Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Getting To Know Motion
Kind: Identifies the type of media, including QuickTime movie, still image, QuickTime
audio, or PDF. See
” on page 941 for a list of supported codecs
and file types.
Duration: Displays the duration of the media in either frames or timecode.
Frame Size: Displays the native size of the image in pixels. The numbers represent
width and height. This column remains blank for audio only objects.
Compressor: Displays the type of compression used in the clip, if any. This is also
sometimes referred to as a codec.
Depth: Displays the number of colors (bit depth) of the object. Any item listed as
Millions of Colors + indicates that the media contains an alpha channel in addition to
the RGB data.
Vid Rate: Displays the original frames per second of the media. Sequences are listed at
the current project frame rate and still images display no Vid Rate.
Data Rate: Displays the number of bytes per second at which the media file plays.
Aud Rate: Displays the sample rate in the audio track, measured in kilohertz (kHz).
Aud Format: Displays the bits per sample (usually 8 or 16) and the number of channels
(usually mono or stereo) of the audio track.
File Size: Displays the overall file size of the media on disk.
File Created: Displays the creation date of the media.
File Modified: Displays the last date on which the media was modified.
Hiding Columns
You can choose which of the columns are displayed by clicking the Show Columns
button at the right of the column headers.
Items in the list with a checkmark are currently displayed in the Media tab. Items with
no checkmark are currently hidden.
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