Mark Spencer
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There’s a great script that will turn any simple paths in Illustrator into Shapes in Motion, complete with control points:
https://www.motionsmarts.com/downloads.html
Here’s a short movie on how to use it:
https://pixelcorps.cachefly.net/mbks_061_540p_h264.mov
However, it only works on simple paths, one at a time, so it may not work for what you are trying to do.
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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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https://www.box.com/shared/static/e8tso4m0c0.mov
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https://provideocoalition.com/index.php/smartin/story/animating_photoshop_layers_in_motion_redux/—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
Go to the App Store, to the Updates section. 5.0.2 should be there.
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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 -
Are you exporting in a format that supports an alpha channel, like Animation or ProRes 4444? And does your switcher support the codec you are using?
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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 -
No, they never supported audio.
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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 -
Edit > Project Properties. Change the Background from Transparent to Solid.
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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 -
Drop Zones only use video, no audio. You can add the audio separately in FCPX by connecting it to the primary story line.
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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 -
Motion can import a Illustrator file as .ai or .pdf, then you turn off fixed resolution in order to scale to any size you like with no loss of resolution.
https://pixelcorps.cachefly.net/mbks_008_540p_h264.mov
You can also turn any Illustrator path into a Motion shape object:
https://pixelcorps.cachefly.net/mbks_061_540p_h264.mov
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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 an ambient light. Keyframe it’s intensity to increase and the point light intensities to decrease.
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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 -
Then remove the Glow parameter in the Behaviors tab so that it won’t be animated.
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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