Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Getting To Know Motion
Open Last Project(s): Any projects that were open when the program was last quit are
reopened. This allows a continuity of work across sessions.
Create New Project: This command opens a new empty project. If a default preset has
not been chosen, the Preset selection dialog appears.
Show Welcome Screen: This is the default setting. Upon startup, you are presented
with four options: To see a Quick Tour of the application, open the Template Browser,
Start with a New Project, or Begin with a Tutorial.
Browse Templates: This option takes you directly to the Template Browser. For more
information on working with templates, see “
Creating New Projects From Templates
Interface
This section allows you to set some general options for the interface.
Drop Menu Delay: This setting determines how long you must wait before the drop
menu appears when dragging to the Timeline, mini-Timeline, Layers tab, or Canvas. The
drop menu provides additional choices for editing and importing objects into the
project.
Show Tooltips: This checkbox turns tooltips on and off across the application. Tooltips
provide explanatory information such as names and basic usage techniques. They
appear when you pause the pointer over tools and controls.
File Browser & Library
These settings affect how the Utility window displays the contents of the File Browser
and Library.
Display Folders: This setting lets you choose between listing folders alphabetically
within the list of objects or grouped together at the end of the list after all non-folder
objects.
Show preview icons: This checkbox turns preview icons on and off in the Utility
window. For example, when turned on, the first frame of a QuickTime movie is
displayed. When turned off, the Finder QuickTime icon is displayed.
Play Items Automatically on Single Click: This checkbox controls whether the Preview
area automatically plays the contents of the item selected in the file stack.
Memory & Cache
This setting controls the amount of your computer’s memory you want to allocate to
Motion. The larger the percentage, the less memory that is available for other
applications.
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