Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 38)

38 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Motion
Note: This number only appears while the project is playing.
To monitor the project’s playback frame rate:
m Control-click the Status Bar, then choose Frame Rate from the shortcut menu.
You can also turn the Status Bar items on and off in the Appearance Preferences pane.
To display Motion Preferences, choose Motion > Preferences.
Canvas View Options
The Canvas is a versatile workspace with many options to optimize the workflow for
different types of projects. For example, there are rulers, grids, and guides to help with
alignment and arrangement of objects.
There are also a number of controls for viewing a single color channel in the Canvas.
You can use these to examine objects’ alpha channels, or to manipulate effects that
only affect a single color channel.
You can also set options to speed up playback by reducing image quality so you can
watch even complex projects at high frame rates while you’re constructing the
projects. This allows you to rough out your composition quickly. Certain effects that
severely impact rendering time, such as motion blur and field rendering, can also be
turned off temporarily.
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