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1. Cut Pro installed on your computer e In the To open a project file from within the Motion File Browser section on page 155 it is stated that you can open a project from within the File Browser by clicking the Import button once the project icon is selected in the File Browser This should state that clicking the Import button imports the project into the current project If no project is open the Import button is not available Double clicking a project icon in the File Browser opens the project in a new Canvas e In the Navigating Markers section on page 316 it is stated that to jump to the next Timeline marker you can press Option Command Up Arrow and to jump to the previous marker press Option Command Down Arrow The correct shortcut keys are Option Command Right Arrow and Option Command Left Arrow e Inthe Deleting Objects section on page 297 of the Using the Timeline chapter it is stated that the shortcut key for the ripple delete command is to press Command Delete The correct shortcut key command is Shift Delete e In the Distortion Filters section on page 746 of the Filters chapter the Insect Eye filter is described This filter in addition to two new filters is only available for download by registering on the Motion website at http register apple com Once registration is complete go to http www apple com motion download to download the additional filters e Inthe Trimming Audi2. project in Final Cut Pro 10 Issue When exporting a sequence from Final Cut Pro to Motion the audio master levels see Tools gt Audio Mixer are not exported if you select clips in the Final Cut Pro Timeline and send the clips to Motion Workaround In Final Cut Pro select the sequence in the bin then choose File gt Export gt Export to Motion Project Issue Clips exported from the Browser in Final Cut Pro do not appear correctly in Motion Workaround Export the clip from the Final Cut Pro Timeline rather than from the bin Alternatively you can change the aspect ratio of the clip in Motion To change the pixel aspect ratio in Motion select the clip in the Media tab in the Project pane then choose a different pixel aspect ratio in the Media tab of the Inspector Issue When a clip or image is resized in Final Cut Pro the image appears larger when opened in Motion Workaround Change the aspect ratio of the clip in Motion To change the pixel aspect ratio in Motion select the clip in the Media tab in the Project pane then choose a different pixel aspect ratio in the Media tab of the Inspector Issue After Motion is installed with versions 4 0 1 4 0 2 4 1 and 4 1 1 of Final Cut Pro FireWire video out does not function Workaround Upgrade to Final Cut Pro HD or Final Cut Pro 5 LiveFonts Issue When you create a multiline LiveFont text object and the text is set to Center alignment a problem occurs with t
3. Late Breaking News About Motion 2 This document provides updated information about Motion 2 and covers these topics Late Breaking News About Motion 2 1 2 p 2 Previous Release Information About Motion 2 1 1 p 3 Previous Release Information About Motion 2 1 p 3 Previous Release Information About Motion 2 0 and Motion 2 0 1 p 4 Motion Known Issues p 7 Motion Known Issues with Workarounds p 8 Corrections to Motion Documentation p 12 This document may be updated as versions of Motion are released or new information becomes available You can check for updated information by choosing Help gt Late Breaking News when Motion is open For the latest information about product updates tips and techniques and qualified third party devices visit the Motion website at http www apple com finalcutstudio motion and the Motion support site at http www apple com support motion Late Breaking News About Motion 2 1 2 The following known issues have been fixed in Motion 2 1 2 Filters e Motion 2 1 2 provides improved compatibility with third party After Effects filters on PowerPC based Macintosh computers e Motion 2 1 2 resolves visual differences between Motion 2 1 and Motion 2 0 1 when using certain blur color correction distortion glow stylize and tiling filters e Motion 2 1 2 resolves visual differences between Motion 2 1 and Motion 2 0 1 when using certain generators including Checkerboard and Star e Mo
