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Article: Speed Changes in Motion

An article on Ken Stone's site by yours truly, discussing several options for working with speed changes in Motion.

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Free animated dollar Motion element from Peter Wiggins

A loopable, rotating 3d dollar sign, yours for the downloading. Complete with an alpha channel so will key easily in your Motion project. Nice guy, that Peter.

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Motion DVDs from macProVideo.com

Just came across these - they have 2 different DVDs for learning Motion: Mastering Motion 2 and Advanced Motion 2. If you've seen them, let me know what you think.

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Motion Quick Tip 3: Particles on a Motion Path
Dave Nagle shows us how to use particles to create an animated dotted line. You can do the same thing with the replicator;
here's an article from Special Case that explains how.
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Motion now only available as part of Final Cut Studio

Here is a link DV Knowledgebase.org website to an FAQ regarding Apple's new pricing structure effective immediately
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Motion Quick Tip #2 from Dave Nagel

Working with mulitple Motion Paths: builds on the first Quick Tip, explains how to trim behaviors in the timeline. Good beginner info. I personally prefer to use keyframes for this sort of animation because you can control the interpolation, but the tip does discuss some important concepts.
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DMO Launches Apple Motion Channel

DMO (Digital Media Online) has officially launched the Apple Motion Channel, the latest member of the DMN (Digital Media Net) portal of publications serving creative professionals.
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A couple of cool tutorials from motionvfx.com

Catching up on my email, I found these and 7 other great little Quicktime tutorials on Szymon Masiak's site. One deals with using the Replicator to create an animated ripped paper effect, and the other uses the Replicator to create a video wall of random images. Check out all of Szymon's tutorials and his forum in the Tutorials section and the Forums section.
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A new Quick Tip from Dave Nagel

Motion Paths: using paths and behaviors for simple animation on macanimationpro.com. A short beginner tip with movies examples on how to use the Basic Motion behaviors Motion Path and Snap Alignment to Motion.
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Site overhaul

After managing this site for the past year and a half, the list of resources has gotten too large to fit on a single page, so I've broken the site up into categories listed on the right to make it easier to find exactly what you are looking for. I've also added comments, an RSS feed, and a little indicator to show if I'm available via iChat. I'm using RapidWeaver to manage the site now - a little restrictive but nice and simple. I hope you like the changes, feedback always welcome.
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DMTS Releases Inside Motion 2

The first Motion training DVD to be updated for Motion version 2. Check the DVDs link. As soon as my copy arrives and I work through it, I'll post my thoughts. In the meantime, Alex Alexzander has already written a review on LAFCPUG's site.
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Tutorial: Replicators

Another great Replicator tutorial from Special Case. He has a small, excellent site where he posts his articles and downloads.
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