How to cheat in Motion

Creative solutions without the filler. That is what you get from this practical guide to enhancing your titles, motion graphics and visual effects with Motion. Step-by-step instruction is concisely described and lavishly illustrated. The companion CD shows the techniques at work so you can take them and run.

Author Notes

Patrick Sheffield has 20 years of film and video postproduction experience with credit for more than 500 commercials and 200 music videos. As a partner in Pistolera Post, a boutique editorial and finishing postproduction facility located in Santa Monica, CA, Patrick uses the Apple professional suite of applications to edit and finish material for broadcast television, DVD, and the web. Patrick is active on the Apple Support Discussions forum for their Pro Applications, ranked as the highest poster in the Motion and Shake forums.

Introduction - What is this book?	p. 2
Acknowledgments	p. 4
1 Background Activity	p. 7
Simple Animated Grid	p. 8
Free Fun Stuff!	p. 10
Light Grid	p. 12
Starfields	p. 14
The Oscars	p. 16
Holiday Mosaics	p. 18
More Holiday Mosaics	p. 20
Roll Your Own	p. 22
Perspective Reflection	p. 24
Underwater Basket Weaving	p. 26
Situational Maps	p. 28
Spiral Background	p. 30
Random Numbers	p. 32
Who am I and how'd I get here?	p. 34
2 Animation	p. 37
Color Cycle Animation	p. 38
Flag Waving	p. 40
LiteBrite on Crack	p. 42
Mirror Tiles	p. 44
Quicksilver	p. 48
Shuffle	p. 50
Lava lamp	p. 52
Newton's Pendulum	p. 56
Motion Welcome	p. 58
Gearhead	p. 62
What do I use Motion for?	p. 66
3 Text Effects	p. 69
Animated Fill	p. 70
Realistic Text Shadows	p. 72
Bubbles	p. 74
Magnify Text	p. 76
Text Reflected	p. 80
Materials Science	p. 82
Electric Text	p. 88
Germs!	p. 90
Chocolate Text	p. 92
Sludge Text	p. 94
Plastic Text	p. 96
Erosion	p. 98
Super Easy Chrome Text	p. 100
Burl Wood	p. 102
Underground	p. 104
Golden Text	p. 106
Rubber Stamp	p. 108
Ice Nine	p. 110
Shiny Happy Text	p. 112
Award-Winning Text	p. 114
Blend modes	p. 116
4 Image Effects	p. 121
Photocopy	p. 122
Photo Illustration	p. 124
Line Drawing	p. 126
Wobble Vision	p. 128
Graphic Novel Look	p. 130
Pen and lnk	p. 132
Cartoonify	p. 134
Comic Book	p. 138
Pastel Drawing	p. 140
Poster Paint	p. 142
Glazed Enamel	p. 144
What went wrong	p. 146
5 Breaking Up	p. 149
Dissolving People	p. 150
Exploding People	p. 152
Pointillism	p. 154
Shattering Basic	p. 158
Into Pieces	p. 162
Puzzling	p. 164
Sequencing Puzzling	p. 166
Random Destruction	p. 168
Sweeping Changes	p. 170
Iris and Other Transitions	p. 174
Power Strips	p. 176
Card Dance Basic	p. 180
2D Orbital	p. 184
3D Card Dance Dazzle	p. 186
How to make Motion faster	p. 188
6 Reality Enhancement	p. 193
Wet Wet Wet	p. 194
Rainy Day Activity	p. 196
Flock of Birds	p. 198
Transient Display Glitch	p. 202
Getting work	p. 204
7 Transitions	p. 207
Page Peel	p. 208
Free Wipes	p. 212
Glitch Transition	p. 214
Rounded Pixelate	p. 216
DV Dropout	p. 218
Raindrops keep fallin'	p. 220
Scanline Transition	p. 222
Animated Dissolve	p. 224
Clock Wipe	p. 226
Advanced Clock Wipe	p. 228
Flashy Intro	p. 230
Technology vs. Magic	p. 236
8 3D and Me	p. 239
Mock 3D	p. 240
Mirror Ball	p. 242
Crystal Ball	p. 244
Big Blue Marble	p. 246
Mock Shadows	p. 248
Real Shadows	p. 250
3D Orbital Text	p. 254
Wordstorm	p. 256
Rolodex	p. 258
Super Easy Video Cube	p. 260
Perspective Art Titles	p. 262
3D Title Sequence	p. 268
Where do I get my ideas?	p. 276
9 Audio Effects	p. 279
Shape Dance	p. 280
Text Dance	p. 282
Audio Meter	p. 284
Audio Oscilloscope	p. 286
Singing Mr. Happy	p. 288
Particle Dance	p. 290
Tales of the velcro dog	p. 292
10 Grab Bag	p. 297
Desktop Publishing	p. 298
Circular Swish	p. 300
Dial Counter	p. 302
Revolving Counter	p. 306
Parchment	p. 308
Letter Cube	p. 310
Gren Rain	p. 312
Digitize Me	p. 316
Porcupine	p. 318
Triangles	p. 320
Plastic Flowers	p. 322
DNA	p. 324
Mock Hockney	p. 328
Template Expansion	p. 330
Index	p. 334

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