Motion Quick Tip - Motion Library: Generators

Apple Motion Tutorial at Creative COW

Andy Neil

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This tutorial series takes a look at the Motion Library of content that comes bundled with Motion. First up: Generators. Andy will take a look at some of the lesser used generators and show you how to incorporate them into your project.

This tutorial is also available as a podcast.

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Re: Motion Quick Tip - Motion Library: Generators
by Michael Cox

Andy, I've used Motion to create a timecode burn, and exported it to FCPX, and what I do is attach it as a clip (Q)to the first frame of the project's timeline, then use the duration contextual menu command to extend it to the end. Problem, however, as you can see from attached photos, is that it doesn't start at 0:00:00;00...why is that and what can I do to fix it? First picture shows it set up in Motion, second shows it on storyline, but the timecode burn is 3;15 out so it's 0:00 is not at the beginning of the clip....Michael in Vancouver

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Re: Motion Quick Tip - Motion Library - Generators
by Mark Suszko

I wish I had seen this tutorial before I had to build and animate extreme close-ups of a 3-d-looking vault combination lock dial being worked, in Motion 3. Would have been a big help:-)

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