Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 141)

Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects 141
Create New Project: Opens the Select Project Preset window, allowing you to pick a
preset to use to create a new, blank project file. If a default project preset is set, this
window does not appear.
Show Welcome Screen: Shows the Welcome Screen every time Motion is opened.
Browse Templates: Opens the Template Browser, allowing you to pick a template to
use.
To display the Welcome Screen once you have dismissed it, choose Help > Show
Welcome (or press Command+0).
For more information about options available in Motion Preferences, see “ Preferences ”
on page 107.
Creating New Projects From Templates
The easiest way to create a new project in Motion is to open one of the existing
templates and customize it for your own purposes. Motion templates are simply pre-
made projects, available from the Template Browser, that are set up for easy
customization. Motion comes with a variety of royalty-free templates that you can use
and customize. Each template contains pre-made graphics, text objects, and
backgrounds that you can use as is, or exchange with your own custom objects to
make the design your own.
Eventually, you can extend this collection by creating your own templates of frequently
used layouts. For example, if you regularly create titles and graphics sequences for a
television series, you can create a group of templates for the show that contains layouts
for every motion graphics shot you need. For future shows, you can then open these
existing templates and customize them with updated text and graphics, without
needing to recreate each layout from scratch.
The templates that come with Motion are available in NTSC and PAL resolutions. All
templates are organized into collections, which are groups of templates assembled
along a common theme.
To create a new project from a template:
1 To open the Template Browser, do one of the following:
• When Motion first opens, click Start with a Template.
• If Motion is already open, choose File > Open Template (or press
Shift+Command+O).
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