[Mark Spencer]

It’s a result of the compression in the codec – that’s why you don’t see it when using Animation, as it’s essentially an uncompressed codec – which is also why it’s so large. I would try ProRes 422, which is much lighter than Animation but still essentially uncompressed. It really depends on your final delivery target what codec you should use.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

You could stop it several ways – I like to add the Drag behavior and keyframe it to create a “bullet-time” freeze effect – you stop the emitter, then swing the camera around.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Good

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Yes you have to edit them each separately now.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Sure it would – the stars would turn to face the camera, giving the illusion that they are spheres instead of flat discs.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

True but you can turn on global 3D so that those flat planes always turn to face the camera, creating the illusion that they have depth

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

You can’t turn it off. What I do if it’s in the way is to hold down the spacebar, which turns on the Pan tool, then drag in the Canvas so that I can access the control point that it is blocking.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

The new Keyer effect in Motion 5 is much, much better and more powerful.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Unfortunately not – I would love that!

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

No. It’s 64 bit all the time. You can, however, change the render quality and resolution using the pop-up at the top right of the Canvas to improve performance.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net