Getting Started with Motion
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 9:10AM Are you new to Motion? This week's MacBreak Studio episode is for you. Also be sure to check out our updated introductory training.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 9:10AM Are you new to Motion? This week's MacBreak Studio episode is for you. Also be sure to check out our updated introductory training.
Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 9:24AM On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how you can animate text to "dance" to the beat of a music track by combining the Sequence Text Behavior and the Audio Parameter Behavior.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 7:02PM On this episode of MacBreak Studio I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how you can wrap text around an object in 3D space and animate with a behavior.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 11:36AM On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to scramble or unscramble text using the powerful Sequence Text behavior.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 9:23AM On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin of Ripple Training some fun ways to modify particle emitters and then animate them with parameter behaviors.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 9:51AM On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin of Ripple Training how to create a fun "stretchy" animation using the Track Points behavior in Motion.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 8:57AM On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin of Ripple Training some fun ways to think about using the Quantize parameter behavior.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 11:28AM In this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve how to animate a photo to look as if it's been thrown onto a table. In the process, we have a bit of a "behavior party" as I use a bunch of different behaviorss (and not a single keyframe!) to produce the animation.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 9:13AM A very fun episode of MacBreak Studio where we use an emitter and parameter behaviors to create a virtual animated Etch-A-Sketch© toy.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 9:33AM Learn about the power of the Link behavior.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 9:32AM Join us on MacBreak Studio to learn how to "blow up" text in Motion.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 11:33AM Returing to MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training some different ways to approach creating the same type of animation in order to demonstrate the versatility of Motion's toolset.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 9:31AM
On MacBreak Studio Steve Martin from Ripple Training and I talk about how you can shatter an image or video in Motion using clone layers, masks, and keyframes. Make sure to watch through the credits for an extra tip.
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 2:41PM
Remember Spirograph (trademark of Hasbro, Inc.)? If not, it was a toy consistiing of gears that you could use to create very pretty patterns. In this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how you can use Motion to emulate Spirographs - and even make them in 3D space.
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 9:32AM On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to do the popular "Cosmic Zoom" effect.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 9:22AM On this week's MacBreak Studio, I talk to Steve Martin from Ripple Training about animating text in Motion.
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 11:13AM Here's a MacBreak Studio double-header: 2 shows about working with keyframes in Motion
In the first episode, I discuss how to create animation with keyframes, and how to then adjust those keyframes:
And in this follow-up episode, I demonstrate some techniques for copying keyframed animations to other objects:
Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:05PM I'll be teaching Motion all week during the Post|Production World Conference at NAB this April in Las Vegas. Come and learn!
Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 4:24PM On this episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin of Ripple Training a trick for moving a motion path in both Motion and Final Cut Pro X.
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Friday, November 9, 2012 at 9:21AM 
In the Motion 5.0.5 update that came out recently, kerning no longer works the same way. In previous versions, you would hold the Control key down and tap the left or right arrow keys while editing text to change the spacing between two letters. Since that keyboard combination is now used by the OS, there's a new way: hold down the Command and Option keys, and then tap the left or right bracket keys.
Thanks to Anders Larsen for this additional information:
A Danish keyboard doesn't have [bracket]-keys.
So for the hordes of Danish Motion users out there who use kerning all the time, here is a work-around:
- System Preferences -> Languages & Text -> Input Sources
- Make sure U.S. Extended is checked
- Click the Keyboard Shortcuts button and select Keyboard & Text Input
- Assign a shortcut to "Select next source in input menu" (at the bottom of the list)
You can now toggle between DK and US keyboard layouts and use the bracket key shortcuts for kerning. The Bracket keys are "å" and "^" (between "p" and the return key)
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