Layered photoshop files, Pdf files – Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Creating and Managing Projects
Note: You can turn this feature off in case you have numbered image files that aren’t
supposed to be used as an image sequence. For example, pictures taken with digital
cameras often have numbered filenames that can be mistaken for an image sequence.
Layered Photoshop Files
You can also import layered Photoshop files. Many motion graphics professionals
create layouts in Photoshop, where they paint and manipulate all the graphical
elements they’ll use to create a static composition. Once that’s done, the resulting
layered file can be imported into Motion to be animated, along with other imported
and Motion-generated objects, to create the final project.
When importing Photoshop files, you can choose to import:
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All the layers merged together as a single object
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All layers as individual objects, nested together within a single layer
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An individual layer as a single object
When importing all layers as individual objects, Motion creates a new layer in the
Layers tab and Timeline, and nests each layer of the Photoshop file as an individual
object within that Motion layer. Each resulting object retains the position, opacity, and
blend mode of the original Photoshop layer. Furthermore, Photoshop text layers are
imported, but appear in Motion as non-editable bitmap graphics.
Incompatible Effects
The following Photoshop effects are not currently imported into Motion:
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Layer effects
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Layer masks
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Adjustment layers
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Paths
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Shapes
Note: Motion does not support Photoshop layer sets.
For more information on how to import layered Photoshop files, see “
PDF Files
The PDF file format is a PostScript-based document format that accommodates
PostScript-based graphics and text, as well as bitmap graphics. Areas of transparency
within a PDF file are also transparent within Motion.
PDF files are capable of storing PostScript-based illustrations. Unlike graphics file
formats such as TIFF and JPEG, which save images as a collection of pixels at a given
resolution that are divided into Red, Green, and Blue channels, PostScript-based
illustrations are saved as mathematical descriptions of how the artwork is drawn. As a
result, PDF files using PostScript-based artwork and text have infinite resolution.
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