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Creating blank projects with custom settings – Apple Motion 2 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Creating and Managing Projects

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Since you can have as many open project files in Motion as the amount of RAM in your
computer supports, you can create a new project at any time without having to close
projects that are already open.

To create a new project:

1

Choose File > New (or press Command+N).

2

Choose a preset from the pop-up menu, then click OK.

A new project window is created. It is not saved to disk until you choose a save
command from the File menu. For more information on saving project files, see “

Saving

Projects

” on page 152.

Note: If you have already set a default preset, Motion will open a new project window
at that resolution, bypassing the Select Project Preset dialog.

Creating Blank Projects With Custom Settings

If none of the available presets meet your needs, you can create a new project with
custom project settings from the same window.

To create a new project with custom project settings:

1

Choose File > New (or press Command+N).

Note: If you have already set a default preset, hold down the Option key and choose
File > New From Preset (or press Option+Command+N).

2

Choose Custom from the bottom of the Preset pop-up menu, then click OK.

The Project Properties dialog appears.

3

Choose the appropriate settings in the General and Render Settings tabs, then click OK.

A new project window is created using the settings you specified.

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