User manual APPLE MOTION 1.0.1 LATE-BREAKING NEWS

[. . . ] Timeline When performing a Split edit on a shape object, the newly-created shape is not antialiased. Other Fixed Issues in Motion 1. 0. 1 The following issues from Motion 1. 0 have been fixed in Motion 1. 0. 1. QuickTime Export When the in point of a clip is anything other than frame 0, and you export a project containing audio using QuickTime (rather than Compressor), audio is dropped out of the file. Render Time Estimate When an export render begins, the time to completion is calculated immediately and incorrectly. Third-Party Plug-Ins The following issues with third-party plug-ins have been resolved: · Objects used in image wells intermittently appear upside down. [. . . ] · If a project is saved with a Custom behavior that is applied to a shape, and Shape Animation is selected from the Add > Object shortcut menu, Motion stops responding when the project is opened. Filters · When using the Glass Distortion filter with some images, the effect of the map image disappears or shifts position when the Softness parameter is adjusted. · When a keying filter is applied to an image with a preexisting alpha channel, the original alpha channel is replaced. 4 Late-Breaking News · When using the Defocus filter with some NVIDIA cards, performance is degraded significantly. Keyframe Editor Drag-selecting keyframes near frame 1 in the Keyframe Editor may be problematic. For example, when drag-selecting keyframes at or near frame 1 to beyond the half-way marker of the Keyframe Editor's scale, all keyframes on all curves are selected. Library The Favorites category does not display descriptions of built-in presets. Control-click the favorite, then choose Edit Description from the shortcut menu to add a description that appears in the Preview area of the Library. NFS Volume If you browse to an NFS network volume in the File Browser, select an object, Controlclick and choose Move to Trash, the item is deleted immediately, bypassing the trash, and without displaying the Finder's "The item will be deleted immediately" dialog. QuickTime When importing a QuickTime movie containing fields into Motion, the fields may be lost if the Movie and Video tracks specify different sizes (for example, the Movie track is 486 and the Video track is 480). This is because QuickTime automatically resizes the file, and the fields become corrupted. Such movies can be created, for example, if you export SD video to DV without first resizing the project to 480. Templates (French version only): Audio is not previewed with a saved template. Motion Known Issues With Workarounds Audio · Cache corruption occurs when playback starts before the drawing of the audio waveform is completed. Workaround: Choose Mark > RAM Preview > Clear RAM Preview to clear the cache. · If an audio file does not start at the first frame of a project, creating object markers in the Audio Editor is problematic. They are either not created, or created in the incorrect position (not at the playhead location). Workaround: Add object markers in the Timeline rather than the Audio Editor. Exporting When exporting an NTSC D1 SD project that contains fields to NTSC DV, the fields are scaled, and therefore do not match the original NTSC D1 SD fields. Late-Breaking News 5 Workaround: Convert the NTSC D1 project (for example, any built-in templates) to NTSC DV. To convert an NTSC D1 project to an NTSC DV project: · Choose Edit > Project Properties (Command+J ). · Click OK. The contents of the project are centered vertically in the new project (going from 486 to 480). At this point, with certain templates, you can optionally choose to nudge the background video up by a pixel. For example, in most lower-third and transition templates, the video is assumed to be full-screen, so if you add field-based video to replace the placeholder, you should nudge it up by a pixel to make sure the fields match the fields of the original. For templates in which the placeholder video is already scaled, you do not need to do this. Filters · Applying a Set Matte filter and then a Sepia filter to an image is problematic. For example, the sepia is applied in the matte area, but is also (less intensely) applied to the rest of the image. [. . . ] This is mentioned in the Timeline chapter, but not included in the Mark menu in the Motion application or in the Shortcut Appendix. Late-Breaking News 9 · In the chapter, Using the Timeline, page 254 states that to rename an object, you click the name of the object and the name changes to a value field. This should read that you double-click the name of the object, and type a new name in the text field. · In the chapter, Using Behaviors, page 345 describes the Affect Objects parameter for the Edge Collision (Simulation) behavior as follows: Affect Objects: This parameter appears when this behavior is applied to a layer. When this checkbox is turned on, all objects within the layer are affected by the behavior together, as if they were a single object. [. . . ]