Video Training – Tutorials

Apple Motion 3 Tutorial Video

March 30, 2009

Apple Motion 3 Tutorial Training Video
Learn how to use Apple Motion 3 from one of the world’s leading trainers, from the comfort of your own desk.

 

 

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 Apple Motion 3 Tutorial Video

This multi-part Apple Motion 3 Tutorial Video shows how this powerful application can change the way you work.  By highlighting each major feature and tool one at a time, expert Brian Culp gives users an understanding of the program that is both in-depth and broad in scope. Motion is the perfect solution for users wanting to incorporate cutting edge text, graphics, filters and effects into their digital video and animation projects, which is why it’s now a featured part of Final Cut Studio. In this example-based training series, users get a full tour of the application, starting with the very basics of configuration and an introduction to filters, layers, behaviors. As the lessons progress, users learn more sophisticated skills, such as working directly with Final Cut and advanced keyframing techniques.

But because the training is divided into subject-specific videos, it’s easy for more advanced users to skip around and utilize the tutorials as a reference.  And each video features a suite of controls that allow you to pause, rewind, fast-forward or repeat the lesson so that you can learn at your own pace.

All About Integration

Version 3 of Apple Motion marks the program’s full integration into Final Cut Studio 2, an increasingly popular editing and production solution for video professionals around the world. Although Motion has always played nice with other Apple products, this version also features robust support for common 3rd party file formats working creative professionals use.

It almost goes without saying that integration with Final Cut Pro is strong, but there are specific benefits of using the two programs together that you must see to believe.  Drag and drop projects from one program to another without any exporting or rendering, and once a change is made and saved in either program, the update is automatically recognized across the board.  This functionality also extends to other programs in the Final Cut Studio suite, including DVD Studio Pro and Soundtrack Pro.

This interoperability is especially handy when using Motion for effects that Final Cut Pro just doesn’t handle as well on its own.  Motion’s Stabilize feature, for example, beats FC Pro’s SmoothCam hands-down because allows you to make adjustments on the fly without having to stop, render, check, adjust and render again each time.  And when you’ve used Stabilize on a file that you take back into Final Cut Pro, the adjustments take the place of any prior SmoothCam settings so there is no conflict.

Third-party format support includes files from the Adobe Creative Suite, including layered Photoshop files and vector-graphics Illustrator content, and users can now use Motion projects as nested compositions within Adobe After Effects.

Once you understand how these professional level tools complement each other, your workflow will never be the same.  The software has the ability to make you more efficient and productive, but only if you know how to use it.  These tutorial video lessons available online or on CD / DVD ensure that you have the knowledge and skills you need to get the best results.

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