Mark Spencer
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In Photoshop, make sure the file is 8-bit (not 16) and the color space is RGB (not CMYK or anything else) – if that’s not it, also check that you’ve rasterized any layer effects (glow, stroke, drop shadow, etc.).
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
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Sorry, no on both counts. You can, however, with vector artwork, disable “Fixed Resolution’ so that you can scale the layer as large as you like with no loss of resolution.
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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 -
Add the Random Motion behavior if it’s not there already, or if it is, crank it way up.
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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 -
Have you tried the preset emitters in the Library? They make great starting points.
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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 -
Shapes can only exist in 2-D planes in Motion – the plane can be oriented in any way, but all the shape points must be on the plane (they only have X and Y coordinates). However, a motion path can have points anywhere in X, Y, or Z. So there’s usually a way to accomplish what you want to do with another method.
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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 -
Match move the line to each tracked point, and for each match move, disable the behavior for the control point that you don’t want to be affected by clicking the gear icon next to the list of control points in the Inspector (when the shape is selected).
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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 -
Just use keyframes.
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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 -
You need to put your image mask on the text (or on a group containing just the text), then put the paint stroke in the well in the HUD. You are masking the text with the paint stroke, not the other way 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 -
You need to add Build In and Build Out markers in Motion to lock down the timing of the opening and closing animations.
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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 -
Best solution I’ve found is to rename the Motion 5 application – e.g., “MotionX”
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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