Apple Motion 1.0: Late-Breaking News - Manual (Page 5)

Late-Breaking News 5
The contents of the project are centered vertically in the new project (going from
486 to 480). At this point, with certain templates, you can optionally choose to nudge
the background video up by a pixel. For example, in most lower third and transition
templates, the video is assumed to be full-screen, so if you add field-based video to
replace the placeholder, you should nudge it up by a pixel to make sure the fields
match the fields of the original. For templates in which the placeholder video is
already scaled, you do not need to do this.
Filters
• Applying a Set Matte filter and then a Sepia filter to an image is problematic. For
example, the sepia is applied in the matte area, but is also (less intensely) applied to
the rest of the image.
Workaround : Move the Set Matte filter above the Sepia filter in the Layers tab or
Timeline Layer list. Alternatively, you can use masking rather than the Set Matte filter.
• Field Rendering does not work with the Time filters (Echo, Strobe, and Wide Time).
Workaround : Deinterlace your footage prior to using the Time filters using the
Deinterlace filter (in the Video filter subcategory).
• The Set Matte filter does not work correctly on duplicated footage set to the Normal
Blend Mode and moved in the Timeline.
Workaround : Use masking, such as the Image Mask filter, rather than the Set Matte
filter.
Frame rate
Once a project is created, you cannot change the frame rate of that project.
Workaround : Create a new project with the desired frame rate. Then in the old project,
select all the layers in the Layers tab. Drag the selected layers to the Layers tab in the
new project. You may have to adjust the timing of keyframes and objects in your
project to match the new frame rate.
Gestures
The “to edit a project marker” gesture command does not function as described in the
documentation
Workaround : Double-click, or Control -click the marker and choose Edit Marker from the
shortcut menu.
Gradient generator
When the blend mode for a Gradient generator is set to anything other than Normal on
computers with ATI Radeon graphics cards, performance will be degraded significantly.
Workaround : Apply a gradient to a shape instead.