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About the motion workspace – Apple Motion 2 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting To Know Motion

This turns the act of designing a motion graphics sequence into an act of exploration
and discovery, which is the way most artists prefer to create. Motion provides not just a
new set of brushes for the motion graphics artist, but a whole new type of work
environment.

Keyboard Shortcuts

If you have a three-button mouse connected to your computer, you can right-click to
access the same controls specified by the Control-click commands in the user
documentation. If you are working on a PowerBook G4, keep in mind that some
keyboard shortcuts require you to use the Function key (fn–next to the Control key) in
conjunction with the keys specified in the user documentation. For more information
about keyboard shortcuts in Motion, see Appendix A, “Keyboard Shortcuts.”

About the Motion Workspace

When you open Motion, the workspace fills your entire monitor, but the interface is
actually made up of several independent windows. The sizes and arrangements of
these windows are flexible to allow for the varying needs of different projects. There
are additional panes and windows that can be displayed along with the default set.

Utility window

Canvas

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