Motion 5:
Motion 101: Introduction to Motion 5

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Motion is an incredibly powerful graphics animation software package that allows you to create stunning visual graphics and special effects. In this three-day class students are given an introduction to Apple Motion through the completion of several projects. This course assumes the student is already familiar with video and digital video concepts and has used digital editing software such as Apple Final Cut Pro. Additionally, some previous experience with Adobe Photoshop is also helpful.

Course Description

Topics covered in this three-day class include:

Getting Around in Motion

Following a New Paradigm
Opening Motion, Importing Video, Setting a Play Range
Transforming and Duplicating a Clip, Adding Effects, Hiding and Showing the Project Pane
Stylizing with Filters, Framing with a Mask, Compositing with a Blend Mode
Adding Text, Animating with Text, Using Library Content, Arranging Layers, Using Function Keys, and Outputting Projects

Building a Composite

Setting Up a Project, Creating a Background Using the Inspector, Using Photoshop Files
Compositing with Blend Modes and Filters, Editing in Motion
Making Overwrite Edits, Managing Timeline Tracks
Applying Masks and Using Clones and Importing Motion Projects

Creating Animation with Behaviors

Adding Basic Motion Behaviors
Stacking Behaviors, Using Basic Motion Behaviors in 3D
Using Simulation Behaviors, Applying Parameter Behaviors
Cloning a Group and Combining Behaviors and Adding a Light

Animating with Keyframes

Recording Keyframes, Changing Keyframes Interpolation
Setting Keyframes Manually, Using Keyframes on Multiple Parameters
Working with Multiple Keyframe Curves and Animating Crop with Keyframes

Creating Content with Generators, Shapes and Paint Strokes

Drawing Shapes, Creating a Background with a Generator
Searching for Content, Modifying Animated Content
Masking with Images, Importing Vector Graphics
Working with Paint Strokes, Using Shape Behaviors and Using the Bezier Tool

Creating Text Effects

Creating, Formatting and Styling Text Layers
Saving and Applying Text Style Presets
Duplicating, editing and Aligning Text Layers
Applying Text Behaviors, Using the Glyph Tool
Saving a Text Animation Favorite and Adding Motion Blur

Working with Particle Emitters and Replicators

Using Emitters to Make Particle Systems
Adjusting Emitter and Cell Controls in the Inspector
Adding Cells, Using Emitters from the Library
Replicating Elements and Modifying Replicator Presets

Using Audio

Importing Audio, Setting Markers and Keyframes in the Audio Editor
Working with Audio and Video
Editing to the Beat and Animating with Audio

Speed Changes and Optical Flow

Creating Constant Speed Changes
Using Frame Blending and Optical Flow
Creating Speed Ramps with Keyframes
Creating Speed Effects with Retiming Behaviors and Using Time Filters

Stabilizing, Tracking and Keying

Tracking and Stabilizing a Shot
Keying Greenscreen Footage
Creating Garbage Masks, and Correcting Color for Seamless Compositing

Publishing Smart Templates for Final Cut Pro X

Setting up the Final Cut Pro Project
Working with Effects Presets
Modifying Effects Presets
Creating Smart Motion Templates
Completing the Animation
Using Build In and Build Out Markers, and Publishing Parameters

Rigging and Publishing Widgets

Rigging a Checkbox Widget
Modifying, Testing and Publishing a Widget
Deconstructing a Transition Project
Rigging a Pop-up Widget, Using the Link Parameter Behavior
Creating a Final Cut Effect
Rigging the Slider Widget and Publishing Widgets and Parameters

Building a 3D Scene

Making 3D Transformations in the Canvas
Converting 2D Groups to 3D
Adding and Working with Cameras
Arranging and Modifying Groups and Layers in 3D Space and Mixing 2D and 3D Groups

Animating Cameras and Using Advanced 3D Features

Animating a Camera with Behaviors
Using Advanced 3D Features
Working with Depth of Field
Turning on Reflections
Using Lights and Shadows and Exporting Advanced 3D Features

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He (Tony) was very enthusiastic, able to answer all questions with examples, and made the material easier to understand. I felt much more confident in myself after the class was complete.

The classroom and training facility was well organized, bright, and refreshing. I was excited to show up every day.

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awesome class, awesome instructor. could be a 4 day class

Tony was great, very knowledgeable and great explanations and interpretations of the material.

I appreciated that the class was small and that we could all ask questions and learn from each other. I also liked that the middle monitor was the instructors, that made things easy to follow. I very much enjoyed this and feel like I could learn a lot more.