Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 250)

250 Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects
To show or hide a column:
m Click the right angle bracket (>) at the right of the column headers, then check or
uncheck the columns you want to show or hide in the pop-up menu.
To move a column to the right or left:
m Drag any column header to the right or left to move it.
To increase or decrease the size of each object’s thumbnail, do one of the following:
m Use the scale slider at the bottom of the Media tab.
m Drag the separator between the rows of objects.
Customizing and Creating New Templates
Motion comes with a collection of templates that are ready for you to customize for
your own use. In addition, it’s also easy to create your own templates.
Customizing Projects Created with Templates
When you first create a new project file from a template, it’s an exact duplicate of the
original template. There’s nothing special about template-based projects, and they can
be edited and modified just like any other project. There are a few specific methods
you’ll probably use to customize template-based projects.
Keep in mind that most templates, especially ones you create yourself, are intended to
simplify the process of creating titles and graphics for recurring projects. Examples
include titles and lower thirds for news and interview programs, graphics for magazine
shows, and any repeating program that requires titles with a consistent look that must
be updated from show to show. Well-designed templates allow you to simply exchange
key graphics objects and edit the text to update them for the next show in the series.
Changes you make to new projects created from templates have no effect on the
original templates.