Pdf files – Apple Motion 3 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Creating and Managing Projects
When you import all layers as individual objects, Motion creates a new group in the
Layers tab and Timeline, and nests each layer of the Photoshop file as an individual
object within that Motion group. Each resulting object retains the position, opacity,
and blend mode of the original Photoshop layer. Furthermore, Photoshop text layers
are imported, but appear in Motion as noneditable bitmap graphics.
Incompatible Effects
The following Photoshop effects are not currently imported into Motion:
 Layer effects
 Layer masks
 Adjustment layers
 Paths
 Shapes
Note: Motion does not support Photoshop layer sets.
For more information on how to import layered Photoshop files, see “
PDF Files
The PDF file format is a PostScript-based document format that accommodates
PostScript-based graphics and text, as well as bitmap graphics. Areas of transparency
within a PDF file are also transparent within Motion.
PDF files are capable of storing PostScript-based illustrations. Unlike graphics file
formats such as TIFF and JPEG, which save images as a collection of pixels at a given
resolution that are divided into Red, Green, and Blue channels, PostScript-based
illustrations are saved as mathematical descriptions of how the artwork is drawn. As a
result, PDF files using PostScript-based artwork and text have infinite resolution.
The practical difference between bitmap files and PostScript-based files is that scaling a
bitmap beyond 100 percent results in the image progressively softening the more you
increase its size. PostScript-based illustrations remain sharp and clear no matter how
large or how small you scale them.
When importing a PDF file, its size is relative to the original page size of the file. As a
result, even small graphics may have a large frame size, with a lot of empty space
surrounding the graphic. When exporting a graphic as a PDF file for use in Motion, you
may want to scale the graphic up to fit more closely within the page, or reduce the
page size in the source application’s Page Preferences to more closely fit around the
graphic.