Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 4

Lesson 8. Creating Content with Generators, Shapes, and Paint Strokes

Lesson Files

Motion4_Book_Files > Lessons > Lesson_08

Media Time

Motion4_Book_Files > Media > Secret Agent

Goals

This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.Inspect project propertiesExtend video layers with hold framesUnderstand rasterizationAlign layers and keyframes to markersApply, adjust, filter, and animate generatorsUse shapesWork with paint strokes

Some motion graphics projects are “assemble and animate” operations. You already have graphics and video that you created, purchased, or received, and you focus on compositing and animating these existing elements.

But often you have little to no content in hand, so you need to create almost everything from scratch. ...