[Mark Spencer]

Did Simon’s solution work for you?

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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]

Excellent. Thanks for posting your solution, it may well help others.

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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]

Are you selecting the correct file to relink to? Files that don’t match the specific file it is starting with will be greyed out and unselectable.

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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 should be able to reconnect files if you move them somewhere else, I do it on a regular basis. Not sure what to suggest without seeing what you are doing except for trashing your prefs.

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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 keyframe checkboxes or pop-up menu widgets.

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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 resizing them as small as possible will help a lot. I’d use Pro Res LT.

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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]

It’s all of those things. A huge number of HD clips, not enough RAM, not a powerful enough graphics card – it’s just too much for Motion to handle. You’d need a MacPro with a beefy graphics card and at least 8GB of RAM for something like that – 50 HD clips, really?? At the same time? If there is only one or two on the screen at the time, it should work – you might try re-rendering them as PRLT, that should help. Not sure what else to suggest without seeing the project.

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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]

Keyframe for sure – and it will cause it to distort, but not dissipate – particle metrix might work well for 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]

Try the Ripple and/or Wave filters

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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]

Sounds like a memory issue, either RAM or VRAM. Set render quality to Normal if you have it at Best. Or export out without alpha, then a separate render of a greyscale alpha matte, and combine them with a travel matte in AE.

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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