in Final Cut Pro while retaining
layout, format, and animation. “Drop zones” created in Motion projects carry over to
Final Cut Pro so content can easily be replaced in editorial.
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You can create templates in Motion that can be used directly in Final Cut Pro.
 You can edit master templates into sequences and then customize parameters such
as text and video within drop zones. You can globally modify the look of all template
clips in your project by editing the original Motion template file.
Audio Behaviors
Several new behaviors in Motion allow you to generate audio-driven animations. Use
the Audio Parameter behavior to trigger and animate any parameter according to
audio amplitude or waveform transients. For example, make a particle system pulse to
the beat of music or have an audio track’s bass amplitude affect an object’s opacity. You
can also modify the threshold and frequency at anytime without having to recalculate
keyframes or type expressions.
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Audio Auto Pan : Automates commonly used panning effects in an audio track. For
example, you can animate a car moving from right to left and have the audio in the
project move from right to left as well.
 Audio Fade In/Fade Out: Automates fading in and fading out an audio track.
 Audio Parameter: Performs an analysis of a specific property of an audio track, then
applies an animation curve to an object parameter based on that analysis.
Retiming Behaviors
The new Retiming behaviors in Motion let you create sharp, clean speed changes in
video clips. Some of the new Retiming behaviors allow you to make a clip speed up,
slow down, strobe, repeat, flash random frames, stutter, scrub, or reverse. The Set Speed
behavior allows fine control over how variable speed is applied to a clip. You can also
access retiming data form Final Cut Pro and use traditional keyframes for variable speed
effects.