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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

Exporting to DVD


As in FCP X, we can build a basic custom DVD right inside Motion and here's how to get it ready.

Getting ready

Make sure you have a DVD disc inside your computer. If the Finder comes up, choose Ignore. Open a Motion project you want to export by locating it on your hard drive and double-clicking on it. Check your project for anything you may want to change before exporting to DVD. If applicable, this may be a great opportunity to check whether your text lies within the safe zone boundaries.

How to do it...

  1. From the Share menu, choose DVD.

  2. Under the Options tab, there is a list of output devices. If you had an external DVD drive connected, it would be displayed here.

    The When disc loads option is currently set to Show Menu, as displayed in the following screenshot. Set the value of Disc template to White, to change the color, and give the DVD an appropriate title. If you had a still image, you could add it as a background for the DVD too by clicking on the Add button and finding...