Apple Motion 5 Cookbook

With this book you'll be able to fully exploit the fantastic features of Apple Motion. There are over 110 recipes with downloadable content for each chapter and stacks of screenshots. A video editor's dream.

Overview

• Easy to follow, hands-on instructions that simplify the learning process
• Lots of in-depth information for FCPX users looking to integrate more Motion Graphics into their projects
• Learn keyboard shortcuts that will save you hours and navigate Motion's interface like an expert

In Detail

Let’s face it, people like images that move. Whether you see images on a moving billboard, walk into a bank with an LCD screen, watch TV, or surf the Web, Motion Graphics are everywhere. With an even greater demand to integrate Motion Graphics in just about every type of video or interactive content there is, this book will help you get there with Motion 5. It's all about creating eye-catching titles, transitions, and effects!

"Apple Motion 5 Cookbook" contains exercises for the beginner and seasoned motion graphics user. You will learn how to navigate Motion’s interface and quickly grasp the tools available to you while creating sophisticated and sleek animations in both 2D and 3D environments. Not forgetting visual effects, we will also explore Motion Tracking and Green Screen Techniques that will help you composite like a Pro. Let’s launch the application, grab a cup of coffee, and get started on this exciting journey!

The exercises will take you right from creating your very first Motion project through to export. You will learn how to navigate quickly and efficiently through Motion's complex interface and toolsets so that you can focus oncreating your masterpiece!

You will learn how to create a new project and import material into that project from the Media Browser and Motion’s vast and rich content library. From there, you will learn to manipulate and animate these source files using Motion's behaviors, classic keyframing techniques, adding filters, and master the built-in tools such as particle systems that will knock your socks off! Last but not least, you will export your projects to a variety of different formats including DVD, as a Final Cut Pro generator, and the Web.

The "Apple Motion 5 Cookbook" contains downloadable content for each chapter and is packed with screenshots and illustrations. After reading this book, you’ll be creating Motion graphics and visual effects in no time!

What you will learn from this book

• Import Media using the Media Browser including Photoshop and Illustrator files
• Finish projects by using only what’s available to you in Motion’s vast content library
• Build complex animations without ever having to add a keyframe
• Create incredible particle systems from any source file with the click of a button
• Add Cameras, Lights, Reflection and Depth of Field to your scene
• Make your text animate in seconds using one of several built-in behaviors
• Use Motion’s keyer on greenscreen clips with ease
• Create beautiful transition, effects, and titles to use directly in FCPX

Approach

Step-by-step, practical recipes to build simple and complex Motion Graphics with Motion 5

Who this book is written for

"Apple Motion 5 Cookbook" is designed for Final Cut Pro X video editors and Motion 5 users looking to gain more knowledge of how Motion works, and to get more of a ‘WOW’ factor in projects. It’s also aimed at designers and motion designers alike, who are looking to build on their skillsets.

這本書將幫助您充分利用蘋果Motion的出色功能。每個章節都有超過110個配方，並提供可下載的內容和大量的屏幕截圖。這是一個視頻編輯師的夢想。

概述：
- 簡單易懂的操作指南，簡化學習過程
- 提供深入的信息，幫助FCPX用戶將更多的運動圖形集成到他們的項目中
- 學習鍵盤快捷鍵，節省時間並像專家一樣操作Motion的界面

詳細內容：
無論是在移動的廣告牌上看到的圖像，還是走進一家帶有液晶屏幕的銀行，觀看電視或瀏覽網頁，運動圖形無處不在。隨著將運動圖形集成到幾乎所有類型的視頻或互動內容中的需求越來越大，本書將幫助您在Motion 5中實現這一目標。它專注於創建引人注目的標題、轉場和效果！

《Apple Motion 5 Cookbook》包含了初學者和經驗豐富的運動圖形用戶的練習。您將學習如何在2D和3D環境中快速掌握Motion的界面和工具，並創建精美而流暢的動畫。除了視覺效果，我們還將探索運動跟踪和綠幕技術，幫助您像專業人士一樣進行合成。讓我們啟動應用程序，泡一杯咖啡，開始這個令人興奮的旅程吧！

這些練習將帶您從創建第一個Motion項目一直到導出。您將學習如何快速高效地在Motion的複雜界面和工具集中導航，以便專注於創作您的傑作！

您將學習如何創建新項目並從媒體瀏覽器和Motion豐富的內容庫中導入素材。然後，您將學習使用Motion的行為、經典的關鍵幀技術、添加濾鏡等工具來操作和動畫這些源文件，還將掌握粒子系統等內置工具，讓您驚艷不已！最後但同樣重要的是，您將將項目導出為多種不同格式，包括DVD、Final Cut Pro生成器和Web。

《Apple Motion 5 Cookbook》每章都提供可下載的內容，並且充滿了屏幕截圖和插圖。閱讀完本書後，您將能夠迅速創建Motion圖形和視覺效果！

本書將教您：
- 使用媒體瀏覽器導入媒體，包括Photoshop和Illustrator文件
- 使用Motion豐富的內容庫完成項目
- 在不添加關鍵幀的情況下創建複雜的動畫
- 通過點擊按鈕從任何源文件創建令人驚艷的粒子系統
- 在場景中添加相機、燈光、反射和景深
- 使用內置行為之一使文本在幾秒鐘內動畫
- 輕鬆使用Motion的色鍵器處理綠幕片段
- 創建漂亮的轉場、效果和標題，直接在FCPX中使用

這是一本逐步實踐的實用食譜，用於使用Motion 5構建簡單和複雜的運動圖形。

本書適合Final Cut Pro X視頻編輯師和Motion 5用戶，他們希望瞭解Motion的工作原理，並在項目中獲得更多“WOW”效果。同樣，它也適用於設計師和運動設計師，他們希望擴展自己的技能。