4. When using the Defocus filter with some NVIDIA cards performance is degraded significantly NFS volume If you browse to an NFS network volume in the File Browser select an object Control click and choose Move to Trash the item is deleted immediately bypassing the Trash and without displaying the Finder s The item will be deleted immediately dialog QuickTime When importing an interlaced QuickTime movie to Motion the fields may be lost if the Movie and Video tracks specify different sizes for example the Movie track is 486 and the Video track is 480 This is because QuickTime automatically resizes the file and the fields become corrupted Such movies can be created for example if you export SD video to DV without first resizing the project to 480 Templates French Version Only Audio is not previewed with a saved template Text Due to text improvements in Motion 2 projects created in Motion 1 0 that contain text objects with certain applied text behaviors may appear differently in Motion 2 0 and Motion 2 0 1 Motion Known Issues with Workarounds This section contains information about known issues with workarounds Audio Issue If an audio file does not start at the first frame of a project creating object markers in the Audio Editor is problematic They are either not created or created in the incorrect position not at the playhead location Workaround Add object markers in the Timeline rather than in the A
5. ert the Motion installation DVD into your computer s DVD drive Double click the Motion HD Templates icon then follow the onscreen instructions Note If you installed Motion Content to an alternate drive the installer automatically places the HD templates in that alternate location If you have not installed Motion Content the HD templates are installed in the default location Users Shared Motion Important It is recommended that you open Motion before you install the HD templates so that Motion can identify the location of the previously installed content Unless you installed the Motion HD templates from the installation DVD no pre made high definition templates appear in the Show pop up menu of the Template Browser which includes the HD and Other categories These categories are included for you to save your own high definition or custom templates Motion Known Issues This section contains information about known issues in Motion Audio When 24 bit Integer Stereo sound compression is used to export audio the rendered audio file plays faster than the original audio file File formats OpenEXR files are supported only on Mac OS X 10 4 or later Filters When using the Glass Distortion filter with some images the effect of the map image disappears or shifts position when the Softness parameter is adjusted When a keying filter is applied to an image with a preexisting alpha channel the original alpha channel is replaced
6. he character tracking Workaround Use a separate LiveFont text object for each center aligned line of text Motion Blur Issue When an imported media file contains interlaced fields and Field Order is set and Motion Blur is enabled in Motion the motion within the frames of a movie is affected Workaround Deinterlace the imported media using the Deinterlace filter in the Video filter subcategory Particles Issue When opening Motion 1 0 projects in Motion 2 0 1 certain particle presets may appear incorrect Workaround Change the alpha type for the source media used for the particle cell To change the alpha type In the Media tab of the Project pane select the particle emitter s source media In the Inspector show the Media tab Choose Premultiplied Black from the Alpha Type pop up menu Issue Performance can degrade when adjusting a Motion Path behavior that is applied to a particle emitter Workaround To improve performance apply a keyframe path to the particle emitter instead QuickTime Issue When a Motion project is opened in QuickTime the Save or Save As command causes QuickTime to quit unexpectedly Workaround Use the QuickTime Export command instead Replacing footage Issue When you replace a clip by dragging another clip on top of it if the substituted clip is of shorter duration Motion still indicates the duration of the longer clip Workaround When replacing footage in this manner the duratio
7. ickly switches back and forth between Motion and Soundtrack Pro Intel based Macintosh computers Motion 2 1 2 resolves an issue that caused Adobe Photoshop files to lose their blend modes settings when imported into Motion as separate layers Motion 2 1 2 fixes an issue that caused the Glow filter to turn an image white when the Softness parameter is set to 0 00 Motion 2 1 2 fixes an issue that resulted in a visual difference between the Slit Tunnel filter s appearance on Intel based Macintosh computers and its appearance on PowerPC based Macintosh computers Previous Release Information About Motion 2 1 1 This version of Motion addresses instability and image processing errors with Motion 2 1 on Mac OS X v10 4 6 or later Previous Release Information About Motion 2 1 The following information was included with Motion 2 1 the universal binary release of Motion 2 0 1 General Information Motion 2 1 is designed to run natively on both PowerPC based and Intel based Macintosh based computers Motion 2 1 functionality is identical to that of Motion 2 0 1 Projects created in Motion 2 1 cannot be opened in previous versions of Motion Motion 1 0 through Motion 2 0 1 Therefore please note that templates created or modified and then saved in Motion 2 1 cannot be opened in previous versions of Motion Note Projects created in previous versions of Motion can be opened in Motion 2 1 Motion supports two plug in interfaces FxPlug and thi
