Lesson 1 Review Flashcards
Lesson One Objectives Upon completion of Lesson One, “Getting Around in Motion” in “Motion 5,” you should be able to complete the following tasks. Three items from this lesson are included in the pool of Level One exam questions. Questions are drawn randomly from the following objectives: • Navigate the Motion interface • Add video to a project • Make transformations • Add and modify effects • Apply blend modes • Create and animate text • Use Library content • Output your project
In the Project Browser, what must you do to create and open a new Motion project?
Select the Blank category in the sidebar and the Motion Project in the project stack, and then click Open.
Identify the four main areas that are visible in a new project.
The Canvas, File Browser, Project pane, and Timing pane
How can you precisely center a clip in the Canvas?
Drag the clip and use the dynamic guides with snapping
enabled, or click the Import button in the File Browser.
Other than in the Timing pane, in what part of the Motion interface can you change the play range or adjust a selected layer?
The mini-Timeline
Do you have to stop playback to change the scale of a video clip?
No, you can build an entire Motion project while the project is playing, although it’s sometimes easier to accomplish certain tasks when the playhead is stopped.
How do you change the scale of a layer in the Canvas without changing its proportions?
Shift-drag a transform handle.
Name the three kinds of effects you can add to a layer.
Filters, masks, and behaviors
How can you change the way the pixels of one layer combine with pixels of a layer underneath?
Change the blend mode.
Where is all the content that ships with Motion located?
The Library
In what part of the Motion interface can you interactively
view fonts for a text layer without going to the Inspector?
The heads-up display, or HUD
Which keyboard shortcut opens Player mode?
F8
If you choose Export Movie, can you still render in the background as long as you open the Share Monitor?
No, Export Movie renders in the foreground unless you use Send to Compressor.
F1
open the properties pane of inspector
F2
Open behaviors Pane in inspector
Command-S
Save the project
