Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Getting To Know Motion
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Note: For more information on the differences between the Large Still options, see
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Using High Resolution Still Images
Playback Control
These settings control how Motion plays back your project.
Time View Updating: When the Timing pane is visible, you can set the view to
automatically move along with your project’s playback. Make one of the following
choices from the pop-up menu:
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Don’t update: The Timing pane does not change as you play (improves
performance).
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Jump by pages: As the playhead reaches the end of the current view, the window
jumps forward. The playhead crosses the screen again, and so on.
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Scroll continuously: The playhead remains static and the Timing pane scrolls by
behind it.
If Audio Sync is Lost: Motion always attempts to keep audio and video playback
locked in sync, but if the project is too complex to play both audio and video smoothly,
one or the other must be compromised. You can choose to either Skip video frames or
Pause audio playback.
Limit playback speed to project frame rate: Motion plays back your project as fast as
possible based on the complexity of the effects and the strength of your computer.
When this box is checked, playback rate never exceeds the frame rate of your project.
This means you can watch your project play back at the same frame rate as your
outputted movie. When the box is unchecked, playback rate is only limited by your
processor power and may play much faster than the project frame rate.
Loop audio while scrubbing: When this checkbox is on, the audio for the frames
where you drag the playhead repeats. When the checkbox is turned off, the audio for
those frames plays only once.
Autosave
These settings control how frequently projects are automatically saved, as well as the
location of the saved files. Saved projects are time and date stamped.
Use Autosave vault: Instructs Motion to store auto-saved projects to the location
specified in the Autosave Vault Folder parameter.
Save a copy every: Specifies how often, in minutes, a project is saved.
Keep at most: Tells Motion how many versions of the auto-saved project to store in
the vault.
Maximum: Tells Motion the maximum number of different auto-saved projects to
store in the vault.
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