8. l Cut Pro FireWire Mac Macintosh Mac OS QuickTime and Soundtrack are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Finder is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation used under license therefrom Intel and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corp in the U S and other countries Adobe After Effects and Photoshop are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U S and or other countries OpenEXR is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd Other company and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies June 13 2006 019 0753
9. lect the layer containing the Motion project Choose Edit gt Edit Original If not already open Motion launches and the project is opened for editing Modify the Motion project then choose File gt Save Changes to the Motion project are automatically updated in After Effects Additional After Effects integration notes Any Motion project with a field order set in the Project Properties dialog is automatically rendered with fields in After Effects To change this edit the Motion project using the Edit Original command in After Effects then open the Project Properties dialog in Motion choose Edit gt Project Properties or press Command J In the Project Properties dialog set the Field Order to the desired setting None Upper First Odd Lower First Even Motion blur in After Effects does not affect objects moving within the Motion project To enable motion blur for elements moving within the Motion project motion blur must be enabled in Motion In Motion choose View gt Motion Blur or press Option M then save the project to update it in After Effects Fixed resolution If a layer is set to the Combine blend mode when Fixed Resolution is turned on in the Layers tab of the Inspector the layer is automatically set to the Normal blend mode Float e When exporting a 16 bit or 32 bit float project keep in mind that most file formats available for export do not support float including QuickTime 8 bit only OpenEXR is a f
10. loat format TIFF PNG and Adobe Photoshop files support the 16 bit integer format e Depending on your project dithering can be useful or problematic For example enabling dithering in a project in which banding is present may reduce the appearance of the banding In a float project dithering may cause excessive noise in the project s output For this reason a checkbox has been added to the Project Properties dialog choose Edit gt Project Properties or press Command J that allows you to turn dithering on or off This setting applies to the display and export of a project Library The Preview area does not display descriptions of built in presets copied to the Favorites category To add a description that appears in the Preview area of the Library Control click the favorite then choose Edit Description from the shortcut menu Particle Emitters Motion contains many new particle emitters To achieve the optimal look for the following particle emitters it is recommended to enable motion blur in your project e Jelly Bands e Light Transit 1 e Light Transit 2 e Light Transit 3 e Light Transit 4 e Rain Streaks e Silly String 1 e Silly String 2 To enable motion blur do one of the following Choose Motion Blur from the View pop up menu Choose View gt Motion Blur or press Option M Templates Two additional HD templates are available in a separate install from the Motion DVD To install the additional HD templates Ins
11. n can be corrected in the Timeline Drag the right edge of the clip s bar to the left until it is within the clip s actual duration release the mouse button then drag the clip back out to the right Text Issue If the characters in a text object have a mix of styles and all characters of a particular style are selected and edited and if those characters selected and edited are adjacent to other text styles the adjacent text styles may replace the selected style Workaround Instead of selecting and replacing text edit the text within the style then delete extraneous characters when finished editing Issue A text object already under the influence of a Sequence behavior may not complete its action if a Simulation Throw or Spin behavior that overlaps in time is applied to the same object Some sequence behaviors that do not affect the same parameters as a simulation such as position may display improperly Workaround Adjust the behavior so that it does not overlap the Sequence behavior in time 12 Third party plug ins Issue Motion may stop responding if the After Effects plug ins About box is displayed while a project is played back Workaround Stop playback before displaying the About box for After Effects plug ins Corrections to Motion Documentation The following information covers corrections and updates to the documentation included with Motion 2 Important Because the Motion Getting Started book has not been
