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Apple Motion 5 Cookbook

By : Nicholas Harauz
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Apple Motion 5 Cookbook

By: Nicholas Harauz

Overview of this book

Let's face it, people like images that move. Whether you see images on a moving billboard, walk into a bank with an LCD screen, watch TV, or surf the Web, motion graphics are everywhere. With an even greater demand to integrate motion graphics in just about every type of video or interactive content there is, this book will help you get there with Motion 5. It's all about creating eye-catching titles, transitions, and effects!"Apple Motion 5 Cookbook" contains exercises for the beginner and seasoned motion graphics user. You will learn how to navigate Motion's interface and quickly grasp the tools available to you while creating sophisticated and sleek animations in both 2D and 3D environments. Not forgetting visual effects, we will also explore motion tracking and green screen techniques that will help you composite like a pro. Let's launch the application, grab a cup of coffee, and get started on this exciting journey!The exercises will take you right from creating your very first Motion project through to export. You will learn how to navigate quickly and efficiently through Motion's complex interface and toolsets so that you can focus oncreating your masterpiece!You will learn how to create a new project and import material into that project from the File Browser and Motion's vast and rich content library. From there, you will learn to manipulate and animate these source files using Motion's behaviors, classic keyframing techniques, adding filters, and master the built-in tools such as particle systems that will knock your socks off! Last but not least, you will export your projects to a variety of different formats including DVD, as a Final Cut Pro generator, and the Web.The "Apple Motion 5 Cookbook" contains downloadable content for each chapter and is packed with screenshots and illustrations. After reading this book, you'll be creating motion graphics and visual effects in no time!
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Apple Motion 5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Using the Paint Stroke tool


Let's take a look at some of the basics the Paint tool has to offer. The Paint tool is located on the toolbar just to the right-hand side of the Pen tool. You can also select it by pressing the P key.

Getting ready

Launch Motion and choose a project with a Preset of Broadcast 720p and a Frame Rate of 29.97 with a Duration of 10 seconds. Press Shift + Z to fit the Canvas window. Press the T key or click on the T icon on the toolbar to select the Text tool and click somewhere close to the center of the Canvas. Type The Paint Tool and press the Esc key to exit the text entry mode. Use the dynamic guides to help center your text on the screen. Press the F7 key to show the HUD. Pick a font and size of your liking.

How to do it...

Now that your text has been formatted, it's time to paint some strokes onscreen.

  1. Press the P key to select the Pen tool or click on the brush icon to the left of the Text tool. With your HUD displaying, change the width of your stroke to 15.

  2. Choose...