Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started With Motion

Lesson 2. Creating Motion Graphics

Time Goals

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This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

Use the transport controls

Work with the mini-Timeline

Change the play range In and Out points

Add a motion background from the Library

Add a particle emitter from the Library

Explore the Current Frame and Project Duration fields

Change a region's timing in the mini-Timeline

Add an audio file to the project

Add a text behavior

Add a basic behavior to a layer

View the Project and Timing panes

If a still picture is worth a thousand words, then what is a moving picture worth? If it's an exciting and dynamic motion graphic used for a company logo, a commercial, a movie's opening title sequence, or a promo, it can be worth millions.

In this lesson, you'll bring a composite to life with motion graphics as you use the transport controls and tour the Project and Timing panes. You'll also get an introduction to behaviors and particles, which are some of Motion's most powerful design tools.