12. nd has not been tested with other versions of After Effects Motion must be installed on the same computer in order to view edit and render Motion projects from After Effects To use a Motion project in After Effects In After Effects choose File gt Import gt File In the Import File dialog choose All Files from the Enable pop up menu Click to select the Motion project you want to import Choose QuickTime Movie from the Format pop up menu Important Steps 1 through 4 must be completed correctly in order for Motion projects to import correctly or at all Click Open After Effects should display the Interpret Footage dialog In this dialog turn on Premultiplied Matted With Color All Motion projects regardless of the background color in the project use black as the premultiplied color If this is not already set click the color well next to the Premultiplied option in After Effects to change the color to black Note You can also click the Guess button in the Interpret Footage dialog in After Effects Click OK to import the Motion project The Motion project identified by the Motion icon is listed in the After Effects Project window Drag the project into a new or existing composition The Motion project is treated like a QuickTime movie Therefore it can be composited with other elements and effects can be added To modify a Motion project once it has been imported into After Effects In After Effects se
13. o Tracks section on page 893 a note incorrectly states that You can also show and slip the timebar for an audio track in the Timeline by clicking the Audio Scrubbing button at the lower left edge of the Audio Editor To show and slip the timebar for an audio track in the Timeline display the audio in the Timeline by clicking the Show Hide Audio button in the display options located in the lower section of the Timeline Layer list then drag the bar left or right e In step 2 on page 958 you are instructed to Choose File gt Export gt Export to Motion Project in order to export a sequence or clip from Final Cut Pro to a Motion project This should state to choose File gt Send To gt Motion Project e The Filters chapter is missing the description for the Matte Magic filter located in the Matte filter subcategory in the Library e Matte Magic Erodes and feathers matte edges e Parameters in the Inspector The parameters in the Inspector include Shrink and Feather e Shrink Sets the amount in pixels that the matte edge should be eroded Values range from 0 to 5 e Feather Sets the amount in pixels that the matte edge is feathered Values range from 0 to 5 The Dashboard contains the same controls as the Inspector e In the French and German language Motion documentation Soundtrack Pro is incorrectly referred to as Soundtrack 2006 Apple Computer Inc All rights reserved Apple the Apple logo Fina
14. rd party After Effects Third party After Effects filters do not function in Motion on Intel based Macintosh systems FxPlug filters must be universal binary versions to work on Intel based Macintosh systems Note Please contact plug in vendors directly for information on the availability of universal binary versions BW N Previous Release Information About Motion 2 0 and Motion 2 0 1 The following information was included with Motion 2 0 and Motion 2 0 1 General Information This section contains information about general Motion usage Audio If an audio track s In and Out points have been modified in Motion and the track is sent to Soundtrack Pro markers are created in Soundtrack Pro that represent the In and Out points set in Motion Adobe After Effects integration You can import a Motion project directly into an After Effects project preserving its quality without intermediate rendering of QuickTime movies or image sequences Because After Effects interprets the Motion project as a movie any operation that can be applied to a QuickTime movie can be applied to a Motion project Once a Motion project is opened in After Effects you can invoke the Edit Original command from the After Effects timeline to launch Motion and modify a project in Motion Once the project is modified and saved in Motion it is automatically updated in After Effects Opening Motion projects in After Effects is certified only for After Effects 6 5 a
15. revised for Motion 2 some screen shots no longer have parity with the Motion application In certain cases functionality may be slightly changed Refer to the Motion 2 User Manual choose Help gt Motion User Manual for updated information Also because the user manual has been renamed Motion 2 User Manual references to Motion Help in the Motion Getting Started book are in fact references to the user manual Motion Getting Started Book The movie that plays in the Welcome Screen has been changed from the movie illustrated on page 8 of the documentation In the Value Slider description on page 37 it is stated that the value sliders are contextual which means that the normal fine and coarse increments are specific to the parameter For example a normal increment for Opacity is 1 a fine increment is 1 and a coarse increment is 10 In fact the fine increment for the Opacity parameter is 01 The text behavior discussion beginning on page 133 Using the Sequence Behavior refers to the behavior name as Sequence This behavior is now called Sequence Text Additionally the Repeat parameter is now called Loops The Export Progress dialog that is illustrated on page 168 is the Export dialog Motion 2 User Manual e The Video Output section on page 117 discusses three Digital Cinema Desktop Preview options These options are only available if you have Final
16. tion 2 1 2 fixes an incorrect value for the Glass Distortion filter s default Softness parameter The correct value of 5 00 has been restored e Motion 2 1 2 resolves an issue that caused the MinMax filter when applied to large images to corrupt the resulting output image e Motion 2 1 2 fixes an incorrect minimum value for the Bulge filter s Scale parameter The correct minimum value of 10 has been restored e Motion 2 1 2 fixes an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when simultaneously playing back a project containing a text object with an applied Circle Blur filter and previewing the Texture Screen filter or Glass Distortion filter in the Utility window e Motion 2 1 2 resolves an interface issue that prevented adjustment of the Angle parameter for all Image Unit filters and for certain Motion filters e Motion 2 1 2 fixes an issue that caused certain Motion filters to clamp RGB values greater than 1 when rendering in float Library Motion 2 1 2 resolves an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when a user s system contains a volume for which the user has no Read permissions Timeline Motion 2 1 2 fixes an issue that caused Motion to stop responding when the Caustics generator is added to the Timeline while the Timeline is displayed Soundtrack Pro Integration Motion 2 1 2 resolves an issue that sometimes caused Motion to stop responding when the user modifies an audio file in Soundtrack Pro saves the file then qu
17. udio Editor Issue When using Compressor 2 to export a project that contains audio using certain presets that are not in the Motion Graphics category the resulting export contains no audio Workaround Select another preset or create a custom preset in Compressor 2 based on the selected preset To see if the preset needs to be customized In the Compressor Export Options dialog click the Summary button located next to the Export Preset pop up menu If the summary specifies audio pass through you need to customize the preset To customize a preset in Compressor In the Compressor Export Options dialog click Export Compressor starts In the Compressor Batch window select the preset In the Inspector click the Encoder button Choose Enabled from the Video pop up menu located next to the Settings button and Pass through from the Audio pop up menu To save the customized preset click Save As enter a new name in the Save Setting dialog then click OK Exporting Issue When exporting an interlaced NTSC D1 SD project to NTSC DV the fields are scaled and therefore do not match the original NTSC D1 SD fields Workaround Convert the NTSC D1 project for example any built in templates to NTSC DV To convert an NTSC D1 project to an NTSC DV project Choose Edit gt Project Properties Command J Choose NTSC DV from the Preset pop up menu Click OK The contents of the project are centered vertically in the ne
18. w project the height changes from 486 to 480 At this point with certain templates you can optionally choose to nudge the background video up by a pixel For example in most lower third and transition templates the video is assumed to be full screen so if you add field based video to replace the placeholder you should nudge it up by a pixel to make sure the fields match the fields of the original For templates in which the placeholder video is already scaled you do not need to do this Frame rate Issue Once a project is created you cannot change the frame rate of that project Workaround Create a new project with the desired frame rate Then in the old project select all the layers in the Layers tab Drag the selected layers to the Layers tab in the new project You may have to adjust the timing of keyframes and objects in your project to match the new frame rate Gradient generator Issue When the blend mode for a Gradient generator is set to anything other than Normal on computers with ATI Radeon graphics cards performance will be degraded significantly Workaround Apply a gradient to a shape instead Integration Issue Projects created in Motion moved to another computer then imported into Final Cut Pro may have missing media Workaround Once the Motion project is moved to the other computer and all media used in the project is available on the other computer open and close the Motion project in Motion then open the
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