Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 155)

Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects 155
To open one or more project files in the Finder, do one of the following:
m Double-click a Motion project file. Motion automatically opens with that project.
m Select one or more Motion project files, then drag them onto the Motion application
icon either in the Applications folder or in the Dock, if you’ve placed one there.
m Select one or more Motion project files, then choose File > Open (or press
Command+O) in the Finder.
m Select one or more Motion project files, Control-click one of them, then choose Open
from the shortcut menu.
Motion automatically starts and opens all selected projects.
To open a project file from within Motion using the Open command:
1 Choose File > Open (or press Command+O).
The Open dialog appears.
2 In the Open dialog, navigate to the project file you want, then click Open.
To open a project file from within the Motion File Browser:
1 In the File Browser, navigate to the project file you want and then select the file.
2 Do one of the following:
• Double-click the project file.
• In the Preview area, click the Import button.
The project opens in a new Canvas.
Opening Recent Projects
Every project you open in Motion is automatically added to the Open Recent submenu
in the File menu. You can choose a project from a list of projects that you’ve worked on
recently from this submenu. Motion keeps the names of the previous projects you’ve
worked on in the Open Recent submenu.
To open a recent project:
m From the File menu, choose a project’s filename from the Open Recent submenu.
If the Open Recent submenu becomes too crowded, you can clear it out.
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