Apple Motion 1.0: Late-Breaking News - Manual (Page 6)

6 Late-Breaking News
Hardware
CinéWave hardware installed on a computer is not recognized by Motion and does not
appear in the Output Preferences.
Workaround : Make sure the Motion project size matches one of the output modes
supported on the CinéWave card.
Integration
• Clips exported from the browser in Final Cut Pro do not appear correctly in Motion.
Workaround : Export the clip from the Final Cut Pro Timeline, rather than from the
Bin. Alternatively, you can change the aspect ratio of the clip in Motion. To change
the pixel aspect ratio in Motion, select the clip in the Media tab (in the Project pane)
and set the pixel aspect ratio in the Media tab of the Inspector.
• When a clip or image is resized in Final Cut Pro, the image appears larger when
opened in Motion.
Workaround : Change the aspect ratio of the clip in Motion. To change the pixel
aspect ratio in Motion, select the clip in the Media tab (in the Project pane) and set
the pixel aspect ratio in the Media tab of the Inspector.
• After Motion is installed with versions 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, and 4.1.1 of Final Cut Pro,
firewire video out does not function.
Workaround : Upgrade to Final Cut Pro HD.
LiveFonts
When you create a multi-line LiveFont text object, and the text is set to Center
alignment, a problem occurs with the character tracking.
Workaround : Use a separate LiveFont text object for each center-aligned line of text.
Masks
If a mask object is selected in the Canvas, and the mask is the bottom-most object in
the Layers tab or Timeline, pressing the
Up Arrow key and then the Down Arrow key
causes Motion to quit unexpectedly. This does not occur if there are any non-mask
objects below the mask in the project.
Workaround : Use the Layers tab, Timeline tab, or Select/Transform tool in the Canvas to
select the desired object.
Motion Blur
• When a project with Motion Blur enabled (in the View menu of the Canvas) is
exported with the “Use current project settings” checkbox turned on (the default),
motion blur is not rendered.
Workaround : Before you export the project, click View and disable Motion Blur. Next,
click View and enable Motion Blur again.