Creating Customized Motion Templates

A Creative COW Apple Motion Video Tutorial

Creating Customized Apple Motion Templates

Stephen Smith
Lone Peak Productions, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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If you thought the pre-built templates that came with Motion were cool, how about building your own? This video tutorial by CreativeCow.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith will show you what you need to know to create your own custom Motion templates.

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Comments

Re: Creating Customized Motion Templates
by virgilio Troncoso

Very nice your tutorial..
Can you make one about make our own custon transition for final cut and motion?
I think this will help a lot people.
God bless you Thank you from Brazil

Re: Creating Customized Motion Templates
by Jovanie Vazquez

I consider myself pretty new to Motion and have had a great time learning from this tutorial. Great job for us newbies. Thanks.

Creating Customized Motion Templates
by Jerry Vogt

Stephen,
I love templates, and always interested on how to use them, your detailed descriptions are great, you are a big help in learning more about Motion.
Jerry

Creating Customized Motion Templates
by Stephen Smith

Thanks for all of the wonderful comments. I always enjoy feedback from COW members. I hope the tutorial's open/close showcases how powerful of an application Motion is.

Creating Customized Motion Templates
by virgilioBRAZIL

very good

Creating Customized Motion Templates
by Kim Rowley

This tutorial deserves every one of the 5 cows. Excellent info (as always) and superb production quality (as always). Thanks a million!!

Creating Customized Motion Templates
by AJ Oliver

Another great help from the Master Stephen!

Creating Customized Motion Templates
by xxzzedi

why you don't make any tutotial like your promo
" Creating Customized Motion Templates "
this is a nice.
I wander if this made in motion or something alse like After effects ?

thk allot

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