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Motion 3 documentation and resources, Onscreen help, User manual – Apple Motion 3 User Manual

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Motion 3 Documentation and
Resources

You can use Motion to create sophisticated motion graphics
content for broadcast and video. Discover all the resources
you can use to help you learn this versatile application.

This preface provides information on the documentation available for Motion, as well
as information about Motion resources on the web.

Onscreen Help

Onscreen Help (available in the Help menu) provides easy access to information while
you’re working in Motion. The Motion 3 User Manual is available here, along with other
documents in PDF and HTML format, including Motion Supplemental Documentation,
which contains in-depth information about 3D compositing and Motion Tracking
behaviors.

To access onscreen help:

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In Motion, choose an option from the Help menu.

User Manual

The Motion 3 User Manual contains detailed information about most features in the
application.

To access the user manual:

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In Motion, choose Help > Motion User Manual.

When the user manual is opened, the Motion 3 User Manual access page appears. The
Preview drawer on the side contains a list of links that allow you to locate specific
information in the user manual. Click any bookmark in the drawer to begin exploring
the user manual.

Links in the body of the access page provide an additional way to locate important
help and other documentation tools to assist you in learning and using Motion. Most of
these links are also available directly from the Help menu: